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Recent News About Minnesota State Senate
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Senate passes third COVID-19 response bill
The Minnesota Senate has announced the passing of its third COVID-19 response bill, allocating an additional $331 million to help the state’s citizens combat the pandemic.
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Secretary of State's poll finder failure prompts accountability
The State Finance and Policy and Elections Committee last week acknowledged a “brief failure” and “lapse of judgment” by Secretary of State Steve Simon in wake of recent technical difficulties with his office’s online poll finder.
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Sen. Housley: Governor should take 'swift and immediate action' in DHS overpayment scandal
Minnesota state Sen. Karin Housley (R-St. Marys Point) wants to see accountability in the growing Department of Human services overpayments scandal.
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Policy fellow: Clean Energy First policy could be a bad deal for Minnesota's energy needs
About 70 percent of Minnesota’s power grid is due for replacement over the next 20 years and over that time, there’s a growing effort in the state to replace much of that with renewable energy.