The Commission on Judicial Selection announced a vacancy occurring on the Minnesota Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals. This vacancy will occur upon the retirement of the Honorable David A. Stofferahn.
U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tina Smith (D-MN) announced $3,200,000 in federal funding to help eliminate a railway crossing in Little Falls by supporting the construction of a bridge.
Governor Tim Walz signed a $2.6 billion infrastructure bill, the largest in state history, into law alongside Lieutenant Governor Flanagan, legislators, labor leaders, and advocates. Governor Walz signed the infrastructure bill along the Mississippi River near the Hennepin Avenue Bridge – funding for reconstructing the bridge is including in the bill. Photos from the event are attached and linked here .
On June 7, 2023, U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) joined Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Roger Marshall (R-KS), and Mike Braun (R-IN) to introduce bipartisan, bicameral legislation to improve the availability and quality – and lower the cost – of childcare in agricultural and rural communities.
U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tina Smith (D-MN) announced $4,824,563 in federal funding to help eliminate a railway crossing in Willmar by constructing an overpass.
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Representative Pete Stauber (R-MN) announced that their bipartisan legislation to help prevent Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) system outages was signed into law.
Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan today joined state leaders and lawmakers to celebrate historic legislative investments that will help advance Minnesota’s climate action plan . Leaders visited the Kaposia Education Center in South St. Paul, a school powered by a rooftop solar array, to highlight new legislation and funding passed during the 2023 legislative session that advance the Administration’s Climate Action Plan.
U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tina Smith (D-MN) announced $480,000 in federal funding to support a corridor planning study to evaluate a 112-mile segment of BNSF's Hinckley Subdivision, which stretches from Minnesota’s border with Wisconsin to the Twin Cities area. The study would evaluate each rail crossing for closing or safety improvement.