Last week, a group of eight Minnesota DFL Senators announced they were forming a group called the Blue Dog Coalition. Senator Rob Kupec of Moorhead is one of the eight and he talks about the group’s goals. Minnesota Senate Minority Leader Mark Johnson, a Republican from East Grand Forks, talks about the coalition. Johnson finds…
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The 2024 General Election is over, and St Paul is now shifting their focus to 2025, and the January Legislative Session. MN Senate Minority Leader Mark Johnson (R-East Grand Forks) gives us a preview of what he thinks the session will look like, now that the Democratic trifecta is no longer. Johnson also talked more…
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One interested observer of Tuesday’s Minnesota elections was State Senate Minority Leader Mark Johnson. The East Grand Forks Republican tells R&J News how the Minnesota Legislature shapes up after Election Day. You’ll remember State Senator Nicole Mitchell was arrested this past April for first degree burglary when she allegedly broke into her stepmother’s Detroit Lakes…
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Josh Heintzeman, Brainerd Lakes Area Representative of District 6B, discusses the Minnesota Legislature situation following the arrest of DFL Senator Nicole Mitchell in Detroit Lakes earlier in the week.
After hosting Senate and House Bonding Tours last year and not making the Governors list for funding Mahnomen county continues to work on getting funding for the Mahnomen Hospital renovation. Mahnomen County Commission Chair Darvin Schoenborn gives an update on the work being done and explains why this project is so crucial. Schoenborn shared his…
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We wrap up our conversation with retiring Minnesota State Representative Deb Kiel with a look at the upcoming Legislative session, which begins on February 12. She says there could be a renewed look at the sick and safe time law passed a year ago. Kiel says she also expects discussion on end of life decisions. …
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During R&J News’s conversation with State Representative Deb Kiel of Crookston, the Republican spoke about her support of agriculture. And she brought up the Sick and Safe Time law that was passed by the Minnesota Legislature in 2023. Kiel says she isn’t happy with that law. The Sick and Safe Time law requires all employers…
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Minnesota law enforcement leaders gathered at the Andover Police Department on Wednesday to call for a change to the wording of the latest Minnesota law that law enforcement thinks would prohibit the use of restraints and holds by school resource officers when dealing with disruptive students. This new law has resulted in 31 law enforcement…
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With many local law enforcement agencies like the Clay County Sheriff’s Office pulling school resource officers from area schools, many Republican Lawmakers across the State of Minnesota are calling on Governor Tim Walz to call a special session so lawmakers can change the recent legislation that caused Minnesota Law Enforcement agencies to pull school resource…
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The Waabigwan Cannabis dispensary opened its doors on the Morning of Thursday August 3 making it the first legal cannabis dispensary in Mahnomen County. White Earth Nation Chairman Michael Fairbanks speaks about the benefit and importance the dispensary will have for the White Earth Nation. We also had the chance to catch up with some…
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