Time is running short for the Minnesota Legislature. The session is scheduled to end on Monday, May 22. Senate Minority Leader Mark Johnson of East Grand Forks says with Democrats having majorities in both the House and Senate plus a Democratic Governor, not all Minnesotans will benefit from the bills passed in this session. Johnson…
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The State of Minnesota has a surplus of over $17 million. How to use that surplus is a big question in this year’s Legislative session. It’s been suggested that the surplus should be given back to taxpayers. But Minnesota Senate Minority Leader Mark Johnson says Democrats in the majority aren’t thinking that way. House and…
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Minnesota Senate Minority Leader Mark Johnson says he’s optimistic about getting a bonding bill passed in the final weeks of this year’s legislative session. Johnson appeared on KRJB’s Kaleidoscope program on Friday. We’ll have more of the Senator’s comments on future newscasts.
Minnesota Senate Minority Leader Mark Johnson was among those who attended Governor Tim Walz’s State of the State address this week. On Friday’s Kaleidoscope program on KRJB, Johnson gave his reaction to the speech. One of Johnson’s guests at the State of the State was Carrie Michalski, the president and CEO of RiverView Health in…
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During an interview on Friday’s Kaleidoscope program on KRJB, Minnesota State Senator Mark Johnson talked about trying to get a bonding bill passed in the Legislature. Johnson says this means negotiations on a budget bill will have to go back to the drawing board.