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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Special Session - Senate Floor Session - Part 1 - 06/09/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
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- President, and, uh, Senator from Mankato. Thank you for bringing this bill forward.
- Uh, although I do know the Senator from Mankato... explore nuclear energy, not to even explore nuclear
- Uh, although I do know the Senator from Mankato... have to put motans first.
- Senator</c><01:33:30.400><c> from</c><01:33:30.560><c> Mano</c> Although I do know the Senator from Mankato
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- The chamber recently spent a few weeks on the road visiting businesses across the state in Mankato, Hastings
- The chamber recently spent a few weeks on the road visiting businesses across the state in Mankato, Hastings
- The chamber recently spent a few weeks on the road visiting businesses across the state in Mankato, Hastings
- The chamber recently spent a few weeks on the road visiting businesses across the state in Mankato, Hastings
Committee:
Senate Labor
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Transcript Highlights:
- because of the national labs, because of our strong academic institutions such as New Mexico Tech and MSU
Committee:
Senate Senate Finance
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement - 03/17/26
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
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- I am from 22A, which is the Fairmont/Blue Earth, south of Mankato district.
- I am from 22A, which is the Fairmont/Blue Earth, south of Mankato district.
- I am from 22A, which is the Fairmont/Blue Earth, south of Mankato district.
Committee:
House Legacy Finance
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 3/6/25 - Part 2
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House DFL Press Conference 5/11/26
Transcript Highlights:
- And a family in North Mankato who planned to open a grocery store serving the Latino community in January
Summary:
House and Senate DFL lawmakers held a Capitol news conference to press for a $100 million small business relief package in response to the economic fallout from Operation Metro Surge and related ICE enforcement activity. Representatives Cedrick Frazier and Jay Xiong, along with Senator Susan Pappas and other supporters, said the enforcement surge caused widespread fear, reduced customer traffic, lost wages, and closures for immigrant-owned and other small businesses in Minneapolis-St. Paul and greater Minnesota. They argued the state has a history of providing disaster-style aid when communities are harmed through no fault of their own and said this situation warrants similar action.
Business and community testimony described specific losses: a Willmar restaurant closed after both parents were detained, a North Mankato grocery store opening was delayed, The Coven reported a 33% revenue drop at two locations, and Lake Street businesses were said to have lost substantial revenue and staff. Speakers said the damage affected workers, landlords, suppliers, and neighborhood corridors statewide, and several emphasized that the relief should come as grants or forgivable loans rather than additional debt. They also criticized House Republican leaders for tying the relief to changes in paid family leave and for blocking a public hearing.
In response to questions, Frazier said negotiations were ongoing through committee chairs and conference committee, with the issue still being discussed in broader leadership talks. He said the House would need only one Republican vote in committee and on the floor to advance the measure, and identified Chair Baker as a possible supporter because of harm in his district. Speakers said the Senate has already passed the relief and urged the House to act quickly before the end of session.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Rules and Legislative Administration Committee 2/6/25
Rules and Legislative Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- I represent House District 18B, which includes Mankato, Eagle Lake, and Skyline.
Committee:
House Rules and Legislative Administration
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Rep. Frazier Press Conference 4/13/26
Transcript Highlights:
- I've heard stories and talked with clients from Mankato to Willmar, from Rochester to St. Cloud.
Summary:
Representative Cedric Frazier opened the meeting by describing the ongoing harms from Operation Metro Surge, saying the state was still dealing with family separation, school disruption, workforce damage, and economic instability. He framed the issue as a statewide crisis and called on Republican colleagues to acknowledge the harm and work with DFL members on accountability and relief. He said the current budget work was urgent but could not fully backfill the damage, and later noted that the issue had been a top priority since the surge began.
Testimony from school and business leaders focused on concrete impacts. Fridley Public Schools Superintendent Brenda Lewis said her district, which serves a large Black, Hispanic, and East and West African student population, was targeted during the surge and saw major enrollment losses, including students moving out of state or country or being held in Texas facilities. She said the district lost over $1 million in revenue and that the loss could equal about 40 teachers or an entire elementary school. Columbia Heights School Board Chair Mary Granlund said her district, with a limited tax base, was also heavily affected and warned that business closures and unfunded mandates would shift costs to homeowners and force cuts to classes, teachers, and programs. Lee Ann Rasiejka of Women Venture and the CDFI coalition said small businesses across Minnesota were facing compounded disruption from federal law enforcement activity, tariffs, rising costs, and fear, with more than $213 million in lost revenue reported across Twin Cities corridors and many businesses cutting hours, delaying hiring, or pausing growth.
In response to questions, Frazier and other speakers said the proposed aid would be statewide rather than focused only on the Twin Cities, and that the bill currently had no set dollar amount but they hoped for around $100 million. They said CDFIs and local community groups would help distribute resources. Frazier said some Republican members had acknowledged harm in their own communities and suggested compromise was possible, though he criticized leadership for dismissing some testimony as hearsay. He also said ongoing law enforcement investigations into alleged crimes by federal agents would not be necessary to establish the harm, pointing instead to direct testimony from affected residents and school officials. No votes were taken in the portion provided.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hied Committee Meeting - 2025-04-03
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Cloud State, I know, is very involved in higher education leadership, as well as Mankato, obviously Moorhead
Committee:
House Higher Education Finance and Policy
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Public safety committee considers HF765 3/5/25
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Transcript Highlights:
- And these two interchanges would get rid of the last lights along 14 between Rochester and Mankato there
- And again, two regional centers, Mankato and Rochester, but I have a testifier that can give more details
- including two traffic signals, which, as mentioned, are the last two remaining between Rochester and Mankato
Bills:
HF1569 , HF460 , HF850 , HF707 , HF798 , HF852 , HF366 , HF365 , HF836 , HF866 , HF885 , HF959 , HF1196 , HF1788 , HF1349 , HF2272 , HF2652 , HF1251 , HF607
Committee:
House Capital Investment
Keywords:
transportation, bond issuance, capital investment, infrastructure, road improvements, HF460, Sibley County, Highway 21, County State-Aid Highway, bonding bill, state bonds, bond proceeds fund, transportation grant, infrastructure improvements, sanitary sewer, water main, storm sewer, stormwater, public works, local infrastructure
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 03/06/25
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
Transcript Highlights:
- Two of those are public housing high-rises located in Hopkins and North Mankato.
- One is in Albert Lea, four in Hopkins, and one in North Mankato. system grant system grant program<00
- 45.960><c> Senate</c><00:30:46.279><c> file</c> One in Albert Lea, four in Hopkins, and one in North Mankato
Committee:
Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Public Schools Adult Education, Minneapolis College, Minnesota North, and Minnesota State University, Mankato
- Public Schools Adult Education, Minneapolis College, Minnesota North, and Minnesota State University, Mankato
- Public Schools Adult Education, Minneapolis College, Minnesota North, and Minnesota State University, Mankato
Committee:
House Higher Education Finance and Policy
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Health committee considers bill to aid rural ambulance services 2/24/25
Transcript Highlights:
- they would have their financials audited, and then the larger areas, the seven-county metro, Duluth, Mankato
Summary:
The committee took up House File 337, a bill addressing long-term funding for rural and Greater Minnesota EMS and ambulance services. The author offered the A2 amendment, moved to divide it, and the committee adopted lines 1.2 to 1.19 of the amendment. The bill, as amended, was described as creating a policy framework for identifying ambulance services with operating deficits, requiring financial audits, and setting up a future grant program, with the author emphasizing that the proposal was still being developed and was intended to be a long-term solution rather than a short-term fix.
Testimony was largely supportive. Eric Simonson of the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities said the bill builds on last session’s one-time aid and would target grant dollars using state data, clarify eligible uses, allow audits, address uncompensated care and readiness costs, and require reporting back to the legislature. Mike Warner of the Red Wing Fire Department said his city’s ambulance service operates with a heavy government-funded payer mix and a persistent operating shortfall. Tim Meyer of Sanford Ambulance said low-volume rural services face widening revenue gaps, staffing pressures, and the loss of the volunteer model. Nathan Zacharias of the Association of Minnesota Counties and Kevin Lee of North Memorial Health also supported the bill, citing rising costs, staffing shortages, stagnant reimbursement, and the need for a sustainable statewide funding model.
Members raised concerns about how the bill would work in practice, especially around communities that straddle metro and non-metro boundaries and around local control over grant dollars. Representative Pel asked how the eligibility language would apply to places like Northfield and New Prague; the author and a testifier said eligibility would depend on whether a service area is mostly outside the metro area, but acknowledged more review was needed. Representative Huitt argued the bill should give more local control and should address EMS as a statewide issue, not only a Greater Minnesota issue. Representative Ryer asked whether the bill would eventually include revenue recapture or another funding source, and the author said the proposal was still at an early stage and all options were being considered. The committee laid HF 337, as amended, over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.
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- Cloud, Mankato, and a number of others. So, we pay different fees in each one of those cities.
- Cloud, Mankato, and a number of others. So, we pay different fees in each one of those cities.
- Cloud, Mankato, and a number of others. So, we pay different fees in each one of those cities.
- Cloud, Mankato, and a number of others. So, we pay different fees in each one of those cities.
Committee:
Senate Transportation
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Transcript Highlights:
- lens is the Department of Education to be able to see if that kid pops up in Hennepin County or in Mankato
- lens is the Department of Education to be able to see if that kid pops up in Hennepin County or in Mankato
- lens is the Department of Education to be able to see if that kid pops up in Hennepin County or in Mankato
Committee:
House Education Policy
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 03/03/25
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- COPAL has a physical presence in the Twin Cities, Rochester, Mankato, and provides services to Latinos
- training</c><00:57:32.839><c> and</c> COPAL has a physical presence in the Twin Cities, Rochester, Mankato
- He said it is common to see someone from Mankato, for instance, requesting to join the citizenship class
Committee:
Senate Jobs and Economic Development
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Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
MS House Floor - 21 January, 2026; 2:00 PM
Mississippi House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Tia Beasley with the MSU faculty. We welcome you all to the Capitol. faculty.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session - part 2 Apr 28th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- system that we built in Minnesota helps us to get people from regional center to regional center: from Mankato