Video & Transcript Research : 'Duluth Promise'
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 02/19/25
Health and Human Services
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- food banks, and those are located in Rochester, Fargo, Moorhead, East Grand Forks, Brooklyn Park, Duluth
- banks, and so those—what I mentioned in Rochester, Fargo, Moorhead, East Grand Forks, Brooklyn Park, Duluth
- banks, and so those—what I mentioned in Rochester, Fargo, Moorhead, East Grand Forks, Brooklyn Park, Duluth
- banks, and so those—what I mentioned in Rochester, Fargo, Moorhead, East Grand Forks, Brooklyn Park, Duluth
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: Response to Federal Hemp Ban - 11/24/25
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Education Policy Committee 2/19/25 - Part 1
Education Policy
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- or will you uphold your oath to the Minnesota State Constitution's Bill of Rights, Section 2, the promise
- or will you uphold your oath to the Minnesota State Constitution's Bill of Rights, Section 2, the promise
- Rights section Constitution's Bill of Rights section two<00:41:48.400>
the <00:41:48.640>promise - 49.359>
no <00:41:49.560>member <00:41:49.839>of <00:41:49.960>the two the promise - that no member of the two the promise that no member of the state<00:41:50.280>
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- And if we have a wait list of 400 and we're not able to make that dent, both in Hermantown, Duluth, and
- And if we have a wait list of 400 and we're not able to make that dent, both in Hermantown, Duluth, and
- And if we have a wait list of 400 and we're not able to make that dent, both in Hermantown, Duluth, and
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HF4680, HF4047, HF4590, HF3757, HF3569, HF4507, HF4426, HF4927, HF4788, HF4757, HF4747, HF3561, HF4014, HF4013, HF4689, HF4766, HF4589
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wastewater treatment, improvements, capital investment, Greenfield, bonds, water treatment, infrastructure, municipal funding, state bonds, public utilities, HF4590, Tamarack, municipal infrastructure, bonding bill, general obligation bonds, Public Facilities Authority, sewer system, collection system, street reconstruction, local infrastructure
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Working Group on Omnibus Taxes Bill - 05/20/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/25
Housing Finance and Policy
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- Detroit Lakes, Fergus Falls, Duluth, and up the North Shore. Hibbing, Virginia, up on the Range.
- She said she knows in their community up in Duluth... residential housing market activity residential
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we <00:59:32.839>we Representative Nash said that in their community up in Duluth
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Countering Climate Change – Senator Rob Kupec May 26th, 2025
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
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Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House/Senate DFL Media Availability 4/10/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
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- And this is a Welch Place up in Duluth.
- which provides efficiencies and also property management and services for the residents there in Duluth
- Not only that, the project promises to create hundreds of jobs—hundreds of new job and internship opportunities—to
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affordable housing, local control, revolving loan fund, community partnerships, Minnesota housing policy, housing, locally controlled housing, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, housing infrastructure bonds, state bonds, bonding bill, supportive housing, permanent supportive housing, homelessness, veterans housing, senior housing, manufactured home parks, community land trust, single-family housing, multifamily housing
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Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Cmte on Rules - Subcommittee on the Federal Impact on Minnesotans and Economic Stability - 10/15/25
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- Uh, you also have a member in Duluth who was quoted as saying, if premiums go up again, I may just lose
- So, I can't necessarily promise to help compensate for that gap. Um, so then what do we do?
- So, I can't necessarily promise to help compensate for that gap. Um, so then what do we do?
- So, I can't necessarily promise to help compensate for that gap. Um, so then what do we do?
- We had good, bold promises, but they just did not turn out very well.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 02/05/25
Jobs and Economic Development
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- , economic development associations, regional development corporations, port authorities like the Duluth
- practices is what expansion of promising practices is what that<00:47:20.280>
states <00:47:20.920 - And a full disclosure before I ask my question, I just want you to know I have promised my counties that
- I have promised my counties that I am on high alert for any costs to be shoved down, put on counties,
- my counties that to know I have promised my counties that I<00:53:00.240>
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 2/19/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
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- You know, it might look different down here in the Metro than it does up in Duluth or down in southwest
- You know, it might look different down here in the Metro than it does up in Duluth or down in southwest
- You know, it might look different down here in the Metro than it does up in Duluth or down in southwest
- You know, it might look different down here in the Metro than it does up in Duluth or down in southwest
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- recently spent a few weeks on the road visiting businesses across the state in Mankato, Hastings, Duluth
- recently spent a few weeks on the road visiting businesses across the state in Mankato, Hastings, Duluth
- recently spent a few weeks on the road visiting businesses across the state in Mankato, Hastings, Duluth
- recently spent a few weeks on the road visiting businesses across the state in Mankato, Hastings, Duluth
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - Part 2 - 03/24/26
Health and Human Services
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- Louis County, or Duluth, has the highest overdose rate in the state, also by some margin.
- <00:09:22.320>
Louis <00:09:22.600>County, <00:09:23.400>or <00:09:23.560>Duluth - Louis County, or Duluth, has the St.
- Louis County, or Duluth, has the highest<00:09:24.760>
overdose <00:09:25.240>rate <00:09 - So far, the results have been promising.
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Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/25
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 2/11/25
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
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- from<00:10:50.120>
around <00:10:50.360>the So we do have a judge from, um, from Duluth - highlight here: let's see, in 1921, following the brutal beatings and lynching of three Black men in Duluth
- by a mob in Duluth, Minnesota legislators actually passed a 1921 anti-lynching law.
Summary:
The Judiciary and Civil Law Committee met to hear an informational presentation from the Board of Judicial Standards. After brief member and staff introductions and a review of committee rules, the board’s executive secretary, Sarah Bas, and Mary Pat Maher explained the board’s history, mission, and operations. They described the board as an independent state agency that handles complaints about judicial misconduct and disability, issues advisory opinions, and educates judges on ethics. The presentation covered the board’s composition, complaint intake and screening process, and the levels of discipline available, ranging from summary dismissal and letters of caution to private admonitions, deferred disposition agreements, public reprimands, and formal complaints that can lead to Supreme Court review.
Members asked about the board’s budget, public access to discipline records, confidentiality of complaints, and how the board balances accountability with protecting public confidence in the judiciary. The board said public discipline is posted on its website, while private admonitions, deferred dispositions, dismissals, and letters of caution remain confidential. It also said judges generally are told who complained so they can respond, though the board can withhold the source for good cause. Questions also focused on whether attorneys are underreporting misconduct, how many complaints are nuisance complaints, and whether the online complaint system changed the types of complaints received; the board said nuisance complaints make up more than half, the complaint types have not changed much, and it does not have data comparing complaint sources to outcomes. No votes or formal committee actions were taken.
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- forward House File 1281, which supports a new conservation program at the Great Lakes Aquarium in Duluth
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cultural heritage, funding, White Earth Nation, tribal community, construction, Delano, sesquicentennial, community events, fall of Saigon, Saigon anniversary, Vietnam War commemoration, Vietnamese Minnesotans, Cambodian Minnesotans, Lao Minnesotans, Southeast Asian refugees, Asian American heritage, cultural heritage fund, Minnesota Humanities Center, Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans, equity funding
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement - 04/14/26
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
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- The promise is if you suffer a to do.
- That promise was significantly diminished in 2025.
- That promise was significantly diminished in 2025.
- That<00:36:14.840>
promise <00:36:15.280>was <00:36:15.440>significantly That promise - uh make the promises uh make the promises true. true. true.
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The Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement met on April 14, 2026, adopted the April 7 minutes, and then took up Senate File 4464, which the chair said would be laid over after hearing testimony. The bill would restore continued health insurance coverage for police officers and firefighters in the PERA Police and Fire Fund who suffer documented physical duty-related injuries, addressing the current 5-year cap and the loss of coverage at normal retirement eligibility. Senator Hal Hoffman and Senator Hoffman’s testimony emphasized that the bill is a narrow fix for injured public safety workers and not a broader restructuring of retirement benefits.
Supporters, including Mike Ladue of Law Enforcement Labor Services, several injured officers, Sheriff Ryan Kruger, and Amber Waldner, described the personal and family impacts of severe line-of-duty injuries and argued that coverage should continue to age 65 so families are not left with uncertainty if injuries worsen or force medical retirement. They said the bill would honor the promise made to public safety workers and provide stability for long-term care needs. One witness, Officer Albert, said the 2025 changes significantly reduced the protection he believed he and his family would have if his injury forced retirement.
Anne Finn of the League of Minnesota Cities opposed the bill as drafted, warning that restoring coverage to age 65 for all physical injuries would be fiscally unsustainable without additional state funding. She said the 2025 pension changes were part of a negotiated package, noted that duty disability retirements are common, and argued the employer cost could reach about $500,000 per employee and create significant property tax pressure, especially for smaller communities. She urged the committee to work on a broader solution and said revisiting only one part of the 2025 law would create imbalance.
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- centers that have yet to locate here and thereby enjoy the jobs and the economic impacts and the promise
- centers that have yet to locate here and thereby enjoy the jobs and the economic impacts and the promise
- centers that have yet to locate here and thereby enjoy the jobs and the economic impacts and the promise
- First, job promises were made, but they can't actually say how many jobs the state got.
- here on behalf of Minnesota Power, an investor-owned utility with more than 150,000 customers in Duluth