By email hidden; JavaScript is required The Post-Bulletin, Rochester MN ST. PAUL — A Rochester lawmaker’s bill requiring 35 percent of a principal’s evaluation to be based on student achievement won Senate approval on Monday. The bill sponsored by Sen. Carla Nelson, R-Rochester, passed 55-6. The measure still needs to clear the House before it [...]
Sen. Carla Nelson, R-Rochester, is sponsoring a bill to allocate state bonding money to repair the state’s crumbling Capitol building. In the House, Republicans are moving ahead with a $221 million proposal to restore and renovate the Capitol. Nelson plans to take a different approach. She wants to see a list of what needs to [...]
What a difference a year makes. Recently, a $323 million surplus was announced by the Commissioner of Management and Budget. This surplus is on top of the $876 million surplus announced last November. This gives Minnesota great hope and shows that legislators have made good and prudent decisions in managing the state’s budget this past [...]
This week, two critical care access dental bills that I sponsored along with Rep. Kim Norton (D) were heard before the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services. These bills, SF 1626 and SF 2143, answer a lack of critical access to dental care. Both bills came from collaborations with Good Samaritan and Apple Tree dental [...]
