By halting a decade of deficits and ending the practice of borrowing and shortchanging our kids’ futures, the legislature moved Minnesota forward toward a brighter future.
There is more work to do to create good jobs, but if we keep putting middle-class families first, we can build an even brighter future for all.
The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 4.6 percent, the lowest in seven years.
For generations, Minnesotans have understood the link between a high-quality education and a strong middle class.
According to nonpartisan fact checkers, most middle-class Minnesotans are going to be seeing lower taxes as a result of the Legislature’s actions during the 2013-14 session.
The Women’s Economic Security Act passed both the House and Senate with broad bipartisan support.
The local arts community in Burnsville is getting a boost thanks to several grants funded through Minnesota’s Clean Water, Land, and Legacy Amendment.
Relationships are a profound crucible for personal growth.
We can rouse our drowsy, addictive minds with the bell of happiness.
Like the buddhas of old, we can realize our true mind.
Today the Minnesota House approved legislation to increase the state’s minimum wage to $9.50 per hour by 2016 and give minimum wage workers an annual pay raise tied to the rate of inflation starting in January 2018.
Today, my colleagues and I unanimously passed ‘Tax Bill 2,’ a $103 million package of additional tax cuts for Minnesota homeowners, renters and businesses.
Within us all, there is a spiritual essence--what Buddha called our “buddha nature.”