We covered a whole host of issues, whether it was transportation funding, regulating AI, combatting fraud and ensuring integrity in state spending, improving access and affordability in health care, and so much more! Thank you for coming with your stories, questions, and ideas. They’re all crucial in informing my work at the State Capitol. If you weren’t able to make it but have something you’d like to share, you can always reach me at rep.dan.wolgamott@house.mn.gov. Holding Republicans Accountable We’ve reached the halfway point of the legislative session. The majority of our committee work is done, and most bills that have a chance at becoming law have at least had one committee hearing. It’s because we’ve reached this point that my DFL colleagues and I decided it was time Republicans let Minnesotans know where they stand, especially on crucial, broadly popular bills that would make our schools and communities safer. Yesterday on the House Floor, we forced a vote on three important bills, all of which could advance through the legislative process if just ONE Republican joined us. The first was meant to be an incredibly low bar: requiring federal agents to get a judicial warrant in order to enter a Minnesota school. This was the norm until the second Trump administration. I voted YES to keep ICE out of Minnesota schools. Schools should be for learning — not fear. The federal agents who hurt people in our state with their illegal and reckless actions need to stay the hell away from our children. |