I encourage my Republican colleagues to take their heads out of the sand and look around. These Trump policies are bad for Minnesota, and if you don’t have the stomach to stop them, at least help us protect our neighbors.
You can read more about our proposals in this Star Tribune article.
The Road Ahead
This week, we’re finalizing our budget proposals in the Minnesota House. As is the nature of our work this year, everything we’re putting forward needs bipartisan buy-in from both the DFL and GOP caucuses. This means we’re able to defend our progress from the last few years, stop the more radical proposals from our GOP colleagues, but also find some meaningful common-ground solutions.
Next week, neither the House or Senate are in session in recognition of the Easter and Passover holidays. It’s a nice break before we dive back in for the home stretch of the legislative session. In those final weeks, we’ll be putting our House budget proposals up against the Senate’s and recommendations from Governor Walz.
In the end, we’ll come out with a final state budget for the next two years, but the uncertainty and chaos from the Trump administration doesn’t make this process any easier. It’s difficult to budget when we have a federal partner that doesn’t pay their bills or rakes back funding that’s already been allocated.
We’ll do what we can to look out for Minnesotans. In the meantime, I hope you’ll reach out with any questions, comments, or ideas on how to make our community and state better.
Happy Easter and Passover to those who celebrate.
In partnership,
Michael Howard |