READY FOR A BREAK
It’s Opening Day for the Twins and local pro teams are heating up, but it’s the Gophers who are the center of our sports universe. Sports Take is back from vacation to sort things out. Watch for it this afternoon.
Wolves win in OT. Frost lose. Wild at Florida tonight.
New Twins manager Derek Shelton previewed the 2026 season for WCCO Radio. LISTEN: https://fluence-media.co/4ss2ubs
The USPS is imposing its first-ever 8% surcharge on packages to cover high fuel costs. CNBC: https://fluence-media.co/4bHKG52
A jury found YouTube and Meta liable for harming children via social media addiction. AP: https://fluence-media.co/4svgLUL
Most Americans continue to hold positive opinions of Canada (80%) and Great Britain (76%), but views of both nations have dropped significantly in the past year and now are the lowest Gallup has measured for each. GALLUP: https://fluence-media.co/4t4CC5h
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Sunday Take featured GOP Rep. Jon Koznick and DFL Sen. Scott Dibble discussing transportation in Minnesota. LISTEN: https://fluence-media.co/4t1X5aP
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CENTERING SESSION
It’s Mental Health Day at the Capitol…
Another animated day at the legislature, especially on cannabis and transportation. Republicans clearly want to make license tab fees an election issues and it could be effective. For DFLers, the lack of acknowledging the higher costs created during the trifecta isn’t a great look – but their stubbornness is admirable when “affordability” is an issue.
The debate about breast feeding and children on the Senate floor also revealed fascinating points of view for 2026. As a young employee in 1995, I quickly learned about the proper accommodations of a “pump” room at my first private sector job. The idea that our elected officials can debate the topic for over an hour, suggests that simple problems on all topics are just made more complicated by the legislative culture.
Everyone needs a break, which starts tomorrow.
First in morning take…via news release this morning, VERBATIM: “David Sturrock is today announcing he is a candidate for the Minnesota House of Representatives. Sturrock, a resident of Marshall, is seeking the Republican endorsement for House District 15A, which is currently held by Rep. Chris Sedzinski, who is not seeking reelection.”
OMNIBUSES: via MinnPost, VERBATIM: “This session, lawmakers are set to craft omnibus bills, or even a single jumbo omnibus package, [for] everything from State Capitol security to regulating health care facilities. … But at an oral argument Wednesday, a Minnesota Court of Appeals panel voiced openness to the idea that omnibus bills are actually illegal, or at least a court could nix specific bill parts. The Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus [argued] that the [2024 omnibus] violates the Minnesota constitution’s provision that legislation must have a single subject. … They want the whole 2024 bill voided, [but] the panel did not issue a decision and has 90 days to produce a written ruling.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4bLHi9n
MORE: via MPR News, VERBATIM: “Depending on how the case shakes out, a gun law at the center of the legal challenge could be scrapped and the entire law could go with it. The courts have generally been reluctant, however, to strike down more than they have to when resolving a dispute. … Judges also raised concerns about whether the gun owners caucus had standing to call for the roll back of the full policy. They pressed [attorneys] about whether there were comparable cases of Minnesota courts striking bills in their entirety due to single-subject concerns.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4bQQn0E
TABFEES: via KSTP, VERBATIM: “After a bill to lower license tab fees failed in the Minnesota House transportation committee, the cost is unlikely to go down anytime soon…In 2023, the legislature increased the tax rate for license tab fees, while at the same time dramatically slowing the rate of depreciation, so you pay a higher rate on an artificially high valuation on your vehicle…There’s a bill in the house to lower the license tab tax rate from 1.575% of your vehicle’s value to 1.285%, while also speeding up the depreciation of your car…Under the bill, in the third year of owning a vehicle, you would pay a tax on 80% of your vehicle’s original value instead of 90%...ANDERSON: “What happened two years ago is that by increasing tab fees 22% and changing the appreciation schedule, we have made things incredibly unaffordable for people in Minnesota,” Rep. Patti Anderson (R, Dellwood)…However, Democrats say the bill will cost the state hundreds of millions in lost revenue. KOEGEL: “This is a really great headline bill that shows Republicans are going to be whatever they are trying to sell this week, but the story behind it is that there’s a $732-million budget hole you’re creating with this bill,” said Rep. Erin Koegel (DFL, Spring Lake Park).” WATCH/READ: https://fluence-media.co/4bzHlX0
BLUE LINE: via KSTP, VERBATIM: “The $3.2 billion Blue Line Extension has been the subject of controversy for a decade, and debate over the light rail project intensified on Wednesday at the State Capitol. Rep. Jon Koznick, R-Lakeville, [introduced] two bills of his own related to how the Blue Line Extension is paid for. A new fiscal note attached to one of those bills predicts the costs to operate and maintain the light rail extension from Minneapolis to Brooklyn Park will exceed $57 million in its first year. … Koznick’s legislation would shift the burden of those operating costs to Hennepin County instead of the broader Metropolitan Council, [but] that idea received strong pushback. … Both of Koznick’s bills related to the Blue Line Extension failed to pass out of committee.” READ/WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/4lXqtwW
FRAUD: via FOX 9, VERBATIM: “Minnesota’s Office of the Legislative Auditor is endorsing a bill that it says will overhaul how the state prevents and catches fraud. If passed, it would include stronger oversight of the operations getting state grants and increase the mandated training for employees who process the grants. The new bill would also prohibit state employees from working for a company they approved grant money to for at least a year after leaving the state agency.” READ/WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/4d4G4s2
BONDING: via MPR News, VERBATIM: “Gov. Tim Walz declared his top priority for the legislative session [is] getting approval for a finance plan to pay for construction projects. … Walz kicked off a tour of state-funded projects at a water treatment plant in Robbinsdale. He was there to tout his $907 million bonding proposal to invest in public safety, clean water and transportation initiatives. … Walz plans to make other stops in coming weeks to build support for the package. … Neither House nor Senate Capital Investment Committees have released their initial lists of projects they want the state to borrow for. Those plans should come after an upcoming legislative recess for the Easter and Passover holidays.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4bKPwOT
CHILDREN: via Forum News Service, VERBATIM: “Just weeks after a senator was asked to leave the chamber with her sick baby, the Minnesota Senate passed a resolution 41-25 [to] allow kids on the floor. The change came out of a bipartisan effort from young moms in the Senate, who said the previous rule made juggling motherhood and legislating difficult. … Allowing minor children on the floor aligns the Senate with the House, which has allowed children on the floor since 2013.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4bD4qqg
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OMNI-ANGLES
PAID LEAVE: via House Session Daily, VERBATIM: “The House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee [heard] several testifiers saying the statewide [paid leave] program, which offers temporary wage replacement for up to 20 weeks a year, disproportionately affects small employers who lack HR departments, redundancy in staffing, or administrative capacity. Rep. Kristin Robbins (R-Maple Grove) proposes HF2113 [to] exempt businesses with 15 or fewer employees from the paid leave program. … Opponents, however, say the bill could potentially exclude about one in five Minnesota workers. … The bill failed to advance out of the committee on a party-line vote.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4bQOhxO
SWEEPSTAKES: via FOX 9, VERBATIM: “Minnesota lawmakers are considering a bill to ban online sweepstakes games. … The proposal has bipartisan backing and has advanced in both the House and Senate. … ‘What we’re trying to do is ensure that legitimate promotional sweepstakes can continue in the state of Minnesota while closing a loophole that’s effectively allowing online gambling,’ said Sen. Jordan Rasmusson, R-Fergus Falls. … [But] one of the largest sweepstakes operators is run by a Minnesota native, who says his company employs more than 200 people in tech jobs and follows state laws. He argues that banning sweepstakes would be counterproductive.” READ/WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/3NG36v6
OBESITY: via House Session Daily, VERBATIM: “As names like Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro have gained popularity in recent years, Minnesota’s cost per Medical Assistance patient using these drugs surged, now costing $12,000 per person per year and representing more than 12% of the state’s pharmaceutical costs. That’s alarming to Rep. Danny Nadeau (R-Rogers). A bill he sponsors, HF4142, that would prohibit Medical Assistance coverage of prescription drugs solely used for weight loss, was laid over Wednesday by the House Health Finance and Policy Committee.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4daKde4
FOR RURAL HOSPITALS, 340B ISN’T A WINDFALL — IT’S A LIFELINE: 30% of Minnesota hospitals are operating in the red. Savings from the 340B Drug Pricing Program help keep the doors open for safety-net hospitals that serve the most rural and underserved populations. Legislators can support access to local, high-quality care in their districts by strengthening the 340B program this session. READ MORE: https://fluence-media.co/4uPSZV1 (SPONSORED: Essentia Health)
AD TAX: via House Session Daily, VERBATIM: “No taxes are collected when digital ads are bought in Minnesota, nor are they for billboards. Sponsored by Rep. Liz Lee (DFL-St. Paul), HF4343 would end the state’s tax exemption for digital advertising, sales and services, and do the same for billboards — and it would lower the state’s sales tax rate by 0.125%. On Wednesday, the House Taxes Committee laid the bill over, as amended, for possible omnibus bill inclusion.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/41qBe15
AI: via MPR, VERBATIM: “A bill seeking to protect gig workers from AI practices that pay lower wages has stalled. DFL Rep. Emma Greenman says corporations are using personal data to drive down labor costs and hike up consumer prices. The Minneapolis lawmaker is pushing for a ban on what she calls ‘surveillance-based wage discrimination.’ … The bill also tackles AI practices used to set consumer prices. Critics argue restrictions would eliminate the everyday discounts and worry the legislation oversteps into workplace management. The bill failed to get a committee majority to move ahead.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4rXuNxA
YOUR NEIGHBORS RIDE ATVs: From the Twin Cities to the Iron Range, thousands of Minnesotans own and ride ATVs. They are families, veterans, teachers and small business owners who rely on Minnesota’s trail system for recreation, tourism, and economic activity. ATV riders aren’t just “up north” — they live in the Twin Cities metro area, and they care deeply about maintaining safe, well-managed trails. As the legislature considers trail policy, funding, and land-use decisions this session, ask them to support Minnesota’s ATV community and the outdoor opportunities they value. LEARN MORE: https://fluence-media.co/4u4dGw9 (SPONSORED: ATV Minnesota)
HOUSING
OWNERSHIP: via KARE 11, VERBATIM: “Minnesota Rep. Esther Egbaje [is] the sponsor of HF2687, a bill that would ban private equity from owning single-family homes in Minnesota. The bill would also limit corporations from owning more than 50 rental units in the state. … According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, investor ownership of single-family homes in the state doubled from 2006 to 2015, but has since stabilized around 3.4%.” READ/WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/482UHsj
TAKE: A populist idea, but limiting who can own property creates a challenge for enforcement not to mention freedom. The restriction on ownership has also been mentioned by President Trump. The real issue is suggesting that all private capital and investment is “private equity” and creating a boogeyman that doesn’t exist. Finance is more complex than ever, and its been made so by regulation. That’s unlikely something that legislators have taken the time to understand or study. The same investment that is shamed, is needed to revive and support multiple parts of Minnesota’s economy. Attraction to the market is more the challenge.
ZONING: via Star Tribune, VERBATIM: “The bipartisan bill that would force local governments to allow more dense housing in more places was voted down in committee — including by the panel’s Republican members — earlier this week. But it’s ‘going to move in some way,’ House Speaker Lisa Demuth [said] yesterday. ‘I would say stay tuned on that one because I think that still has some pathway,’ she added.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4syVbi7
ASSISTANCE: via MinnPost, VERBATIM: “If you’re confused about the Minneapolis City Council’s efforts to get rental assistance to residents affected by Operation Metro Surge, don’t worry: Council members themselves were struggling to nail it down during a Tuesday committee meeting. The primary issue is that a number of different funding packages and a handful of possible changes have been proposed. Several will be up for a vote at Thursday’s council meeting. … The $1 million in funding approved by the city in February [is] the closest to being used – city staff said they expect applications to open in mid-April.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4lRq0Mo
CLEAN | RELIABLE | AFFORDABLE: via Xcel Energy, VERBATIM: “We’re powering the Upper Midwest with clean, reliable, and affordable nuclear energy. For more than 50 years, our Prairie Island Nuclear Plant, located near Red Wing, MN, has been a workhorse of reliable, carbon-free energy. With two pressurized water reactors producing about 1,100 megawatts, Prairie Island generates enough electricity to power 1.5 million homes across the Upper Midwest. Unlike sources that depend on weather, nuclear energy delivers 24/7 reliability — providing the power we need today while protecting the environment for tomorrow.” LEARN MORE: https://fluence-media.co/4oCHdK9 (SPONSORED: Xcel Energy)
ICE IN MN
WILMAR: When Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations ramped up across Minnesota earlier this year, many immigrant populations went into hiding out of fear of detainment. The City of Willmar, with a foreign-born population of roughly 17 percent, was no exception…John Salgado Maldonado, from Chile, is one of Willmar’s residents who stayed indoors to avoid ICE agents earlier this year, despite being a legal U.S. resident. He was frightened by reports of ICE agents detaining people regardless of their citizenship status…However, despite the fear Salgado Maldonado felt earlier this year, he said he also saw a community grow closer together.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3PoQ2e9
IMPACT: via Office of the Governor, VERBATIM: “Governor Tim Walz today signed an executive order establishing a Governor’s Council to document the impacts of Operation Metro Surge and Operation PARRIS. … The council, composed of leaders with a range of expertise and perspectives, will gather testimony, data, and firsthand accounts to ensure people’s experiences are preserved and heard. It will work to make recommendations to prevent future harm and support the state’s long-term recovery. … The council will include up to 15 members [and] does not have a law enforcement role.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4lRWZ3r
LAWSUITS: Via FOX 9, attorneys for nearly 80 Minnesotans will announce excessive force lawsuits against ICE today in the wake of Operation Metro Surge. READ/WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/3Q12e4L
DETENTION: via WCCO Radio, VERBATIM: “Rep. Kelly Morrison is reporting on conditions inside an immigration facility in Texas, where many of those arrested during Operation Metro Surge in the Twin Cities are being housed. Morrison conducted an unannounced oversight visit of the Camp East Montana immigration detention facility. … She was initially denied access, [but] she was eventually let in, and described the conditions as ‘horrific.’” READ/LISTEN: https://fluence-media.co/4bS5iYr
REJECT 340B EXPANSION: A new Minnesota Department of Health report shows hospitals made at least $1 billion dollars from a federal drug discount program known as 340B. The program should help patients, but experts say there is little accountability for where the money goes. The report was delayed and only recently released, showing the program isn’t working as intended. But Minnesota politicians are fast tracking a bill to expand the 340B program anyway. Lawmakers: reject House File 3609 / Senate File 3769. LEARN MORE: https://fluence-media.co/4uUobCQ (SPONSORED: Community Action for Responsible Hospitals)
HORTMAN: via Bring Me The News, VERBATIM: “Minnesota Democrats are condemning a group of conservative activists for using an offensive AI-generated photo of the late Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated last summer. The image was shared by Action 4 Liberty. … Responding to a post by an Alpha News reporter detailing a proposal to erect a statue of Hortman on the State Office Building grounds, Action 4 Liberty posted an AI-generated image of a statue in Hortman’s likeness depicting her as a pickpocket. … Minnesota DFL Party Chair Richard Carlbom issued a swift response to the image, calling it ‘appalling.’” READ: https://fluence-media.co/41p91rw
TAKE: Stay classy Action 4 Liberty
MINING: via MinnPost, VERBATIM: “Rep. Pete Stauber thought he had found a foolproof way to speed legislation through Congress that would lift a moratorium on copper and nickel mining in the Boundary Waters watershed. But it has not turned out to be speedy. … Those opposed to sulfide mining in the Boundary Waters watershed are hoping the Senate will run out of time to take up Stauber’s resolution. … That deadline will come near the end of April, [but] the Senate is tied up with bigger things, including trying to pass legislation to fund the war with Iran and the Department of Homeland Security.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4c5FAki
RALLY PREP: via KSTP, VERBATIM: “St. Paul is preparing for a historic No Kings Day rally on Saturday, with police and organizers focused on crowd safety and traffic. Police said Saturday’s march in St. Paul could draw as many as 150,000 people. … More than 300 officers are preparing for the event along with the Minnesota State Patrol, Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office, Metro Transit, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the St. Paul Fire Department.” READ/WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/4sy6G9D
340B HOSPITAL MARKUPS HURT PATIENTS: Minnesota’s latest 340B report shows covered entities generated $1.34 billion IN PROFIT in 2024, including an estimated $261 million from Medicaid prescriptions. Independent research finds the program raises costs for patients, taxpayers, and employers statewide. Minnesota should sunset the 340B mandate and Congress should fix the federal 340B program, so it actually helps patients. LEARN MORE: https://fluence-media.co/3OLZOGG(SPONSORED: PhRMA)
INDICATORS
RURAL JOBS: via KSTP, VERBATIM: “Rural Minnesota employers say open jobs are easy to find, but workers with experience are harder to get. … Marnie Werner, a researcher at the Center for Rural Policy and Development, [said] the problem is not just finding qualified people. ‘It’s more difficult in rural areas to get people to come out and work out here than it is, say, in the metro area,’ Werner said. Werner and her colleagues found some parts of rural Minnesota have especially high open job rates. In northeast Minnesota, the open job rate stands at 6.2%, nearly double what is considered a healthy rate.” READ/WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/4t3QfBO
OUTDOORS: via Star Tribune, VERBATIM: “Winter was still in full swing up north [last weekend], where hundreds of miles of cross-country and snowmobile trails remained open. This wasn’t simply the fickleness of March. Northern Minnesota was colder and snowier than average throughout the winter, while the south saw above-average temperatures that often melted its snowpack. On average, the state’s winter was just slightly warmer and drier than normal. Compared to the national trend, it was something of an outlier. … The experience of winter recreationists, and the businesses and organizations that cater to them, speak to an uneven season.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4davnUW
HABITAT RESTORATION: Flint Hills Resources has earned Tandem Global WHC Gold Certification for habitat restoration at its Cottage Grove fuel terminal. The certification comes after two years of work in partnership with Friends of the Mississippi River to implement a restoration and monitoring plan to re-establish the 6.5-acre site’s natural prairie and savannah. Flint Hills has held gold certification for its work done with community partners over the past 25 years to restore more than 200 acres of the Pine Bend Bluffs, a critical natural area along the Mississippi River that is adjacent to Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend refinery. This makes two Flint Hills gold certified sites in Minnesota and the first two gold-certified sites ever in the Twin Cities. LEARN MORE: https://fluence-media.co/3VASKg4 (SPONSORED: Flint Hills Resources)
ACROSS MN
ST PAUL: via Pioneer Press, VERBATIM: “Beginning May 14, landlords in St. Paul will have to give their tenants 60 days notice before filing eviction proceedings for non-payment of rent. … The St. Paul City Council voted 7-0 on Wednesday to approve the temporary 60-day notice requirement, which expires Dec. 31. A 30-day eviction notice requirement approved by the council a year ago had been scheduled to take permanent effect citywide mid-May, but the council chose to double the grace period through the end of the year. The decision came in direct response to Operation Metro Surge.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4dbyax1
GOLDEN VALLEY: via KSTP, VERBATIM: “Golden Valley’s search for a new police chief is stretching on and could cost taxpayers more than expected. The city has been looking for a new chief since last fall after the previous chief resigned, following an investigation into his conduct. City leaders hired GMP Consultants in November for at least $18,500 to help with the search — a search that’s closing in on six months with only two finalists brought forward so far.” READ/WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/4t6dUS5
FOREST LAKE: via Pioneer Press, VERBATIM: “Forest Lake Police Chief Rick Peterson is retiring on April 3 after 26 years on the force. … He was promoted to sergeant in 2004 and appointed chief in 2011. … Capt. Luke Hanegraaf, 46, has been hired to be the city’s next chief.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3NOqA0V
STEARNS CTY: via St. Cloud Live, VERBATIM: “Fraud prevention efforts have saved nearly $1.23 million over the past two fiscal years, according to Stearns County Sheriff Lt. Zach Sorenson. This includes intentional fraud and errors on application forms. Sorenson leads a team of one other full-time investigator and a part-time investigator. … Through a partnership with county human services, approximately 90% — 789, or an average of 32 per month — of their tips came from internal referrals from July 2023 through July 2025.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4uNzYTn
NISSWA: via Pine & Lakes Echo Journal, VERBATIM: “The Nisswa City Council’s four-hour regular meeting [had] ended the same way it began — with Mayor Jennifer Carnahan and council member Joe Hall exchanging words and talking at the same time and over each other for an extended length of time. … The exchange started during discussion about how to proceed in the city administrator search after the council’s recent top pick declined the job.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4rQVcwZ
DEERWOOD: via Brainerd Dispatch, VERBATIM: “Deerwood Mayor John V. Taylor died unexpectedly at his home [this week] at the age of 74. Elected as mayor in 2022, Taylor served the city of Deerwood in several capacities throughout his life, [including] several years as City Council member and a 41-year career with the Deerwood Fire Department, ending in 2019. Taylor served as fire chief from 1991 to 2015.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/40WNDtz
CRITICAL MARKETS FOR MINNESOTA: via Minnesota Corn, VERBATIM: “Minnesota’s 24,000 family corn farmers export hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of corn, ethanol, and dried distillers grains (DDG) to Canada and Mexico each year. Those exports support consumers in those countries and account for thousands of Minnesota jobs and over $1 billion in economic activity. That’s why the Minnesota Corn Growers Association supports a full renewal of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), the landmark trade agreement that modernized North American agricultural trade.” LEARN MORE: https://fluence-media.co/4dqEqB1 (SPONSORED: Minnesota Corn)
COMING UP
SESSION: House floor session at 3:30 p.m. Senate floor session at 11:00 a.m. HOUSE: Commerce hears regulations for social media and trusted contacts. Human Services will hear its policy omnibus. Judiciary & Civil Law hears the OIG bill. Energy hears two nuclear power bills. Higher Education hears a ban on non-citizens receiving state financial aid. SENATE: State & Local Govt. hears restrictions on state employees working for grant recipients. Health & Human Services will hear HMO regulations. Labor hears regulations on using AI and surveillance tech in workplaces. Higher Education hears restrictions for carrying guns on campuses. CALENDAR: https://fluence-media.co/4c5p5ES
TODAY: Governor Tim Walz will attend the Boys and Girls Club Day at the Capitol and the Mental Health Day at the Capitol. Later, he will receive an Adult Education Champion Award and chair meetings of the Executive Council, Land Exchange Board, and State Board of Investment.
TODAY: Sustain St. Paul will host a presentation titled “Solving St. Paul’s Fiscal Challenges” to discuss how land use affects the city’s financial health. The event is at 7:00 p.m.
TOMORROW: The Minnesota Legislature has its 1st and 2nd deadlines on Friday, March 27, both at 5:00 p.m. Most bills that have not received favorable action by this time will be considered dead, with exceptions for major finance bills and budget-related committees. DETAILS: https://fluence-media.co/4skPm7Q
TOMORROW: The Minnesota Legislature will be on break for Easter and Passover starting at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 27. Lawmakers will resume their work on Tuesday, April 7.
SATURDAY: National protest groups will host a flagship “No Kings” rally in St. Paul on Saturday, March 28. Speakers will include Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, Attorney General Keith Ellison, St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her, DFL Rep. Shelley Buck and numerous celebrity activists and union leaders. Organizers will livestream the event nationwide. DETAILS: https://fluence-media.co/4bxA3l3
TUESDAY: Senator Liz Boldon (DFL-Rochester), Representative Kim Hicks (DFL-Rochester), Representative Andy Smith (DFL-Rochester), and Representative Tina Liebling (DFL-Rochester) will host a virtual town hall. Interested constituents can RSVP to receive a link to the meeting, and submit questions or topics for the legislators to cover.
MARCH 30: DFL Rep. Ilhan Omar will host a CD5 town hall in Spring Lake Park on Monday, March 30 at 6:00 p.m.
MARCH 31: DFL state Rep. Aric Putnam will host an SD14 town hall in St. Cloud on Tuesday, March 31 at 6:00 p.m.
MARCH 31: via MDA advisory, VERBATIM: “Network with agricultural leaders at the 28th annual Women’s Agricultural Leadership Conference (WALC) on Tuesday, March 31 at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. This year’s WALC theme, ‘Local Leadership: Global Impact,’ will focus on developing and uplifting women in agriculture.”
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