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What an honor to have Albert Lea small business owners Robert and Angie Hoffman (Robert Hoffman Reality) join me as my guests for the Governor's State of the State Address! Angie also serves on the school board for the Albert Lea Area Schools. Thank you for joining me!

There is a bronze statue of Lady Justice in the Minnesota Capitol rotunda. She is holding the scales of justice and wearing a blindfold. I've always loved this depiction. Justice must be "blind"; it is impartial and objective. Every person, regardless of skin color, race, gender,

Congratulations, Keri Heintzeman! Great work. Welcome to the MN Legislature!

MN's 2020 graduation rate was 83.8%. The newly released 2024 rate is 84.2%. MDE & MN Media are proclaiming that our grad rates are at a "historic high" since the pandemic. We can be happy it didn't go down, but if this is something to celebrate as "historic" we've got a problem.

Government needs to stop measuring success by what it puts into things and start measuring success by the outcome. “We put millions $$ into this and millions $$ into that.” Baloney! If it’s not working, STOP IT!

Let's be real. When the Walz admin took office in 2019 the grad rate was 83.7%. In 2024 it's 84.2%. About 1/2% growth. Tragically, of those 2024 graduates, only 55% could read at grade level and 36% at grade level in math. Where does that leave them? We have lots of work to do.

"This is fairy dust!" - an actual comment made on the House floor when we (GOP) attempted to initiate stronger fraud protection laws several years ago. Fraud has been ignored out of political expediency for years. Billions are being stolen. And who suffers? Minnesotans! This must

Once again, we have a huge problem in this state. Our spending is soon going to far surpass our revenue intake – and this after DFL legislators increased our taxes an additional $10 billion two years ago. In just two short years, we have gone from an $18 billion budget surplus to

Republicans are working late into the night to pass an education budget. House Republicans are the ONLY caucus in the legislature that didn’t propose cuts to our schools - while still delivering a budget agreement that includes the largest spending cut in state history. With

Instead of promoting a culture of safety and support in our schools we have inadvertently created a culture of chaos. Sadly, our children and teachers are bearing the brunt of misguided state school discipline policies that have exasperated the problem. fb.watch/zHjQ2-ALM6/?

Last week, Republicans passed an education budget bill that puts our schools FIRST—without tying their hands with costly, one-size-fits-all mandates. This bill offers common-sense solutions to give schools the flexibility and support they're asking for. 🏫🍎 Peggy Bennett

Letting boys compete in girls' sports is neither fair nor safe. It's delusional. Democrats need to stop trying to abolish girls' sports!

The voice of 3 million MN’s has been heard through the work of their County Commissioners standing up against the $93M money grab of county transit funds to the Met Council. That provision has been removed from Transpo bill! #mnleg #mngop

I am absolutely heartbroken at the tragic loss of my House colleague Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark. She was a fair and principled legislator and state leader whom I greatly respected. My prayers and deepest sympathies are with the Hortman family. I am also

I want to express my sincere gratitude to Minnesota (and federal) law enforcement personnel at all levels for their professional, expert, and swift job in tracking down and capturing the suspect in the horrendous shootings of Minnesota law makers that took place just a few days

Speaker Demuth remembers the life and legacy of Speaker-Emerita Melissa Hortman.

Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, her husband, Mark, and their golden retriever, Gilbert, lie in state at the Capitol Rotunda June 27. 📸 Andrew VonBank #mnleg

Happy Independence Day! May you and your family enjoy this holiday weekend as we celebrate the founding and blessings of this great nation we call the United States of America! 

I greatly enjoyed the 3rd of July parade in Albert Lea yesterday. What a wonderful community of patriots we have. I love living here! Thanks for the July 3rd birthday wishes as well!