Minnesota’s growth increasingly depends on immigration, even as national policy shifts raise concerns about the state’s demographic and economic future.
Author: MinnPost
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump, who has tried with limited success to make huge changes in federal policy through executive power, scored a huge victory when Congress approved a massive budget bill that will speed his domestic agenda. The legislation would roll back policies implemented by former President Joe Biden aimed at fighting climate change and expanding health care coverage for low and middle-income Americans. But it would create winners, too, especially among the state’s corporations and wealthy taxpayers. Here’s a breakdown of some Minnesotans who would gain, or lose, under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act: The winners –…
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Melissa Hortman became Minnesota Speaker of the House on Jan. 8, 2019, the same day Lisa Demuth started in the Legislature. “The first day when we were sworn in, she became speaker, and then gave her speech. I remember her pointing out her family specifically in the gallery, and mentioning them, Demuth, R-Cold Spring, and the current House speaker said in an interview Monday. “And I don’t remember anything else she said. I just remember looking at a woman with strength and experience.” That Hortman spelled out not just her policy preferences but life priorities was galvanizing, Demuth said. And…
The last time Melissa Hortman spoke at a Minnesota Capitol press conference she cried. Speaker Emerita of the Minnesota House, Hortman had cast the lone DFL yes vote on a bill to remove undocumented immigrant adults from a reduced cost state health care plan, a move she said was necessary to get Republican support on completing a state budget. Asked Monday what it felt like to approve legislation she personally did not support, Hortman first rolled her eyes in anguish before tearing up. “You know, I’ll continue to have health insurance. So, I’m fine. What I worry about is the people…
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