Legislative

Just a day away from a weekslong legislative break, lawmakers at the state Capitol are holding packed hearings to consider priority bills ahead of legislative deadline on Friday, March 27.…

Editor’s note: Beginning this week, we are using the legislative district number instead of the town the legislator is from. To find your legislative district, go to www.sos.mn.gov/election-administration-campaigns/data-maps/. On March…

Now over a week from our annual Lobby Day drive-in and just weeks from the legislative deadline to hear new bills, Minnesota Farmers Union (MFU) staff and members have been…

This has been a busy week for Minnesota Farmers Union as nearly 100 Minnesota Farmers Union (MFU) members and staff joined lawmakers at the Capitol as part of our annual…

It’s now the second full week of the state legislative session and committees are in full swing, including with consideration of MFU priorities. While preparing for MFU Lobby Day next…

At noon on Feb. 17 the state legislative session reconvened in St. Paul for the second year of their 94th session. MFU staff will be at the Capitol each day…

At midnight on Tuesday and with the start of October, current federal funding ran out after the president and Congress failed to reach a deal on spending. This has consequences…

Last week, MFU celebrated the official retirement of Minnesota’s long-serving Agricultural Mental Health Specialist, Ted Matthews, at the Minnesota Association of Agricultural Educators (MAAE) summer conference at the Grand Casino…

Near midday Wednesday, the United States Senate narrowly passed the massive, near 1,000-page budget reconciliation package. The bill aims to reshape federal spending, making steep cuts to food assistance and…

 We’re mourning the horrific and incalculable loss of Speaker Melissa Hortman. Many MFU members met Rep. Hortman through lobby days at the Capitol, at the State Fair, Farmfest, or at…