![]() ![]() ![]() Contact Editor Patrick Coolican for questions: Follow Minnesota Reformer on Facebook and Twitter. Minnesota Reformer maintains editorial independence. Minnesota Reformer is part of States Newsroom, a network of news bureaus supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. Income tax rebates of 260 for individuals and up to 1,300 for families of five are already starting to show up in the bank accounts of about 2.1 million Minnesota residents. “The big stuff is still coming,” Walz said. Tim Walz speaks at a news conference at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Walz said more funding for education is coming and that his administration is “just getting started.” Minnesota is now the fourth state, including California, Colorado and Maine, to implement universal free meals for students. “I have yet to meet a person in Minnesota that says they don’t have access to enough food to eat.” “I have yet to meet a person in Minnesota that is hungry,” Drazkowski said before voting against the bill. Steve Drazkowski, R-Mazeppa, questioned on the floor whether food insecurity was actually an issue in Minnesota. “To our decision-makers who believe they have never met someone who is experiencing or has experienced hunger - Hi, my name is Peggy Flanagan, and I was one in six of those Minnesota children who experienced hunger,” she said.įlanagan was referencing a now- viral clip from the state Senate’s debate over the bill earlier this week. The governor of Minnesota unveiled a budget proposal on Tuesday that includes funding for various state agencies to implement marijuana legalization and projections for cannabis revenue as lawmakers work to advance reform. Gov Peggy Flanagan in an emotional speech talked about her experience growing up with food insecurity, noting that about one in six Minnesota children don’t always have enough to eat. Army National Guard staff sergeant at the time. Under the new law, schools are prohibited from charging students for the remaining cost, and the state will foot the rest of the bill - about $200 million annually. Tim Walz, right, and Gary Bloomberg, left, at Camp Guernsey, an artillery training facility in Guernsey, Wyo., in 1992. The majority of Minnesota schools receive federal funding from the National School Lunch Program, which reimburses schools for each meal served, though it doesn’t cover the cost of the entire meal. Get stories like these delivered straight to your inbox. ![]()
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