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Hello Friends,

As we hit the halfway point of the legislative session and hit our stride of working within a tied Minnesota House of Representatives, I wanted to host another Virtual Town Hall [ [link removed] ] to provide an update on our work and hear from you - and please note that we will not be holding office hours this Friday.

Once again, we’ll be doing this on a Tuesday night - April 1 from 8-9pm. We’ll be on Zoom, so please RSVP through the link below to receive the login information. You can also submit any questions or topics you’d like us to discuss.

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Virtual Town Hall




We’ve got no shortage of issues to talk about, but I’d like to circle back on some of the questions brought up during our last Virtual Town Hall, specifically on what we’re doing to protect Minnesota from the chaos and cuts at the federal level.

In the Minnesota House, I’m co-authoring the “Protect Medicaid, Not Millionaires” Act [ [link removed] ], a bill that simply says if President Trump and Congressional Republicans are going to blow a hole in Medicaid funding to provide a tux cut for millionaires, in Minnesota, we’re going to have those same millionaires pay their fair share until that hole in Medicaid funding is patched up.

There’s also the recent news about President Trump dismantling the US Department of Education. In response, the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) launched a public feedback portal at education.mn.gov [ [link removed] ] for parents, students, teachers, and community members to submit detailed accounts of the ways recent Executive Orders and abrupt federal education cuts are impacting schools and children across our state.

More than 860,000 students in Minnesota depend on stable partnerships that have existed between their school communities, MDE, and the U.S. Department of Education across administrations. For decades, the federal investments facilitated through those partnerships have played a key role in ensuring students in Minnesota receive the support they need to learn and thrive, including:


* $256 million for students with disabilities
* $192 million for students from low-income backgrounds
* $27 million for academic enrichment
* $6 million for students in rural schools
* $38 million to support children living on military bases or Native American reservations
* $100 million for Career and Technical Education workforce development programs

If any of these cuts impact you and your family, please let us know [ [link removed] ]!

Brad Tabke, State Representative | [email protected]

Tenzin Tsangyang, Legislative Assistant | [email protected]








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