Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

July 17, 2026 at 9:26 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, I hope you’re enjoying summer, even with the high temps and smoky skies we’ve suffered lately. It’s been great spending more time back home s…

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

June 18, 2026 at 3:09 PM

Legislative update re: town hall mtg on services for vulnerable people

Legislative update re: town hall mtg on services for vulnerable people Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, Just a quick note letting you know Sen. Andrew Mathews and I are joining Big Lake-based O…

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

June 4, 2026 at 6:26 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, Today’s artificial intelligence boom is driving rapid growth in facilities that house thousands of networked computer servers, data storage s…

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

May 21, 2026 at 6:31 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, The legislature adjourned this week after a weekend where House Republicans delivered major victories on affordability, fighting fraud, and i…

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

May 8, 2026 at 1:31 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, The House recently passed a pair of bipartisan bills to help Minnesotans who are having their tax dollars stolen by fraudsters and are being …

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

May 1, 2026 at 5:50 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, Greetings from the Capitol, where you may have heard the governor issued his last State of the State address this week. He can spin it six wa…

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

April 24, 2026 at 2:50 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, I continue working with Sen. Andrew Mathews to advance legislation which supports Liberty Diversified International in Becker as the Sherco c…

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

April 10, 2026 at 4:50 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, The House is set to adjourn May 17, which leaves plenty of time to still pass bills to help Minnesotans. But, for that to happen, we need at …

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

April 3, 2026 at 1:50 PM

Easter blessings

Easter blessings Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Happy Easter, As we celebrate this season of renewal, I hope you're able to enjoy extra time with family reflecting on the hope and promise that Easter brings…

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

March 27, 2026 at 2:15 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, It’s no secret that Minnesota has a huge fraud problem under the Walz administration. He’s going to be leaving office soon – hallelujah – but…

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

March 20, 2026 at 2:25 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, It has been another week of more developments on fraud and House Democrats blocking bills that would help Minnesotans. There’s a lot to talk …

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

March 13, 2026 at 3:51 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, Our school districts are being hammered by a one-two punch of price increases and costly unfunded state mandates. Shrinking tax bases are dea…

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

March 9, 2026 at 2:35 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, There must be something in the water in St. Paul because we continue seeing strange, irrational behavior across the aisle. One House Democrat…

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

February 20, 2026 at 5:42 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, The legislature returned to the Capitol this week as the 2026 session began on Tuesday. This is an important session, particularly as we cont…

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

February 12, 2026 at 5:11 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, The 2026 session starts Tuesday at the Capitol and I’m optimistic that we will continue restoring balance in Minnesota after two years of one…

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

December 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, I hope you have a merry Christmas and a happy New Year surrounded by family and friends. It has been nice seeing many people from District 27…

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

June 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, Count me among the House Republicans who said we needed more balance to check the reckless spending, unnecessary tax increases, and radical p…

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

May 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, The Legislature didn’t finish its work on time this session, with only seven of the 19 bills that make up the state’s next two-year budget re…

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

May 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, Come Monday, we’ll be heading into the final full week of the legislative session with a boatload of work still ahead and, as of now, at leas…

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

May 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, We’re at the point in the session where the reality of a House split 67-67 is really starting to show, as we work through the bills that will…

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

April 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, I strongly opposed providing free health care to illegal aliens from the start. Now, one of my many concerns is coming to light with enrollme…

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

April 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM

Easter greeting

Easter greeting Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, Here’s wishing you a joyful Easter weekend filled with peace, love, and time with the people who matter most. I hope you get a chance to slow do…

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

April 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, It’s budget time at the Capitol. Everything is going great ... except for the fact Democrats refuse to acknowledge their time to push radical…

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

April 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, The House has reached bipartisan agreement on the framework of a new state budget that includes the largest spending reduction in Minnesota h…

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

March 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, Our state’s education system is suffering the consequences of reckless spending and unnecessary tax increases Democrats enacted with full con…

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

March 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, Remember back in 2023, when the state had an $18 billion surplus and our friends across the aisle promised $2,000 rebates? Then, remember how…

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

March 14, 2025 at 1:22 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, Improving public safety is a cornerstone priority of House Republicans this session and illegal immigration is one factor contributing to hig…

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

March 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, We received a new state economic forecast this week. It shows a whole lot of bad decisions made the last two years are crushing our state’s b…

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

February 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, It’s been another busy week in St. Paul, with a lot of important bills moving through the committee process, some others coming to the House …

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

February 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, This week at the Capitol, House Republicans made news with efforts to restore electronic pull tabs and support safe and fair girls sports. Me…

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

February 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, Lots to report from the House this week, starting with the fact a bill I authored to help soaring data center investments in Minnesota contin…

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

February 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear neighbor, After skipping work for 23 days, House Democrats finally ended their government shutdown on Thursday and came to the Capitol. Here is an over…

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

January 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, We are now approaching the end of Week 3 of the House Democrat shutdown in St. Paul. It’s the third week of the 2025 session, but they still …

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

January 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, Week 2 of the 2025 legislative session is coming to a close and House Democrats still are nowhere to be found at the Capitol. Meanwhile, Hou…

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

January 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, It was an honor returning to the Capitol on Tuesday to perform the oath of office in the Minnesota House of Representatives as a member of th…

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

January 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, The Legislature is set to convene Tuesday in St. Paul with a great deal of uncertainty over whether House Democrats will show up for work on …

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

December 23, 2024 at 3:25 PM

Have a merry Christmas and a happy New Year

Have a merry Christmas and a happy New Year Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, Here’s wishing you and your family a merry Christmas and all the best in the New Year! Let’s remember the holidays c…

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

December 12, 2024 at 8:03 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, The 2025 session starts next month, and we have received new information regarding two major issues for the upcoming session: setting a new t…

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

November 27, 2024 at 3:51 PM

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family! I hope you are planning to spend quality time with loved ones this holiday as we give thanks for a…

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

July 18, 2024 at 4:45 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, Greetings from the House, where this week we reach 60 days from the 2024 session’s adjournment. More on what that means in a bit, but first l…

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

May 21, 2024 at 7:00 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, Minnesotans can breathe a bit easier today because the Minnesota Legislature adjourned Monday and the Democrats’ two sessions with full contr…

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

May 10, 2024 at 1:56 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, Greetings from the Capitol, where this week we took a major step toward restoring religious freedom which Minnesota Democrats stripped from f…

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

May 3, 2024 at 2:05 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email??View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, Greetings from the Capitol, where some of the Democrats? biggest bills of the session are piling up, time is running out, the Senate is in di…

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

April 26, 2024 at 6:46 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email??View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, We have yet another case where, just when you think you?ve seen it all at the Capitol, the Democrats go ahead and prove otherwise. This time,…

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

April 19, 2024 at 2:11 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email??View it as a Web page. Dear neighbor, It?s omnibus bill season in the House. In other words, the majority is lumping its little, bad bills together to make big, bad bills. Take pr…

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

April 12, 2024 at 4:14 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email??View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, We are now at the point in the 2024 session when the majority has been bringing omnibus packages to the House floor for deliberations and vot…

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

April 5, 2024 at 3:56 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email??View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, Democrats in St. Paul recently announced they want to spend half a billion more tax dollars on state government even though our state governm…

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

March 28, 2024 at 7:55 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email??View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, I want to wish residents of District 27A a happy Easter. I hope you are able to spend extra time with friends and family this holiday as we c…

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

March 22, 2024 at 1:52 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, This week I heard a committee presentation for H.F. 4242, a bill the House majority has introduced that would raise the construction cost of …

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  Rep. Shane Mekeland · [email protected]

March 15, 2024 at 1:30 PM

Legislative update

Legislative update Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Dear Neighbor, Between what Democrats did with full control of the Capitol last year and what they are looking to do this year, their attack on small busine…

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