Minnesota House of Representatives
DFLer Bruns announces campaign for House District 21A
Jun 17, 2020
Matt Bruns of Red Wing is the Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) endorsed candidate running against Republican incumbent Barb Haley for Minnesota House District 21A.
Bruns lives in downtown Red Wing and works as a union special education teacher working at an alternative learning center in Intermediate...
Rep. Haley - Keeping you informed about the pandemic response
Apr 1, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented action across our nation and the world. My goal, as your State Representative, is to keep you informed on how your state and community is responding to this healthcare crisis and share helpful resources with you, which can be found on my Facebook site...
Haley: Tax relief should be priority for $1.3 billion surplus
Mar 4, 2020
With Minnesota seeing a projected $1.3 billion surplus for the remainder of the budget year that ends this summer, a top priority for state lawmakers this session is to allocate these excess funds.
My position is that the majority of this windfall should go back to Minnesotans, especially since...
Haley: Legislative preview and Real ID
Jan 29, 2020
Happy New Year! In just a couple of weeks, lawmakers will return to St. Paul in order to begin the 2020 Legislative Session. There are a number of topics I expect will take center stage.
With a projected $1.3 billion budget surplus for the remainder of the current budget cycle, I believe we should...
House bonding committee coming to Lake City
Sep 18, 2019
The last time the bonding committee from the Minnesota House of Representatives visited Lake City, several legislators wondered why the city wasn’t asking for any state bonding money.
“Lake City has historically not been proactive in approaching the state for funding,” Mayor Mark Nichols wrote in...
Rep. Haley: Highs and lows of the 2019 sessions
Jun 12, 2019
Last week, Minnesota’s new, two-year state budget was signed into law. Prior to the governor’s signature, each component of the budget received the legislature’s approval during a one-day special session last month.
With this year’s divided legislature, both sides worked to find compromise to pass...
Bills could deliver $2.67 million for local projects
May 23, 2019
Companion bills authored by State Rep. Barb Haley and State Sen. Mike Goggin have put Lake City in the running for state bonding money, possibly for the first time.
The bills seek an appropriation of up to $2.67 million to fund “recreational activities, and address storm water mitigation and...
Letter: Protect pro-choice
Oct 25, 2018
To the editor:
I hear so much about lowering taxes, less government over reach, more personal freedoms except when it comes to a woman’s body.
The difficult choice to terminate a pregnancy lies with the woman, her partner, her family, her clergy or counselor, not the government.
Tax money going...
Letter: Keep Haley working for us
Oct 25, 2018
To the editor:
Just two short years ago Rep. Barb Haley was able to convince the state legislative bonding committee to stop in Lake City while on a bus tour from Red Wing to Wabasha. (This was a big deal for them to stop here; it had never been done before). They had lunch at the Marina while...
Letter: Haley gets things done
Oct 25, 2018
To the editor:
If you didn’t know Barb Hailey before she was elected state representative two years ago, you probably know her now. She has proven to be one of the most hard working state representatives and we are lucky to have her representing our region.
Rep. Barb Haley has been of a champion...
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