minnesota state senate

Goggin - Senate continues to get things done on major issues

Apr 7, 2021

The legislature is about to enter the home stretch of the 2021 session. In the coming weeks, we’ll have to complete negotiations on a state budget and a number of other important issues. Here’s a review of where things stand. PPP and unemployment tax relief is one of the most pressing issues of...

Goggin - State should renew insurance fix

Mar 10, 2021

One of the promises I made during my first campaign was that I would fix MNsure, which was causing double-digit premium spikes every year and brought our individual health insurance market to the brink of collapse. The solution we came up with was reinsurance. It stabilized the market and helped...

Goggin: Budget, COVID-19 response likely to dominate legislative session

Jan 6, 2021

As I write this, we are about one week away from the new legislative session. After four years, it continues to be an amazing privilege to serve as your voice in the senate. I love hearing your feedback, your ideas, and your concerns, and I apply them to every decision I make. I hope you know that...

Join us in voting Kaehler for state senate

Oct 21, 2020

My wife Joanne and I have already voted for Ralph Kaehler to become the only active farmer in the Minnesota Senate. Joanne grew up on a dairy farm and she recognized the qualities of sincerity and honesty in Ralph that convinced her to vote for him as she served as a delegate to the Wabasha County...

Goggin should be informed on all issues affecting constituents

Jul 22, 2020

I believe that Minnesotans look out for each other. We expect our elected leadership to support us through navigating crises together, regardless of the color of our skin or our socioeconomic status. This week, I attended a meeting. I want to believe my current State Sen. Mike Goggin is a leader....

City to make another bonding pitch to lawmakers Nov. 7

Nov 7, 2019

Lake City officials made their pitch to the Minnesota House capital investment committe on Oct. 22, now it’s the senate’s turn. Members of the state senate’s capital investment committee were scheduled to visit Lake City just before 10 a.m. today (Thursday, Nov. 7) to hear the city’s proposal for...

Senators hold childcare listening session here

Sep 13, 2018

A bi-partisan group of state senators listen to testimony from a childcare provider during a childcare listening session Monday, Sept. 10, at the Lake City Public Library. The session was one of several planned around the state as officials work to ease a childcare shortage in many areas of the...

Sen. Goggin: New laws help rape victims, seniors

Aug 15, 2018

Think rape victims should know more about the status of their case? Think child care is too expensive? Or that it’s too hard for providers to stay in business? Tired of people scamming the system by using fake service animals? How about senior citizens? Do you know a vulnerable senior who could be...

Senate Childcare Affordability Listening session is Sept. 10 at library

Aug 15, 2018

Minnesota State Senators will hold a childcare affordability listening session in Lake City on Sept. 10 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., at the Lake City Public Library. The event is part of a series of forums featuring a bipartisan group of senators to be held across Minnesota starting in August. The...

Goggin: Bonding bill funds critical needs

Jul 3, 2018

In my June column, I discussed Gov. Mark Dayton’s end-of-session vetoes, and how disappointing it was that he was unwilling to work with the legislature on tax cuts and the supplemental spending bill that funded critical issues facing the state, like elder abuse prevention, opioid addiction, and...