sen. mike goggin

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...

Legislative session preview

Jan 9, 2019

The new legislative session begins on Jan. 8. Though we are entering a new year, with a new governor and a new House majority, my goals remain the same: to do my best for the people of Senate District 21 and all of Minnesota.Senate Republicans are now the experienced body, and we will be a...

Great River Homes visits senator in St. Paul

Mar 21, 2018

Representatives of Great River Homes, Inc. discussed legislative issues impacting people with disabilities with Sen. Mike Goggin, District 21 at the state office building in St. Paul. Pictured from left: Dan Schaefer, board member, Jim Litscher, parent, Sen. Mike Goggin , Jesse Litscher, self-...

Local legislators, members attend Farm Bureau event in St. Paul

Feb 28, 2018

The Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation (MFBF) recently held their Council of County Presidents meeting on Feb. 21 at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul with nearly 190 Farm Bureau leaders, elected and appointed officials in attendance. County Farm Bureau presidents heard from state legislators...

Letter: Elected? Yes. Representative? Hardly

Jun 14, 2017

To the editor: I share Jessie Nowak’s concern about Rep. Barb Haley’s support of moving public school dollars away from our public schools to private and alternative education based systems. This is a recipe for the dumbing down of America, as a similar experiment in Michigan has already...

Letter: When it comes to education, rep can't have it both ways

Jun 8, 2017

To the editor: I am grateful to have had an opportunity to meet with Rep. Barb Haley and Sen. Mike Goggin at a post session wrap-up meeting on a Tuesday evening in Red Wing recently. While I understand that working in the political system requires negotiating and compromise, I am particularly...