Good news!
Dayton vetoed anti-protest highway penalty bill HF390 and Line 3 Greenlight bill HF3759. Call to thank him!
TOMORROW leaders of 2 Latino social justice groups will meet Minneapolis City Council to discuss the Municipal ID Campaign. This is a campaign to give undocumented immigrants a form of ID they can use in their daily lives. The groups are asking for support - can you help?
"Do you think everyone deserves to access health care safely and without fear of intimidation? Do protesters outside of abortion clinics make your blood boil?" Naral Pro-Choice Minnesota
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Last weekend of MN 2018 session! House and Senate start work at 1pm today, conference committees are ongoing - they still have a lot to do. Keep the pressure on!
Call, email, tweet the Governor and your legislators about bills you care about. See WatchYourRepsMn for the latest on bills to veto, support, oppose. For more info, see this from Star Tribune Daily Session is useful background too.
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Another school shooting (22nd of this year), this time at Sante Fe High School, Texas. The fatalities are now up to 10. Our hearts break for yet another community traumatized by gun violence. And we are angry. We demand meaningful action on gun control NOW!
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May 16 - Senate votes on the Line3 Greenlight bill (HF3759), already passed in the House. Call, email, tweet your Senators about this one.
3pm, May 16 - Emergency Funding Rally in support of Gov. Dayton's MN education funding proposal. Wear red.
May 17, 1.30pm, end-of-session action to call for Mn Leg to pass bills that serve the people of MN, not outside corporate interest groups. See below for details. #MNValues
Please attend and take action where you can!
Final full week of Mn Leg session 2018! Here's your weekly rundown of bills-to-do-something-about from WatchYourRepsMN.
Look through the weekly Mn Leg bills update from the fabulous WatchYourRepsMN. Find the ones you care about, and call, email, tweet your message to your legislators and/or the Governor! It's quick, easy and effective!
The "Ultrasound bill" (SF2849) passed in the Mn House on Thursday 10th May. The vote was (79-48). Next step, this anti-abortion bill goes to the Governor to be vetoed or signed into law.
ReSisters - you know the drill: Contact Governor Dayton and ask him to TRUST WOMEN and veto this bill.
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