SAINT PAUL, MN – Today the Minnesota Senate passed a bipartisan solution that would continue funding to fix the MNLARS system. Instead of agreeing to the Senate legislation supported by Governor Dayton and a bipartisan coalition of legislators, Minnesota House Republicans refused and delayed by sending a hyper-partisan bill back to the Senate that will raid other agency funds.
Rep. Rick Hansen (DFL-South Saint Paul) issued the following statement:
“The Legislature knew this was a problem in January, in February we convened, in March Republicans refused to act, and now they’re refusing to act again today. Dozens of workers have gotten layoff notices and other workers are quitting because of the delays and uncertainty which Republicans have created.
“We could have voted to send a compromise bill to the Governor today—a problem-solving bill that the Senate already passed 47-20—and let workers know they’re not going to be laid off. Instead, Republicans chose to play games with worker’s livelihoods and delay needed action on fixing MNLARS yet again.”
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