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Rep. Morrison & Sen. Rosen to Announce Bipartisan ‘Prescription Drug Price Transparency Act’

SAINT PAUL, Minn. – On Thursday, Representative Kelly Morrison (DFL-Deephaven) and Senator Julie Rosen (R- Vernon Center) will be joined by advocates from the health care industry, various labor representatives, business community, and supporters for a press conference to announce the “Prescription Drug Price Transparency Act,” which aims to create more transparency of prescription drug pricing, and increased accountability for the prices charged and price increases.

WHAT: Press conference to announce “Prescription Drug Price Transparency Act”

WHO: Rep. Kelly Morrison (DFL-Deephaven) and Senator Julie Rosen (R-Vernon Center), Nikki Foster of the MS Society, Claire Henn of the AARP, Dr. Charlie Fazio, Chief Medical Officer at HealthPartners, labor and business officials

WHERE: Room B971, Minnesota State Capitol, 75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Saint Paul, 55155

WHEN: Thursday, February 14, 2019, 12:00 p.m.

Rep. Melissa Hortman (HD36B) Update: January 25, 2019

We’re wrapping up a busy third week of the legislative session. Here’s a quick update on a few items of note.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
At the start of this week, Minnesotans had the opportunity to honor and remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for his work in the fight for equity. The message that Dr. King taught is a challenging one. It’s not enough to resist injustice — but how a person resists matters.

Dr. King had so many memorable quotes, but this one kept coming to mind this week: “Along the way of life, someone must have sense enough and morality enough to cut off the chain of hate. This can only be done by projecting the ethic of love to the center of our lives.” Continue reading “Rep. Melissa Hortman (HD36B) Update: January 25, 2019”

Health care front and center at Rep. Kelly Morrison’s first town hall

Credit: Lara Bockenstedt

SHOREWOOD — Health care took front seat at Rep. Kelly Morrison’s first town hall at the Southshore Community Center Saturday, Jan. 19.

The town hall was the first of three for the DFL representative of House District 33B. The district includes parts of Chanhassen, Deephaven, Excelsior, Greenwood, Minnetonka Beach, Mound, Shorewood, Spring Park and Tonka Bay. Approximately 50 constituents attended the town hall.

“We are the only divided Legislature in the country,” she said at the outset of the town hall. “I see that as a way for Minnesota to show the country how to do this. We like to have divided governance in Minnesota so we can hash through it together.”

View the complete January 23 article by Lara Bockenstedt on the Southwest Media website here.

New Minnesota legislators get crash course in the Capitol and its ways

From left, new DFL Reps.-elect Samantha Vang of Brooklyn Center, Kaohly Her of St. Paul, Hodan Hassan of Minneapolis and Aisha Gomez of Minneapolis got together for a photo Wednesday before their freshman orientation in the House chamber at the State Capitol. Credit: Glen Stubbe, Star Tribune

Incoming legislators get lessons in history, decorum and how things are done.

A new class of state lawmakers filed into the ornate House chamber Wednesday afternoon for a presentation on decorum, some posing for selfies before taking a seat behind desks that do not yet bear their names.

The 39 new members of the Minnesota House — some of whom are returning after a term or two out of office — are in the middle of a crash course on how the Legislature works. The large freshman class will constitute more than a quarter of all state House members, and 45 percent of Democrats, when the Legislature convenes Jan. 8.

“We’re learning the nuts and bolts — how to create a bill and get it through committees, and just the detail-y things of what it will mean to be a legislator,” said Rep.-elect Kelly Morrison of Deephaven, one of the many new Democrats who ousted a Republican incumbent and helped put the DFL in control of the House.

View the complete November 28 article by Jessie Van Berkel on The Star Tribune website here.

Election endorsement: House District 33B: Kelly Morrison; House District 39B: Shelly Christensen

Two Republican House members, Cindy Pugh of Chanhassen and Kathy Lohmer of Stillwater, discredited themselves earlier this year when they shared a Facebook post alleging that Muslims were trying to “infiltrate” Republican precinct caucuses.

Both Pugh and Lohmer told an editorial writer that their intention was to encourage caucus participation, and that they were not the original authors of the item they shared. “In no way did I endorse what was written,” Pugh said. Lohmer said she takes offense “by any accusations of racism based on a single Facebook post.”

In Pugh’s case, the January 2018 post was an echo of her 2012 post of a photo comparing Islamic women dressed in burqas to garbage bags. This year, Pugh praised her own precinct caucus for approving a resolution calling on the GOP to “minimize and eliminate the influence of Islam” within the party.

View the complete October 30 editorial on the Star Tribune website here.

https://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2018/08/hillary-12-vs-donald-7-meet-districts-may-decide-control-minnesota-house

The following article by Peter Callaghan was posted on the MinnPost website August 24, 2018:

House Speaker Kurt Daudt in front of Republican House candidates on the filing deadline. Credit: Peter Callaghan, MinnPost

Insiders call them “borrowed ground” or even “rented districts.”

They are the dozen or so Minnesota state House districts carried by Hillary Clinton two years ago but narrowly won by Republicans lawmakers in the same election. Now they are the focus of both parties’ attempts to control the body.

With an open governor’s seat and the state Senate likely to remain in a one-seat GOP majority, the 134 House seats on the November ballot will either give the Republicans complete control of the state Legislature — or ensure that Democrats have a share of power.

View the complete article here.

Candidates for House Districts 33A and 33B get DFL nod

The following article by Lara Bockenstedt was posted on the Lakeshore Weekly News website April 3, 2018:

Norrie Thomas

Candidates Norrie Thomas and Kelly Morrison, running for House Districts 33A and 33B respectively, were endorsed at the DFL convention on March 17.

The DFL endorsed Thomas for District 33A in the House of Representatives. 33A encompasses Corcoran, Greenfield, Independence, Long Lake, Loretto, Maple Plain, Medina, Minnetrista, part of Orono, St. Bonifacious and Wayzata. The current representative for 33A is Rep. Jerry Hertaus, who is in his third term in office. Thomas and Hertaus each ran for the 33A seat in 2016.

“As an entrepreneur and leader I know what it takes to get things done,” Thomas said. “I work hard and smart, and motivate people to work together.” Continue reading “Candidates for House Districts 33A and 33B get DFL nod”