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Sen. Carla Nelson briefs Kasson council on split legislature, bonding and EMS concerns
Summary
Sen. Carla Nelson (MN) told the council the legislature’s narrow partisan split complicated the session, said local bonding priorities in Dodge County were mostly not funded, and emphasized EMS funding as a life‑and‑death issue while encouraging local bonding submissions.
Sen. Carla Nelson, who represents the region in the Minnesota State Senate, provided a summary of the recent legislative session and its implications for Kasson.
Nelson described the legislature as narrowly divided, recounted special elections and unique procedural episodes that affected bill movement, and characterized the recent budget year as one with both large surpluses and later shortfalls.…
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