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As lawmakers kicked off the 2022 legislative session Monday, they said early priorities would include getting hero checks out to front-line workers and resolving compensation for those sickened on the job.

As lawmakers kicked off the 2022 legislative session Monday, they said early priorities would include getting hero checks out to front-line workers and resolving compensation for those sickened on the job.

As lawmakers kicked off the 2022 legislative session Monday, they said early priorities would include getting hero checks out to front-line workers and resolving compensation for those sickened on the job.

House members received more than $2.3 million from taxpayers beyond their annual salaries, and senators got close to $1.7 million.

REGIONAL – A renewed if not emotion-filled plea in an old argument, Fall Lake Township’s placement in the Lake Superior School District, was made late last month to state lawmakers …

ELY – Sometimes when you have too much money, it is worse than when you don’t have enough.Those words, attributed to Minnesota State Sen. Tom Bakk, were repeated here Monday by Rep. Rob …

What do you think? How should the state of Minnesota spend or use its billions-big budget surplus, its billion-plus in COVID-19 relief, and its rising revenues of Budget Forecasts Future? Send a letter to the editor to letters@duluthnews.com.

Minnesota officials are projecting a whopping $7.7 billion surplus in the current state budget.

Minnesota officials are projecting a whopping $7.7 billion surplus in the current state budget.

Minnesota officials are projecting a whopping $7.7 billion surplus in the current state budget.