Call Of The Senate

Call of the Senate with Senator Jeff Hayden welcomes Senator Patricia Torres Ray and Kimberly Colbert, a former teacher at EducationMN onto the podcast. Listen in on the discussion of the Teachers of Color Act, what it means to education in the state of Minnesota, the benefits for students to have people of color as their educators, and what we can do to decrease the achievement gap in this state.

Call of the Senate with Senator Jeff Hayden welcomes Senators Ann Rest and Dick Cohen onto the podcast to discuss the 2020 Minnesota February budgetary forecast. Listen as the two lead DFL Senators on finance and taxes discuss what the numbers forecasted tell us, how we can be fiscally responsible with the budget, and what it all means for the state of Minnesota.

Call of the Senate with Senator Jeff Hayden welcomes Senators Erik Simonson and Nick Frentz onto the podcast to discuss their new roles in the Minnesota State Senate DFL's leadership team. Listen as our rural members go over their top 2020 legislative session priorities from farm safety to insulin.

Call of the Senate with Senator Jeff Hayden - Season 2 debuts with the new Senate DFL Leader, Senator Susan Kent. Listen as they go through the top priorities for the Minnesota Senate DFL’s 2020 Legislative Session from insulin pricing, gun violence prevention to voter ID.

Listen to “Call of the Senate” as Senator Jeff Hayden with special guests Secretary of State Steve Simon and Senator Jim Carlson discuss voting and elections in Minnesota.

Listen to “Call of the Senate” as Senator Jeff Hayden with special guest Senator John Marty, as they discuss a variety of environment-related topics such as clean energy, the climate crisis, and the clean car initiative.

Listen to “Call of the Senate” as Senator Jeff Hayden with special guests Senators Steve Cwodzinski, Susan Kent, and Education Minnesota’s Vice President, Bernie Burnham, as they discuss a variety of education-related topics such as safety in our schools and mental health counseling/services to support students and teachers.

Listen to “Call of the Senate” as Senator Jeff Hayden with special guest Minority Leader, Senator Tom Bakk as they talk about the past, present, and future of the labor movement in Minnesota.

Join Sen. Jeff Hayden with special guests Rep. Rena Moran and Kelis Houston from Village Arms as they discuss the Child Protection and the African American Family Preservation Act.

Join Senator Jeff Hayden with special guests Senator Scott Dibble and Junior Avalos from OutFront Minnesota as they discuss the debunked conversion "therapy" and the push to have it banned in the state of Minnesota.

Join Senator Jeff Hayden, Senator Melissa Wiklund (chief author of the Alec Smith Emergency Insulin Act), Senator Matt Klein, M.D., and Kim Munson (Minnesota Insulin4All) as they discuss the importance of insulin, the rising costs from manufacturers, and what the Legislature could be doing to help those in need.

Tune in to hear Senators Jeff Hayden, Susan Kent, and Carolyn Laine discuss how a session with a lot of potential of passing important legislation such as paid family leave or cutting the cost of insulin was ultimately bogged down with obstruction, leaving a lot of work to be done.

Senator Richard “Dick” Cohen has worked on numerous bills and legislation over the years, including the “spouse abuse” bill, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), and the Legacy Amendment.

Growing up in the heart of the Iron Range, Senator David Tomassoni can attest to the rich history of immigration, iron mining, and labor unions that makes up his 150-mile wide Senate District 6.

Learn more about how family values, volunteerism, and child advocacy have led Senator Patricia Torres Ray to become the first Latina elected to the Minnesota Senate.

Listen to Senator Wiklund talk about her two college degrees in totally different fields (interior design and electric engineering), how a year in Finland brought the love of weaving/knitting into her life, the importance of education, and the issues facing health care in our state today.

Listen to this special edition episode to learn how Lt. Governor Flanagan is tackling the issues of health care, education, and showing the values of community prosperity in the state of Minnesota.

Learn more about this no-tag-wearing Senator and his legislative priorities this session including getting Metro Mobility in his district, reducing the costs of insulin, and continuing his bipartisan politics.

Learn more about Senator Ron Latz's fight for common-sense gun violence reduction, reforming parole, and net neutrality for Minnesotans.

Learn more about Senator Hayden’s important work in health care, gun legislation, and how marriage equality was his proudest moment in passing legislation.