New Senate Committee Structure
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Republicans in the Minnesota Senate have streamlined 25 committees in that chamber to 16 committees. The key change is that the Finance and Policy divisions will merge.
They are:
Capital Investment
Finance
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Taxes
Rules
Agriculture Budget and Policy
Commerce and Consumer Protection Budget and Policy
Education Budget and Policy
Energy, Utilities and Telecom Budget and Policy
Environmental and Natural Resources Budget and Policy
health and Human Services Budget and Policy
Higher Education Budget and Policy
jobs and Economic Growth Budget and Policy
Local Government and Elections
Judiciary and Public Safety Budget and Policy
State Government Innovation and Veterans Budget and Policy
Transportation Budget and Policy.
The chairs of the new House and Senate committees will be announced tomorrow. The MNGOP will pay for the statewide fly around.
Update: Republicans in the Minnesota Senate say the new committee structure will save an immediate savings of $250,000 to $300,000.
