Funding for State and Local Government / Making it Easier to Vote

The next state budget for state and local government and elections offers one-time investments in cybersecurity, creates several commissions and task forces, provides salary increases for constitutional officers and agency heads and makes a number of changes to elections and voting. Senator Erin Murphy, DFL-St. Paul, chair of the Senate State and Local Government and Veterans Committee, and Senator Jim Carlson, DFL-Eagan, chair of the Senate Elections Committee, talk with Capitol Report moderator Shannon Loehrke about some of the provisions in their respective budget areas.

Also in the program, highlights from a recent Capitol press conference in which members of the People of Color and Indigenous (POCI) Caucus outlined their legislative accomplishments. Plus, a review of the 2023 legislative session through the lenses of Senate photographers A.J. Olmscheid and Michelle Jokinen.