Newman reappointed to lead Senate Transportation Committee
Sen. Scott Newman, R-Hutchinson, was recently re-appointed chairman of the Minnesota Senate Committee on Transportation Finance and Policy.
Newman has served as chairman of the committee since January 2017.
“I am honored to be re-appointed chairman of the Senate Committee on Transportation,” he said. “During the last legislative biennium, we passed the largest roads and bridges infrastructure funding package since 2008, without raising taxes. Additionally, we passed a bipartisan infrastructure bill that included over half-a-billion dollars in vital transportation funding. With investments in projects like Highway 14, Highway 23, and funding for critical local road and bridge improvements, we improved Minnesota’s transportation system, commerce, and quality of life for generations to come. There is more work to be done, such as reforming our state's driver's license system, MNLARS. However, we are committed to adequate and fair funding for transportation across Minnesota.”
(For the complete story, see the Dec. 5 print edition of The Chronicle.)