Rep Rick Hansen
@reprickhansen.bsky.social
State Representative 53B 🌱South St Paul, St Paul Park, Newport, parts of Cottage Grove, Inver Grove Heights & Grey Cloud Island Township🦅
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California farms applied an average of 2.5m lb of Pfas “forever chemicals” per year on cropland from 2018 to 2023, or a total of about 15m lb, a new review of state records shows.
California farms applied millions of pounds of Pfas to key crops, study finds
‘Forever chemicals’ sprayed on almonds, grapes, tomatoes and other crops as activists warn of ‘obvious problem’
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM
California farms applied an average of 2.5m lb of Pfas “forever chemicals” per year on cropland from 2018 to 2023, or a total of about 15m lb, a new review of state records shows.
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In some towns, 20% of the houses are owned by corporations. It is amazing how much the Republicans have turned America back into the company town structure of the 1880s. minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/24/r...
Corporate investment in residential housing may be another hurdle for first-time buyers • Minnesota Reformer
As corporate ownership of residential property across the country rises nationwide, researchers from the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the Center for Geospatial Solutions, which is housed at th...
minnesotareformer.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
In some towns, 20% of the houses are owned by corporations. It is amazing how much the Republicans have turned America back into the company town structure of the 1880s. minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/24/r...
🟧Deer 🦌Season and 🌾Pheasant Hunting🍂 Legacy Co-Chair Samantha Vang Beautiful morning 🟧November 23, 2025
November 24, 2025 at 1:23 AM
🟧Deer 🦌Season and 🌾Pheasant Hunting🍂 Legacy Co-Chair Samantha Vang Beautiful morning 🟧November 23, 2025
Lasers will not help
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Lasers will not help
✅Presented the Welcome to the Minnesota Ground 💧Water Association 🍁Fall Conference #waterquality #microplastics #nitrates #pesticides
✅Groundwater Recharge in a Changing Climate and Emerging Contaminants Beyond PFAS🔬📓#PFAS #mnleg
mgwa.org
✅Groundwater Recharge in a Changing Climate and Emerging Contaminants Beyond PFAS🔬📓#PFAS #mnleg
mgwa.org
November 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
✅Presented the Welcome to the Minnesota Ground 💧Water Association 🍁Fall Conference #waterquality #microplastics #nitrates #pesticides
✅Groundwater Recharge in a Changing Climate and Emerging Contaminants Beyond PFAS🔬📓#PFAS #mnleg
mgwa.org
✅Groundwater Recharge in a Changing Climate and Emerging Contaminants Beyond PFAS🔬📓#PFAS #mnleg
mgwa.org
Conservation Reserve Program extended🌾💧🌾🐝🌾
Congress extends critical Farm Bill for a third time. It's a relief for farmers, but raises concerns
The federal funding package to reopen the government included a one-year extension of certain 2018 Farm Bill programs. Several expired Sept. 30 or would have been null by the end of the year.
www.kcur.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Conservation Reserve Program extended🌾💧🌾🐝🌾
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🏛️ Know a high school junior interested in the legislative process? Learn more about the 2026 #mnhouse High School Page Program! www.house.mn.gov/sergeant/int...
⏳ Application deadline is Dec. 4 www.house.mn.gov/sergeant/fil...
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⏳ Application deadline is Dec. 4 www.house.mn.gov/sergeant/fil...
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November 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
🏛️ Know a high school junior interested in the legislative process? Learn more about the 2026 #mnhouse High School Page Program! www.house.mn.gov/sergeant/int...
⏳ Application deadline is Dec. 4 www.house.mn.gov/sergeant/fil...
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⏳ Application deadline is Dec. 4 www.house.mn.gov/sergeant/fil...
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Beautiful:
Dorothy Waugh’s epic 1930s US national park posters – in pictures
Between 1934 and 1936, artist Dorothy Waugh was commissioned to create 17 posters for the National Park Service, a groundbreaking opportunity for a female designer at the time
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Beautiful:
⚾️Minnesota House Capital Investment Committee visits @CHSFieldStPaul ⚾️@StPaulSaints #infrastructure #mnleg
November 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
⚾️Minnesota House Capital Investment Committee visits @CHSFieldStPaul ⚾️@StPaulSaints #infrastructure #mnleg
Last morning. 🍁Day 14 of Minnesota House Capital Investment #infrastructure Tour. ✅We inspect proposal for public works projects throughout Minnesota. #mnleg
November 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Last morning. 🍁Day 14 of Minnesota House Capital Investment #infrastructure Tour. ✅We inspect proposal for public works projects throughout Minnesota. #mnleg
✅Minnesota House Capital Investment Committee Co-Chairs Fue Lee and Mary Franson working at Normandale Community College #infrastructure stop Nov 13, 2025
November 14, 2025 at 3:06 AM
✅Minnesota House Capital Investment Committee Co-Chairs Fue Lee and Mary Franson working at Normandale Community College #infrastructure stop Nov 13, 2025
November 12, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Northern Lights. November 11, 2025. Harmony Township, Fillmore County, Minnesota
November 12, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Northern Lights. November 11, 2025. Harmony Township, Fillmore County, Minnesota
My great-grandfather Civil War 🇺🇸Union veteran 🇺🇸James Hansen who as a Danish 🇩🇰immigrant fought to defeat the confederate rebels
At his farm🌱 in Freeborn Township, Freeborn County, Minnesota
At his farm🌱 in Freeborn Township, Freeborn County, Minnesota
November 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
My great-grandfather Civil War 🇺🇸Union veteran 🇺🇸James Hansen who as a Danish 🇩🇰immigrant fought to defeat the confederate rebels
At his farm🌱 in Freeborn Township, Freeborn County, Minnesota
At his farm🌱 in Freeborn Township, Freeborn County, Minnesota
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🏛️ Know a high school junior interested in the legislative process? Learn more about the 2026 #mnhouse High School Page Program! www.house.mn.gov/sergeant/int...
⏳ Application deadline is Dec. 4 www.house.mn.gov/sergeant/fil...
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⏳ Application deadline is Dec. 4 www.house.mn.gov/sergeant/fil...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
🏛️ Know a high school junior interested in the legislative process? Learn more about the 2026 #mnhouse High School Page Program! www.house.mn.gov/sergeant/int...
⏳ Application deadline is Dec. 4 www.house.mn.gov/sergeant/fil...
#mnleg
⏳ Application deadline is Dec. 4 www.house.mn.gov/sergeant/fil...
#mnleg
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Trump spent the weekend golfing while intentionally letting 42M Americans go hungry. Today, I joined @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov, @newyorkstateag.bsky.social, @newjerseyoag.bsky.social, and staff from City Harvest & No Kid Hungry for an update on our fight to protect SNAP benefits and feed our neighbors.
November 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Trump spent the weekend golfing while intentionally letting 42M Americans go hungry. Today, I joined @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov, @newyorkstateag.bsky.social, @newjerseyoag.bsky.social, and staff from City Harvest & No Kid Hungry for an update on our fight to protect SNAP benefits and feed our neighbors.
🦌A good summary of Chronic Wasting Disease🦌prevalence and response🟧🦌🟧
As deer season opens, CWD cases in Minnesota continue slow rise
More cases of the neurodegenerative disease were reported in Minnesota in 2024 than any previous year, but it’s still comparatively rare.
www.startribune.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
🦌A good summary of Chronic Wasting Disease🦌prevalence and response🟧🦌🟧
🍁Evan’s last cross 🏃♂️country race at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa🟦
November 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🍁Evan’s last cross 🏃♂️country race at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa🟦
🍁Hastings Historic Courthouse where the Minnesota House Capital Investment Committee🍂met with the City of Hastings to discuss #infrastructure and PFAS💧
✅November 6, 2025
✅November 6, 2025
November 7, 2025 at 1:12 PM
🍁Hastings Historic Courthouse where the Minnesota House Capital Investment Committee🍂met with the City of Hastings to discuss #infrastructure and PFAS💧
✅November 6, 2025
✅November 6, 2025
🍁Back at night to the Minnesota Capitol after two full days of Minnesota House Capital Investment #infrastructure tour through Southeastern Minnesota. #mnleg
💡November 6, 2025✅
💡November 6, 2025✅
November 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
🍁Back at night to the Minnesota Capitol after two full days of Minnesota House Capital Investment #infrastructure tour through Southeastern Minnesota. #mnleg
💡November 6, 2025✅
💡November 6, 2025✅
🌾🌾🌾Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) wetland restoration in rural Freeborn🍁 county, Minnesota. Minnesota House Capital Investment infrastructure tour Nov 5, 2025
November 6, 2025 at 2:54 AM
🌾🌾🌾Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) wetland restoration in rural Freeborn🍁 county, Minnesota. Minnesota House Capital Investment infrastructure tour Nov 5, 2025
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Congratulations to Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger on being elected to the Minnesota State Senate! She will represent Maplewood and Woodbury well and tirelessly work to move our state forward.
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Congratulations to Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger on being elected to the Minnesota State Senate! She will represent Maplewood and Woodbury well and tirelessly work to move our state forward.
Minnesota Zoo is first stop on 🍁House Capital Investment Committee🍂Tour
Note 🐯Tiger Fence Upgrade. A priority✅
Note 🐯Tiger Fence Upgrade. A priority✅
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Minnesota Zoo is first stop on 🍁House Capital Investment Committee🍂Tour
Note 🐯Tiger Fence Upgrade. A priority✅
Note 🐯Tiger Fence Upgrade. A priority✅
The Office of the Governor & Lt Gov generally did not comply with the criteria we tested. We identified a significant number of instances of noncompliance & internal control deficiencies related to receipts, inventory, & payroll & nonpayroll expenditures.
The audit at: www.auditor.leg.state.mn.us
The audit at: www.auditor.leg.state.mn.us
November 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The Office of the Governor & Lt Gov generally did not comply with the criteria we tested. We identified a significant number of instances of noncompliance & internal control deficiencies related to receipts, inventory, & payroll & nonpayroll expenditures.
The audit at: www.auditor.leg.state.mn.us
The audit at: www.auditor.leg.state.mn.us
Fall in Minnesota🍁🍂
October 30, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Fall in Minnesota🍁🍂