AARP Minnesota Advocacy Hub

AARP Minnesota is ramping up efforts to increase awareness about the importance of Social Security and encourage candidates in the November election to make shoring up the program’s finances a priority.

Hundreds of AARP employees and volunteers from all 50 states and nearly two dozen actors from The Creative Coalition went to Capitol Hill on June 26, 2024 to urge elected representatives to support family caregivers.

AARP Minnesota applauds the Minnesota Legislature for passing the Transportation Omnibus bill, which included HF3436, a provision to reduce the rule requiring an 8-hour driver safety course to be eligible for the car insurance discount to 4 hours.

AARP released a new poll of the 44 most competitive Congressional Districts, including MN-2. This poll is part of a series of surveys of voters in presidential and battleground states

Criminals are adept at exploiting new technologies to scam consumers. AARP advocated for consumer protections to regulate virtual currency kiosks, also known as cryptocurrency ATMs.

AARP Minnesota volunteers work tirelessly in each legislative session on issues important to our members and Minnesotans aged 50-plus. This year, we urged lawmakers to fight fraud, protect your hard-earned money, help improve driving safety, protect vulnerable adults, and increase affordable housing options for older Minnesotans.

The Minnesota Legislature’s 2024 session kicked off on February 12, and it’s been a whirlwind of policy debates, impassioned speeches, and behind-the-scenes maneuvering. Before the legislators packed their bags for break, AARP Minnesota hosted a Lobby Day where our volunteers swarmed the Capitol and met with lawmakers, shared stories, and made sure our 2024 Legislative Priorities were front and center.

In 2023, the Minnesota Legislature passed a law directing the Secretary of State to conduct a study of issues related to voter engagement, education, and improvements to the election system. A survey on voting in Minnesota is the first opportunity for the public to provide input on whether they vote, where they get information about how to vote, barriers they face when voting, and other items. The Office of the Secretary of State (OSS) asked Management Analysis and Development (MAD) to conduct this survey to gather initial public input and comment on what works well for voters in Minnesota, what barriers voters face, and what improvements could be made to the voting process.

Join us on March 26 at the Minnesota State Capitol. This year, we urge lawmakers to help improve driving safety, fight fraud, and protect older homeowners from losing home equity when they can’t pay their property taxes.

Minnesota: Find upcoming election dates, registration deadlines and options for voting, such as voting by mail, early voting or voting with a disability.

AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that empowers people to choose how they live as they age. We're advocating for what is important to our members and giving you a voice at the state and federal levels. This year at the state level, we urge lawmakers to help improve driving safety, fight fraud, protect older homeowners from losing home equity when they can’t pay their property taxes, and strengthen Assisted Living protections for residents living in facilities exempt under the law. View letters and testimony from AARP Minnesota to lawmakers and regulators regarding our legislative priorities.

For the first time since AARP began publishing the Scorecard in 2011, more than half of Medicaid long-term care dollars nationwide for older adults and people with physical disabilities went to home- and community-based services instead of nursing homes and other institutions.

We’re thrilled that all working Minnesotans will soon be able to take paid time off to care for a loved one, thanks to legislation signed recently by Gov. Tim Walz.

Minnesota is the 15th state, along with the District of Columbia, to enact some form of paid family medical leave, although some programs are still being implemented. AARP Minnesota spent nearly a decade lobbying for the legislation, part of our push to support family caregivers.