Posts by Sally Jo Sorensen
Gruenhagen recommends questionable story on tax hike refugees to constituents
Minnesota Representative Glenn Gruenhagen sent his constituents his weekly email newsletter Tuesday, cautioning them to purchase fishing licenses now in advance of the looming likelihood of a state government shutdown. However, the Sibley County legislator was not content to leave it at that practical level, and concluded with a recommendation for a little summer reading.
Video: Rybak joins New Ulm mayor in fight to retain Local Government Aid for cities
NEW ULM — Flanked by New Ulm Mayor Bob Beussman, Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak joined local city officials from south central Minnesota Wednesday to warn local residents about the crippling effects of potential cut to Local Government Aid (LGA) under the tax bill that Gov. Mark Dayton vetoed.
Hutchinson Tech CEO credits globalization for local manufacturing shutdown, Dayton says
HUTCHINSON — While the departure of 600 computer-part manufacturing jobs from Hutchinson may have triggered debates in the central Minnesota city and at the Legislature about state government’s role in creating an attractive business climate, in the end, the globalization of the computer industry prompted Hutchinson Technology’s decision to leave the state.
GOP’s Gruenhagen calls for destruction of ‘filthy’ Kinsey research
While Rep. Glenn Gruenhagen’s bill to halt implementation of the federal Affordable Care Act in Minnesota grabbed the attention of the capitol press corps, the freshman legislator’s homage to natural law wasn’t the only striking statement he made in committee Wednesday. In a separate hearing, the conservative Republican from Sibley County condemned sexologist Alfred Kinsey as a “filthy, perverted unscientific liar” whose research needs to be “destroyed.”
