MN State Workplace Safety Commissioner Ousted In Partisan Senate Vote

From CBS Minnesota:

By Bill Hudson

August 13, 2020

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — It is the state agency responsible for protecting the safety and wages of 3 million Minnesota workers. But suddenly, the Department of Labor and Industry is caught in a political squeeze that cost the commissioner her job.

Labor experts say its a dangerous move at a critical time.

Anger was palpable as Gov. Tim Walz reacted to Senate Republicans’ rejection of Nancy Leppink as his commissioner of Labor and Industry.

Read more at CBS Minnesota