...had just been introduced. It's reminiscent of a legendary law in Minnesota politics, a push in 2000 by former Rep. Al Juhnke to exempt potlucks from health regulations - "the bill that saved the hotdish," he calls it. It started when Juhnke...
...S. Rep. Betty McCollum, DFL state Reps. Carly Melin, Tom Rukavina, Terry Morrow, Erin Murphy, Rick Hansen and Al Juhnke, State Sen. Keith Langseth, health professionals, small business owners and middle-class families. Rep. Erin Murphy...
...Republican said in the next few days there could be good news relating to Ah-Gwah-Ching. Walz said he, Howes and Rep. Al Juhnke, DFL-Willmar, are working on an amendment to the Health and Human Services Omnibus bill that would prevent the closings...
Rep. Mary Ellen Otremba, DFL-Long Prairie, and Rep. Al Juhnke, DFL-Willmar, said Thursday the Legislature needs to find a stable and adequate source of funding for 4-H and the University...
...clear what the Department of Human Services and State Operated Services were doing to the health systems programs, Rep. Al Juhnke, DFL-Willmar, and myself sent letters to the department and State Operated Services administrators simply requesting...
...State Fair. Outside the Twin Cities, potlucks like the Sons of Norway's largely go unnoticed. But not always, as Al Juhnke found out. Juhnke was walking into a Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party bean feed last year when he was stopped at the...
...want to study the feasibility of a commuter rail line between Willmar and the Twin Cities. Sen. Dean Johnson and Rep. Al Juhnke said the idea should be looked at if the community is interested. Johnson, DFL-Willmar, said Friday he would introduce...
...meaningless because it has an opt-out clause. "Essentially you may see two, three or four in the morning," said Rep. Al Juhnke, DFL-Willmar. But House Speaker Steve Sviggum, R-Kenyon, said his caucus is committed to finishing up at a reasonable...
...appointed by the governor determined that baseball was moving to reduce economic disparities among teams. Democratic Rep. Al Juhnke, a bill supporter, called it "a giant poison pill." He and others said baseball owners aren't obliged to follow...
...veterans service officer, cited a study that listed central Minnesota as the best location for a veterans home. Rep. Al Juhnke, DFL-Willmar, said he was disappointed in the study because it did not address all the elements of the issue that...
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