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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) The commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency resigned Tuesday after it became apparent that the Republican-controlled state Senate was prepared to oust her.
Gov. Tim Walz said Laura Bishop resigned “in order to ensure a smooth and orderly transition” at the agency she had led since 2019.
“I am extremely disappointed in the Republicans in the Senate who are choosing to use taxpayer dollars to play partisan games and try to politicize an agency charged with protecting Minnesotans from pollution because they refuse to acknowledge the science of climate change, Walz said in a statement.
Created: July 06, 2021 02:27 PM
Laura Bishop, the commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, has submitted her resignation following an update from Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka stating the Republican-led Senate was planning to not confirm Bishop s appointment.
According to a release from the governor s office, throughout her tenure as commissioner, Bishop has worked with communities across the state to develop innovative, community-centered approaches that protect Minnesota s waters and foster stronger economic growth; brought together citizens, business community leaders, legislators from across the aisle to pass the nation s first trichloroethylene (TCE) ban, a man-made chemical harmful to health; secured new funding to help develop for recyclable materials, helping to reduce waste and create jobs in the state; and tackled climate change with a focus on science and innovation to protect Minnesota s environment for generations to come.
Laura Bishop, the commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, resigned today after the senate refused to confirm her appointment.Â
Republicans hold a majority of the senate in the state and party leaders have informed Gov. Tim Walz that Bishops appointment will not be confirmed. It has been an honor to serve Minnesotans in this role. However, I will not allow the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to be politicized. The work is too important, Bishop said. I look forward to continued work to protect our state s waters, air, land, and climate for future generations of Minnesotans. Â
Walz said in a statement that he s extremely disappointed in the Republicans in the Senate, accusing the group of politicizing Bishop s appointment despite her accomplishments and resume.Â
By Christopher Harris
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Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron was the featured speaker at Tuesday s July Somerset-Pulaski Chamber of Commerce membership luncheon, held Tuesday at The Center for Rural Development. Christopher Harris I CJ
One secret to public speaking is knowing your audience. In Somerset, it never hurts to invoke the name of John Sherman Cooper.
That s what Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron did in his visit to the Somerset-Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce s monthly membership luncheon on Tuesday. Like Cameron, Cooper was an attorney, with time at Harvard Law School and a longstanding practice in Somerset before beginning his political career. As a U.S. Senator and later Ambassador to East Germany, Cooper became one of the nation s most distinguished statesmen in the second half of the 20th century, leading to his statue on Somerset s Fountain Square.