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Harassment Training, Reporting Under Scrutiny in State of Minnesota

Lawmakers May Tighten Legislation on Harassment Training

ST. PAUL, Minn.-Minnesota lawmakers are moving to tighten the Legislature’s sexual harassment training and policies. The nationwide reckoning with the issue came to St. Paul late last year. Two male lawmakers, Democratic Sen. Dan Schoen and GOP Rep. Tony Cornish, resigned over sexual harassment allegations. House and Senate policies only require sexual harassment training every five years after legislators are…

New Accuser Comes Forward Against Sen. Franken

Fifth Women Accuses Franken of Harassment

WASHINGTON, D.C.-An Army veteran has accused Minnesota Sen. Al Franken of inappropriately touching her more than a decade ago while she was on a military deployment to Kuwait She’s identified in CNN’s Thursday report as Stephanie Kemplin, 41, of Maineville, Ohio. She is the fifth woman in the last two weeks to accuse the embattled Franken of sexual harassment allegations….