Outdoor Insights: Tributes in Minnesota as leadership is lost; and turmoil in Washington D.C.

While local leaders honor Melissa Hortman’s thoughtful governance in Minnesota, federal lawmakers keep playing games with public lands.
Condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of former speaker of the Minnesota House, Melissa Hortman. Although I’d met Hortman at a few events over the years, I’d never interviewed her in-depth. In terms of bill authorship, Hortman wasn’t closely involved in traditional outdoors issues at the Capitol, but insiders say she played a crucial leadership role in the passage of matters important to outdoors folks.

The post Outdoor Insights: Tributes in Minnesota as leadership is lost; and turmoil in Washington D.C. appeared first on Outdoor News.