Litchfield Opera House Hosting Legislative Forum

A Legislative Forum will be held tomorrow evening (September 24th) from 7-to-8:30 p.m. at the Litchfield Opera House. State legislators Dean Urdahl, Glenn Gruenhagen and Andrew Lang will be speaking.

Ron Branster of Eden Valley will be moderating the meeting which will alert people to some of the issues that are coming up in the 2025 Minnesota Legislative session. He says he especially wants to focus on educational issues.

Branster says Minnesota used to be the number-one state in the nation in education and is now ranked #19. He says a 1400-page bill was passed in the final moments of the 2024 Legislative session and it’s especially concerning for teachers regarding the transgender agenda that they will be forced to teach in order to keep their teaching licenses.

Branster says it’s the responsibility of taxpayers to reach out to their representatives to make sure their voices are heard. He says a minority of the population seems to be dictating its views and shaping our legislation.

Branster says everyone’s welcome to attend the forum, but he’s hoping Democrats, Republicans, teachers and school officials especially will attend Tuesday’s forum. It will begin at 7 p.m. at the Litchfield Opera House.