Franken's Campaign Admits Oversight, No Longer Contests Charge

Al Franken's campaign staff admitted Friday that his New York-based business failed to provide workers' compensation coverage for a three-year period.The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that Franken's campaign manager, Andy Barr, said via a news release that the campaign would no longer contest the fact that Al Franken Inc. had failed to supply the necessary coverage from 2002 through 2005. Franken was several years late in paying a $25,000 fine for failing to maintain workers' compensation for his personal corporation, and the comedian-turned-politician said that he had been...