Human Rights Campaign released its annual ratings of fortune 500 companies and their policies regarding LGBT employees. Fourteen Minnesota-based companies scored a perfect 100 percent on the list, while one, CHS Inc., scored a zero… Eight companies were at 60 percent and above: Xcel Energy got 75 percent. Imation got 70 percent along with the Mayo Clinic. Allianz, Hormel, Lindquist and Vennem, Patterson Companies and St. Jude all got 60 percent. Additional coverage: Inver Grove Heights Patch

Twin Cities Planet, by Andy Birkey, 12/2011

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