EXCLUSIVE: Restaurant owner says new state mandates will be a 'nightmare' for small businesses

A lifelong dream to have his own place hasn’t exactly gone as planned for Kent Bergmann, behind Campanelle in Lino Lakes.

Bergmann is now one of thousands of restaurant owners in Minnesota bracing for new state mandates on employers, including a paid family and medical leave program and a new earned sick and safe time law, after already clearing more hurdles than many can imagine.