Almanac: At the Capitol

A Political Panel (07/07/06)

We've saved up a month worth of stories to chat about. Democrats Dee Long and Jane Ranum match wits with Republicans Fritz Knaak and David Strom.

Learning Mandarin (07/07/06)

Minnesota's Education Commissioner Alice Seagren has returned from China as our state gets ready to push for more Chinese language instruction in public schools. Commissioner Seagren explains.

Dan Israel and the Cultivators (07/07/06)

Dan's our kind of rocker ... Capitol worker during the week ... musician on the weekends. He's even won Minnesota Music Awards (whether he's won any legislative worker awards, we don't know). Dan's group stops by Studio B to play for us a bit. You can learn more about Dan at www.danisraelmusic.com.

Ethanol (07/07/06)

Ethanol production is booming in the Midwest. But is this the best way to use our corn and water? We bring you a complex debate.

Isle Royale Part Two (07/07/06)

Mary Lahammer has more in her series of reports on the exotic national park island in Lake Superior. This week you learn more about the pioneering moose-wolf research being done there for five decades.

The Minnesota Ballpark Authority (07/07/06)

That's the five-person panel that oversees the construction of the new Twins Stadium. The group met for the first time Friday and chair Steve Cramer stops by to tell us what happened.

The Monologue (07/07/06)

Some summertime ruminations courtesy of Bick Smith.

Almanac - July 7, 2006 (07/07/06)