Almanac: At the Capitol

Capitol Update - April 7, 2008 (04/07/08)

Headlines (03/12/08)

The governor is taken to task over his budget cuts from the University of Minnesota, disabled Minnesotans and nursing homes.

Session Review (05/25/07)

Our Mary Lahammer fills us in on how the legislative session drew to a close.

Mediocrity (05/22/07)

Rep. Pat Garofalo turns those "mediocrity" commercials on their head in this floor speech about the education bill.

Headlines (04/11/07)

House committees pass bills to fund education and state government and get caught up on religion, taxes and sex ed. The Senate approves a bill to crack down on predatory lending. Col. Joe "GOP Joe" Repya wants to be the next Republican Party Chair.