Tarryl Clark

Unallotments Are Announced

tptadmin — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:16:10 -0500

Governor Pawlenty revealed his unallotment cuts this week and DFL lawmakers tossed some harsh criticism his way. Almanac political reporter Mary Lahammer has a report.

The Session That Was

tptadmin — Fri, 22 May 2009 17:00:11 -0500

Mary Lahammer wraps up the wild end to the 2009 legislative session.

Capitol Update - May 19, 2009

Mary Lahammer — Tue, 19 May 2009 12:35:37 -0500

The legislative session ended in chaos with no budget deal, so the governor will begin balancing the budget himself. DFL lawmakers flew around the state blaming the governor for the stalemate.

View the Capitol Update for May 19, 2009.

Capitol Update - May 19, 2009

tptadmin — Tue, 19 May 2009 12:33:17 -0500

The legislative session ended in chaos with no budget deal, so the governor will begin balancing the budget himself. DFL lawmakers flew around the state blaming the governor for the stalemate.

The Capitol: Where We Stand Tonight

tptadmin — Fri, 15 May 2009 20:51:26 -0500

Our Mary Lahammer brings us to be speed on where things are Friday night at lawmakers get ready for a long weekend.

Easter/Passover Legislative Update

tptadmin — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:10:40 -0500

State lawmakers went home for their annual holiday break this week. Our Mary Lahammer tells us where things stand with barely a month until the scheduled end of session.

Headlines

tptadmin — Wed, 8 Apr 2009 16:55:59 -0500

A summary of the week's political news from the capitol rotunda.

Historic Numbers

Mary Lahammer — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:12:56 -0500

Sen. Dick Cohen joined Sen. Tarryl Clark for her weekly press briefing and the serious student of history and fiscal matters was pleased to announce that legislative budget targets have been delivered the "earliest in decades, since 1917 as best as we can tell." Despite the early arrival of legislative budgets, the Capitol is still full of pessimism that lawmakers and the governor will agree on anything in time for the regular session to end May 18. Democrats are a billion dollars apart on education. Gov. Pawlenty and Democrats are about $2 billion apart on tax increases. Despite the federal money, there's still a huge $4 billion dollar shortfall.

Sen. Geoff Michel has been especially visible with Senate Minority Dave Senjem since the leader's misstep on being against a four year balanced budget he voted for and didn't know was signed into law. But Senjem set it up well today when he said "obviously there are huge differences on the cut side, the Senate goes across the board and House is more like the governor." It is a bit shocking on the face of things that the House DFL is closer to the gov on cuts and education spending. Sen. Clark said "we're two different bodies; we're not going to be the same."

Capitol Update - March 17, 2009

Mary Lahammer — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:50:39 -0500

Governor Pawlenty's new budget has more money for education and cuts to health care, and there's another push against gay marriage.

View the Capitol Update for March 17, 2009.

Capitol Update - March 17, 2009

tptadmin — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:39:59 -0500

Governor Pawlenty's new budget has more money for education and cuts to health care, and there's another push against gay marriage.