Thursday, April 23, 2009 - 9:06 am
Maybe the K-12 education debate will go well today on the House floor. That's the Republican lead Rep. Pat Garofalo next to Education Chair Mindy Greiling, and yes Greiling has a Garofalo t-shirt on. He gave her the t-shirt during their live debate on Almanac: At the Capitol to soften her up to take some of his amendments today. The fun pair had a great debate and really seem to like each other, despite different viewpoints on education. Greiling put on the shirt leaving the set last night. Her bill holds education funding flat or as Greiling prefers "steady" but Garofalo says it's not a priority and doesn't have an increase or reform like the governor. In her briefing this morning, Greiling said "we're in financial storms and our bill holds the ship steady."
The week's political news, Mindy Greiling and Pat Garofalo discuss K-12 Education funding, and cartooninst David Gillette shows why in ten years we will treat election day much like tax day.
Mary summarizes the week at the Capitol.
The House K-12 education bill hits the floor tomorrow. Mary previews the debate with two key House committee members.
When's the last time that R. T. Rybak wore a turtleneck? It might have been in 1982 when R. T. was a newspaper reporter and appeared in the Nighttimes Magazine program on Channel 2.
Political cartoonist David Gillette predicts that in ten years we will treat election day much like tax day.
The House K-12 education bill hits the floor tomorrow. Mary previews the debate with two key House committee members.
Mary summarizes the week at the Capitol.
The week's news in an easy, bit-sized chunk.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009 - 6:25 pm
Al Franken expanded his lead over Norm Coleman as more ballots were counted and the Senate passed its education bill that cuts K-12.
The Senate votes to allow new nuclear power plants, the Senate's education bill now takes federal stimulus money into account, and a House committee kills an effort to change the way we vote for president.
The governor meets with the Republican caucus, state bonding bill moves to the floor with some questions about flood funding, and the tax reform commission prompts an argument about business taxes.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 7:50 pm
