Almanac: At the Capitol

Legislative Leaders Live! (05/16/08)

Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher, Assistant Senate Majority Leader Tarryl Clark, Senate Minority Leader Dave Senjem and House Minority Leader Marty Seifert plan on joining us live in Studio B with the latest from capitol budget talks.

Capitol Update - May 12, 2008 (05/12/08)

Nelson-Pallmeyer (05/02/08)

There IS another DFLer seeking party endorsement for the Senate. He's St. Thomas professor Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer. He sits down at the table with Cathy and Eric to talk about Franken and his own campaign.

Capitol Update - April 28, 2008 (04/28/08)

6th District DFL Debate (04/25/08)

The two Democrats who want to unseat Congresswoman Michele Bachmann debate live in our studio in advance of this weekend's nominating convention. Elwyn Tinklenberg and Bob Olson join Cathy and Eric on the couch.

Big Stone II (04/18/08)

That's the name of a proposed power plant in South Dakota that many environments fear will harm the Minnesota River. Soon Minnesota regulators will vote on whether to allow the power plant to go ahead. We hear from Mark Rolfes, the project manager of Big Stone II ... and from Duane Ninneman with the environmental group CURE.

Headlines (04/09/08)

A controversial bill for legalizing medical marijuana is heading to the House floor, lawmakers get an update on their own 35-W bridge investigation, the governor attends signing ceremonies for the projects that weren't cut from the bonding bill and climate change critics speak out against an advisory group's recent report.

The Monologue (04/04/08)

Jim Ragsdale is thinking about Big Oil.

A Political Panel (02/22/08)

Will the veto of the transportation bill stand? That's one topic we deliver to the political panel this week. Democrats Wy Spano and Ember Reichgott Junge square off against Republicans Sarah Janecek and Phil Krinkie.

Wheat Hits Record Price (02/08/08)

Food inflation is a big issue these days and wheat is one reason why. We hear from Ed Ussett from the U of M.