2020 Legislative Session
May 17 - Last Day of Session - Sine Die Capitol So Quiet You Could Hear Paint Peeling Brian Pease, Capitol Historical Site Manager, takes the time on the last day of the 2020 Session to make an inventory of where the paint is peeling off the walls around the Capitol building. The COVID-19 pandemic made the last day of the session so quiet with no lobbyists, reporters or protests moving around the building that you could almost hear the paint pealing off the walls. The only co
ELECTION DAY 1980
On Nov. 4, 1980, as the sun was beginning to rise I began my Election Day picture story at the Afton Town Hall. I had gotten the approval of the Secretary of State [Joan Growe] and the head election judge to be in the polling place during Election Day to do my story. This picture story is about the people, the process and the use of paper ballots. To add interest to the picture story I knew Vice President Walter Mondale would be voting at the Afton Town Hall. "It's ordinary c
