Dec 7 - $7.7 Billion Projected Surplus
MMB Commissioner JIm Schowalter presents the revenue forecast during a news briefing. Gov. Tim Walz said during a news briefing, “This is...
20th Anniversary of 911Looking Back At September 11 & 16, 2001
Sept. 11, 2001 at Noon Gov. Jesse Ventura holds a news conference in front of the Capitol along with Public Safety Commissioner Charlie...
July 7 - Senate Special Session Sine Die
I thought I had missed the end of the special session when I traveled to Iceland to photograph the volcano. But the Senate had not...
June 26 - Iceland’s Geldingadalir Volcano Site
It’s a short flight from Minnesota to Iceland to view the active Geldingadalir volcano. Travel 45 minutes south from Reykjavík, the...
June 22 - Refinery Safety Standards - In Then Out
A measure that would have refineries meet new safety standards that was added to the omnibus jobs and economic growth bill last week was...
June 14 - Special Session 8 - The Halls Are Alive With the Sounds of Session
On June 10, after 440 days, the Capitol building reopened to the public. On June 14, Gov. Tim Walz called the Legislature back to the...
June 1 - Capitol Fencing Removed
Keller Fence Company workers began taking the fence down that went up around the Capitol during the protests over the death of George...
May 25 - George Floyd Square - Gallery - One Year Later
Gov. Tim Walz asked Minnesotans for a moment of silence for 9 minutes and 29 seconds to honor George Floyd on the one year anniversary of...
