2021 Legislative Session - Opening Day
At noon Secretary of State Steve Simon gavels the legislative session to order. Minneapolis StarTrib photographer, Glen Stubbe, assists...
Looking In on Special Session 7
House Speaker Melissa Hortman listens as Chief Clerk Patrick Duffy Murphy take the roll call of members to open the seventh special...
Special Session 6 - Rep. Lyndon Carlson Sr. Makes History as He Retires
Rep. Lyndon Carlson Sr. removes paperwork as he cleans out his chamber desk prior to the start of the sixth special session of 2020. He...
Special Session 6 - Flipping the Gavel to the Minority
Sen. David Tomassoni, DFL - Chisholm, becomes the first minority caucus member of the Senate to be elected President of the Senate by a...
Pat Kessler Retires - Capitol Reporter 1984-2020
Pat Kessler WCCO-TV political reporter for 36 years is retiring after the 2020 Election. Kessler covered the death of Vice President...
Special Session 5 Columbus Day - Indigenous Peoples Day
On Columbus Day the stone pedestal that honors Christopher Columbus on the Capitol grounds is all that is left of the memorial immigrant...
Special Session 4 Quietly Made History & Sine Die V
As quiet as the halls of the Capitol, the fourth special session of 2020 quietly made history. The fourth special session was much like...
