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...
A HERO - NOT A SUCKER
My father, Pfc. C. J. Olmscheid, was a member of the Army 82nd Airborne 325th Glider Infantry Regiment (GIR) Company F. He served in...
COVID-19 MSF Fine Arts Exhibition
The 109th annual MSF Fine Arts Exhibition will go down as a one-of-a-kind art show because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This year’s show...
Art of the Capitol Masks Up
Signs taped to the doors of the Capitol tell anyone going inside the building that wearing a mask is required. The building still hasn’t...
Special Session 3 & SINE DIE IV – Commissioners Out and In
Speaker Melissa Hortman gaveled the House to order for the third special session of 2020. The special session was necessary to extend...
SINE DIE III - Yes to Police Accountability & Reform - No to Bonding & Taxes
Work is getting done on the outside of the Capitol by a workman while inside the Capitol legislators passed two resolutions but no one...
Special Session 2
Minority Leader Kurt Daudt, left, and Rep. Tim O’Driscoll, right, enter the House Chamber for the second special session of 2020. Gov....
SINE DIE II - Special Session 1
Gov. Tim Walz calls the special session to have his peacetime emergency extended by the legislature. This would also give the House and...
Secure Special Session
Secure fencing remained around the Capitol after the largest call up of the National Guard since WWII to protect the building. The death...
