At The Capitol

Funds for all-day kindergarten, support for levies in education bill

By ECM on April 12, 2013 at 11:03 am

by T.W. Budig ECM Capitol reporter Senate Democrats presented their $15.6 billion education bill on Thursday (April 11) one …

Health insurance exchange, MNsure, moves ahead

By ECM on April 11, 2013 at 3:41 pm

by T.W. Budig ECM Capitol reporter When Management and Budget Commissioner Jim Schowalter flicked the cloth off a placard bearing …

By ECM on April 10, 2013 at 12:05 pm

by T.W. Budig ECM Capitol reporter House Democrats look to having all third graders reading, the glaring achievement gap closed, …

By ECM on April 9, 2013 at 4:25 pm

by T.W. Budig ECM Capitol reporter The Democratic-controlled House released an $800 million bonding bill Tuesday (April 9) that is …

By ECM on April 8, 2013 at 5:06 pm

by Howard Lestrud ECM Political Editor Twenty-four bonding requests were on the table at the State Capitol last Thursday before …

By ECM on April 8, 2013 at 4:47 pm

by T.W. Budig ECM Capitol reporter The State Capitol is one of the biggest beneficiaries of Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton’s …

By ECM on April 8, 2013 at 2:36 pm

by T.W. Budig ECM Capitol reporter It was a good idea and still is, Rep. Tom Hackbarth said. “We were …

By ECM on April 5, 2013 at 4:05 pm

by T.W. Budig ECM Capitol reporter Sen. Sean Nienow, R-Cambridge, has called for an investigation of the Dayton Administration regarding …

By ECM on April 5, 2013 at 2:57 pm

Funds would support needs in Discovery Bay, snow monkey exhibit, infrastructure by Howard Lestrud ECM Political Editor A request for …

By ECM on April 5, 2013 at 1:43 pm

by Howard Lestrud ECM Political Editor Legislation aimed at attracting military service men and women back to Minnesota for second …