James Nobles
The State of Minnesota Highways (02/22/08)
Legislative Auditor James Nobles issued a report this week on Minnesota highways and bridges. And some of the findings — to use his words — are grim.
MnDOT Audit
02/19/08
The Legislative Auditor's report is out on MnDOT and James Nobles says "overall the picture is not good and parts are downright grim." The grim parts are resources and inspection follow-ups. This was just the ammunition DFL lawmakers needed to gain votes on a transportation bill that will hit both chambers on Thursday. House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher noted that the bill has had 17 changes made to it to mostly address concerns from the other side of the aisle.
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( categories: Transportation | 02/2008 | James Nobles | Margaret Anderson Kelliher | Tim Pawlenty | Mary's Page )
Capitol Update - February 19, 2007 (02/19/08)
Bridge Battle
12/19/07
The political battle over the 35W bridge reached a new level as Democratic lawmakers launch a half million dollar investigation into the bridge collapse. The highly respected Legislative Auditor James Nobles is also conducting an investigation, as is the NTSB and the Pawlenty administration.
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( categories: Transportation | 12/2007 | Dave Senjem | James Nobles | Larry Pogemiller | Steve Murphy | Tim Pawlenty | Mary's Page )
Legislative Auditor James Nobles (11/30/07)
Nobles joins us live to talk about his completed investigation of Sonia Morphew Pitt and his upcoming audit of Secretary of State Mark Ritchie.
Should Secretary of State Mark Ritchie Resign? (11/30/07)
We hear two different answers as Republican Party Chair Ron Carey is joined live by DFL Party Chair Brian Melendez. By the way, we want you to know that invited Mark Ritchie to join us as well but he declined our invitation for either a live or taped interview.
State Pensions (01/26/07)
How fiscally safe are they? The Legislative Auditor is wondering. We bring you a debate between Auditor James Nobles and public employee union official Eliot Seide.









