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Jim Oberstar
New MnDOT Commissioner
04/21/08
Here's what you need to know about soon to be new MnDOT Commissioner Tom Sorel: He comes from outside of MnDOT and he has a technical background as a civil engineer. Both of those facts are politically important, especially after a bridge collapse. Interesting that the governor's office went to Sorel instead of the other way around. Sorel sounds like he'll be pro-transit and light rail.
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( categories: Transportation | 04/2008 | Bob McFarlin | Jim Oberstar | Steve Murphy | Tim Pawlenty | Tom Sorel | Mary's Page )
Capitol Update - April 15, 2008 (04/15/08)
NWA Merger Mania
02/15/08
The big unexpected story out of the Capitol today is Senate hearings looking into a possible Northwest Airlines merger. Sen. James Metzen (DFL-South St. Paul) crashed Tarryl Clark's weekly briefing with reporters. He said he was just going to come and tell Bill Salisbury from the Pioneer Press but decided to talk to all of us because he said "this scares the dickens out of me."
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( categories: 02/2008 | James Metzen | Jim Oberstar | Margaret Anderson Kelliher | Tarryl Clark | Tim Pawlenty | Mary's Page )
Rod Grams (08/24/07)
The former U.S. Senator was named this week to be our state's U.N. Day Honorary Chair. We do some catching up.
Gas Tax Talk
08/22/07
A busy day at the Capitol today and there's lots of talk about a gas tax — a temporary gas tax. Congressman Jim Oberstar just had a press conference to say he'll introduce a 5 cent increase in the federal gas tax, but it would be temporary and sunset after three years.
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Senator Coleman and Representative Oberstar (08/03/07)
Norm Coleman and Jim Oberstar talk to us live from Washington, DC, about federal funding for a new bridge.
More Bridge Trouble
08/03/07
Here's the email I got from a viewer along with alarming photos you have to see:
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( categories: Transportation | 08/2007 | Jim Oberstar | Mary Liz Holberg | Norm Coleman | R.T. Rybak | Steve Murphy | Tim Pawlenty | Mary's Page )
Bush v. Pawlenty
08/02/07
I find it interesting that the PR message from the White House and the Governor's office seem to be clashing. Gov. Pawlenty's message has been that the bridge was inspected and got a "clean" bill of health. Now President Bush's office is saying that the bridge had "structural problems."
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( categories: 08/2007 | Amy Klobuchar | George W. Bush | Jim Oberstar | Norm Coleman | Tim Pawlenty | Mary's Page )
Bridge Collapse React
08/01/07
The BBC just spent the top ten minutes of its newscast on the Minneapolis tragedy. So this is big international news. Federal money is surely on the way since congress is still in session. In fact, Transportation Committee Chair Oberstar was the first politician I heard from tonight in an early email alert.
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The Legislative Week that Was (02/23/07)
Mary Lahammer touches base on what happened this week under the dome in St. Paul. By the way, we're talking about the white dome ... not the green one!
