Sandy Pappas

Governor and DFLers Square Off Once More (04/11/08)

This week the battle was over veto cuts, including the planned light rail route between Minneapolis and St. Paul. Mary Lahammer brings you the latest from the Capitol.

Gender Gap Recap--McClung Letter

04/08/08
This unsigned anonymous note is what greeted me this morning in my Capitol office. Frankly, it's rather creepy to me to have people putting accusatory notes in my office when I'm not there. I have had people stalk me, who leave anonymous notes, follow me and have threatened to kill me. This is true for almost anyone who works in television, so we're a bit sensitive to such actions.
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Veto Gender Gap?

04/07/08
Gov. Pawlenty hit projects hard that are close to House Chair Alice Hausman (DFL-St. Paul). Majority Leader Tony Sertich called it "personal" what Pawlenty did to chair Hausman. Sen. Sandy Pappas (DFL-St. Paul) was very emotional right after the gov's press conference, saying the vetoes are "insults to chair Hausman." The question some reporters started asking is if gender looks like a factor with Hausman being a female chair.
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Headlines (05/17/07)

Legislative leaders start real negotiations with the governor, the Senate passes budget bills, the governor signs the smoking ban and rips lawmakers' approach to the session.

Headlines (04/11/07)

House committees pass bills to fund education and state government and get caught up on religion, taxes and sex ed. The Senate approves a bill to crack down on predatory lending. Col. Joe "GOP Joe" Repya wants to be the next Republican Party Chair.

A Near Billion Dollar Tax Hike? (03/30/07)

That's what DFL Senators have in mind. Our Mary Lahammer fills us in on what came out of a Senate Tax Committee Friday.

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