Higher Education

Macalester: It's Easy Being Green

tptadmin — Fri, 9 Oct 2009 18:35:49 -0500

Macalester College president Brian Rosenberg shows off his school's new LEED Platinum certified Markim Hall.

Headlines

tptadmin — Wed, 13 May 2009 18:32:41 -0500

A capsule of the week's news.

Capitol Update - April 23, 2009

tptadmin — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:18:48 -0500

It was education day in the House, with both early childhood and K-12 bills under consideration.

Headlines

tptadmin — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:47:12 -0500

Mary summarizes the week at the Capitol.

Headlines

tptadmin — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:17:47 -0500

The week's news in an easy, bit-sized chunk.

Capitol Update - April 14, 2009

Mary Lahammer — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:46:50 -0500

Governor Pawlenty meets with Senate Republicans as they prepare for budget negotiations, and higher ed bills move forward in both the Senate and the House.

View the Capitol Update for April 14, 2009.

State of the State Scoop

Mary Lahammer — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:15:44 -0600

Sources say Gov. Pawlenty is going to talk more about "shared services" in his State of the State address. Jim Mulder from the Association of Minnesota Counties tells me Pawlenty will use his organization as an example of shared services. Counties are doing things like sharing 911 dispatching services. We know this is a big initiative of the governor, especially after the announcement of shared services with Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle this week.

We also have a good idea that state colleges and universities will be moved towards more online learning. Pawlenty's former communications director who now holds the same post at the U, sent out a release saying "With Gov. Pawlenty's State of the State address on Thursday, we wanted to make sure you had some basic information about what the University of Minnesota is doing in the area of online learning."

I also hear there will be "some surprises" from Pawlenty. The fact there will be tax cuts has already leaked out and we hear several tax cuts are in the mix to help stimulate the economy. We already have the speech, but can't tell you anything about it because it's embargoed until delivery (and we in the press do actually honor such requests :). I am going to read it now because I didn't want to read it before blogging in case I accidently leaked content.

Al Franken

tptadmin — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:43:58 -0500

The endorsed DFL Senate candidate joins Cathy and Eric live at the Almanac table.

The Central Corridor Light Rail Route

tptadmin — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:22:33 -0500

Is the line all set to go after a last-minute legislative rescue? We check in with Peter Bell from the Metropolitan Council.

House Leaders

tptadmin — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:57:33 -0500

House Majority Leader Tony Sertich and House Minority Leader Marty Seifert debate light rail and other big issues from the week.