Sandy Pappas

Governor and DFLers Square Off Once More

tptadmin — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:56:18 -0500

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

Mary Lahammer — Tue, 8 Apr 2008 08:56:09 -0500

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?

Mary Lahammer — Mon, 7 Apr 2008 16:33:52 -0500

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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Capitol Update - April 7, 2008

tptadmin — Mon, 7 Apr 2008 15:50:12 -0500

Headlines

tptadmin — Thu, 17 May 2007 09:59:34 -0500

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

tptadmin — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:55:15 -0500

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?

tptadmin — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:08:53 -0500

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

Capitol Update - March 29, 2007

tptadmin — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:32:40 -0500

Capitol Update - March 27, 2007

tptadmin — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 07:57:35 -0500

Capitol Update - March 22, 2007

tptadmin — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:23:05 -0500