Tom Emmer

Capitol Update - May 12, 2008

tptadmin — Mon, 12 May 2008 08:18:12 -0500

The Week at the Capitol

tptadmin — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:07:39 -0500

Mary Lahammer breaks down all this week's Capitol action in a handy three-minute summary.

Gov Gathers with GOP

Mary Lahammer — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:27:37 -0500

Gov. Pawlenty hosted some House Republicans and staffers at the governor's mansion last night. They were in the middle of another late night marathon session and got an invite from the big guy. Deputy Minority Leader Tom Emmer gave us the scoop. He said "it was mostly about meatballs and shrimp." Emmer didn't fess up to much policy coming up; he said the governor "conveyed hang in there."
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Capitol Update - April 24, 2008

tptadmin — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:43:27 -0500

The Legislative Week in Review

tptadmin — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:21:27 -0500

Legislative Leaders met with the governor to talk budget ... and the proposed Northwest-Delta merger made waves too. Get the latest from Mary Lahammer.

Capitol Update - April 15, 2008

jolene — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:06:01 -0500

Emmer v. Speaker

Mary Lahammer — Tue, 1 Apr 2008 12:54:27 -0500

House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher got even with Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Delano). Today in the Strib, Emmer had a commentary about the gas tax that takes effect today, April Fools' Day. He wrote "clearly the joke is on us."
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35W Bridge Compensation Fund

tptadmin — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:50:14 -0500

Sen. Ron Latz and Rep. Tom Emmer join Mary live in the House Gallery to talk about competing 35W Bridge victim compensation plans.

Capitol Update - March 6, 2008

tptadmin — Thu, 6 Mar 2008 18:27:57 -0600

Session Tension

Mary Lahammer — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:59:18 -0600

We got a glimpse into the tone of the session today with an unusually combative press corps aggressively questioning Democratic leaders in their pre-session press conference. I think the press was annoyed by the lack of details. Essentially, Dems set up the pecking order for the top bills: environmental constitutional amendment, transportation, bonding/jobs bill (yes, suddenly the bonding bill has been renamed the jobs bill).
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