Don’t sound the herald trumpets

February 15, 2015

[Time: the present; Place: the governor’s office] An aide: Governor, Ambassadors Pappas, Torres Ray, and Goodwin from the Emir of Northern Minnesota are here to see you. Show them in. Don’t sound the herald trumpets, though. Aide: As you wish. [the three ambassadors enter, nervously, and stand before the governor] Do you bring greetings from the […]

by Steve Timmer

Dear Tom, I burned the bridge

February 13, 2015

Or maybe you did

by Steve Timmer

Rangers ride the Bomb

February 3, 2015

When Rangers play investment bankers

by Steve Timmer

A conversation before drifting off

February 2, 2015

A little political pillow talk

by Steve Timmer

Mining fun with numbers!

January 31, 2015

With an update on 2 – 1

by Steve Timmer

It’s beginning to look a lot like Thugmas!

October 25, 2014

Yeah, nice lil’ county ya got dere. Shame if sumptin’ happin ta it. So wacher moufs.

by Steve Timmer
Tom Bakk and Ann Rest

Troll Hard: The Tom Bakk and Ann Rest Story

March 29, 2014

There’s a bit of a kerfuffle going on right now between Senate DFLers and all other DFLers concerning the raising on the minimum wage. Maybe you’ve heard about this? If not, I’ll recap the story, broad brush stroke style. Last year the minimum wage did not get increased despite the desires of many people, some […]

by Tony Petrangelo

We need time to be thoughtful

March 20, 2014

Senate GOP leader David Hann shows up at the governor’s presser today on the subject of a tax bill before the Legislature, grabs the microphone (actually, Governor Dayton, gracious host that he is, gave the gate-crashing Hann a chance to speak), and says, We need more time to think about this. Hann says he doesn’t […]

by Steve Timmer

We are not amused

June 9, 2013

Say Michael Brodkorb and Greg Walsh

by Steve Timmer

Another squirt gun fight at the OK Corral

May 2, 2013

And never mind the mixed metaphors

by Steve Timmer
420 Dinner

The Weekly Wrap 4-19

April 19, 2013

Are you going to the Humphrey-Mondale dinner on 4-20? If so, bring me back a brownie

by Tony Petrangelo

Bakk announces session priorities

January 10, 2013

Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk (DFL-Cook) announced the Senate DFL’s opening bills of the 2013 session at a Capitol press conference Thursday morning. The first four bills tackle a diverse array of subjects, including a health care exchange, indexing the minimum wage to inflation, all day kindergarten in Minnesota schools, and limiting the power of […]

by Aaron Klemz