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Capitol View®

Reporting on State Politics and Government

Dayton questions Capitol Civil War artwork

Dayton questions Capitol Civil War artwork

Some of Minnesota’s elected officials are wondering if it’s time to declare the Civil War over, at least when it comes to some of the artwork adorning the walls of the Minnesota Capitol. During a meeting of the Capitol Preservation Commission, which is overseeing a top-to-bottom restoration of the historic building, Gov. Mark Dayton and Read more →
by Tim Pugmire

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The Daily Digest (MNsure’s failed predecessor, Peterson’s political future)

Good morning! All it takes is a long weekend to turn up plenty of news. In Minnesota Before MNsure, the state’s new online health insurance marketplace, there was HealthMatch, an expensive, problem-plagued software project that foreshadowed MNsure’s trouble a decade later. The project dragged on for five years, and consumed more than $20 million of taxpayer Read more →
by Brett Neely

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Delegation sees need for congressional debate on Obama’s NSA policies

WASHINGTON – President Obama’s speech on Friday outlining new limits on intelligence gathering activities by the National Security Agency has members of Minnesota’s congressional delegation agreeing with him that more congressional debate of data collection practices is needed.  But there’s little consensus on what future policies should look like. “Today’s proposed reforms are a start Read more →
by Brett Neely

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Dayton on airplane use: ‘I think we handled it properly’

DFL Gov. Mark Dayton is taking issue with media stories that proclaimed he “broke the law” when a campaign aide flew with him on the state airplane. Legislative Auditor James Nobles issued a report Thursday that looked at the governor’s airplane use, after questions were raised by a conservative group about three trips in the fall Read more →
by Tim Pugmire

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The Daily Digest (Legislative auditor raps Dayton political travel, Polymet hearings)

Good morning! Due to the Martin Luther King Day holiday, there will be no digest on Monday, Jan. 20. In Minnesota A new report from the Minnesota  Legislative Auditor says Gov. Mark Dayton violated state law when a campaign aide traveled with him on the state airplane for political travel. The auditor said the governor’s Read more →
by Brett Neely

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Target will testify on data breach before US House committee

Both chambers of Congress are preparing to hold hearings next month about the theft of sensitive consumer data from Target Corp. How Target hackers hit the bullseye Data breach now involves at least 70 million people Company representatives and law enforcement officials will testify before a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee the first week of Read more →
by Brett Neely

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The Daily Digest (New Senate offices move ahead, U.S. House spending bill passes)

Good morning! In Minnesota A Minnesota Senate committee has approved, at least in concept, a plan and a price tag for a new office building north of the Capitol even as critics argue the building is too costly and unnecessary. (MPR News) Gov. Mark Dayton released a $986 million plan for public works construction projects Read more →
by Brett Neely

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Senate committee signs off on new office building

Senate committee signs off on new office building

The Minnesota Senate Rules Committee has approved, at least in concept, a plan and a price tag for a new office building north of the Capitol. The  committee voted to approve the  plan and cost estimates  at Capitol hearing today. The so-called “Legislative Office Building” has come under fire from all directions since it was Read more →
by Tim Nelson

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