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Story Archive
By MPR Newsroom

April 2, 2002

MAY 2002

•Arts organizations take hit in bonding bill vetoes (5/22/02)
•It's Ventura's turn (5/20/02)
•Vikings, Twins pick apart stadium bill (5/20/02)
•Commuter rail axed in final bonding bill (5/19/02)
•Lawmakers override Ventura veto of budget-balancing bill (5/19/02)
•Legislature passes stadium bill (5/19/02)
•Ventura may play hardball for commuter rail (5/16/02)
•Budget deal on Ventura's desk (5/15/02)
•Lawmakers reach budget deal; Ventura 'disappointed' (5/15/02)
• Lawmakers race the clock for budget deal(5/13/02)
•Budget deal proves elusive(5/13/02)
•Lawmakers race the clock for budget deal(5/13/02)
•Inching toward progress (5/8/02)
•Ventura vows to fight outside income bill (5/3/02)
•Lawmakers vow renewed effort to direct more money toward resources (5/2/02)

APRIL 2002

•Change on the horizon for ATV riders (4/26/02)
•Senate passes pledge requirement (4/25/02)
•Tug-of-war over tobacco money escalates (4/24/02)
•House may be warming to gas tax (4/17/02)
• Theatrics take center stage at Capitol (4/11/02)
•The rail debate (4/8/02)
•Stadium bill unravels (4/5/02)
•Twins attorney issues new demands as ballpark bill advances (4/3/02)

MARCH 2002

•Enthusiasm for stadium bill waning (3/28/02)
• 'Not a dollar of common ground' (3/27/02)
•House passes transportation bill (3/26/02)
• Twins' contraction still a possibility, Selig says (3/26/02)
•Minus abortion provision, budget bill advances in Senate (3/26/02)
• House passes stadium bill(3/25/02)
•House passes state workers contract without same-sex benefits (3/22/02)
• Senate approves transportation plan; raises gas tax (3/21/02)
• House passes anti-terrorism package (3/21/02)
• House committee hands Twins, Ventura a stadium win (3/21/02)
•Redistricting plan released (3/19/2002)
• Longtime Senator Doug Johnson announces retirement (3/18/02)
•On second try, bonding bill passes (3/18/02)
•Ventura proposes stadium plan (3/15/02)
•Bonding bill fails (3/15/02)
•Feds drop tax bomb (3/15/02)
•Senate passes stadium bill (3/13/02)
•Abortion issue tied to budget (3/12/02)
•Debate over diesel fuel additive reaches climax (3/12/02)
•Ballpark financing plan advances... barely (3/12/02)
•Senate, House far apart on 'phase two' budget fix (3/12/02)
• Gas tax increase gets OK from House committee (3/8/02)
•Stadium financing plan sent to full Senate (3/8/02)
•House GOP plan pushes roads, not theaters (3/7/02)
•Ventura says legislators have made Minnesota vulnerable to terrorists (3/7/02)
• Ventura objects to budget cuts (3/1/02)

FEBRUARY 2002

• Senate follows suits; overrides Ventura (2/28/02)
• Senate announces $7.5 billion transportation proposal (2/28/02)
•On second try, House overrides Ventura (2/27/02)
•House fails to override Ventura (2/26/02)
• Ventura vetoes budget deal (2/25/02)
•Ventura's back in budget picture (2/23/02)
•No expansion of gambling (2/22/02)
•Ventura plays cat-and-mouse with lawmakers over budget (2/22/02)
•Budget deal: It's up to Ventura (2/21/02)
•Twins stadium bills still alive (2/19/02)
•Ventura cut out of budget deal (2/19/02)
•Senate hands Ventura defeat with passage of bonding bill (2/18/02)
•Ventura orders hiring freeze (2/14/02)
•Anti-abortion bill gains at Capitol (2/14/02)
• Anti-terrorism bills spark civil rights debate (2/14/02)
•St. Paul stadium plan advances (2/14/02)
• Domestic deal breaker? (2/14/02)
• Commuter rail stalls at Capitol stop (2/12/02)
• Senate passes budget (2/11/02)
• Ventura scolds lawmakers over budget (2/8/02)
• House Republicans release budget plan (2/7/02)
• GOP, DFL lawmakers join forces for transportation plan (2/7/02)
• House Republicans release budget plan (2/7/02)
• Things are looking up for the Twins (2/6/02)
• Scene of a showdown - Camp Coldwater spring (2/6/02)
• The surrogate debate (2/6/02)
• Anti-telemarketing bill advances (2/6/02)
• Do-Not-Call bill gets committee approval (2/6/02)
• No appetite for taxes(2/4/02)
•Things are looking up for the Twins (2/6/02)
• Scene of a showdown - Camp Coldwater spring (2/6/02)
• The surrogate debate (2/6/02)
• Anti-telemarketing bill advances (2/6/02)
•Do-Not-Call bill gets committee approval (2/6/02)
•No appetite for taxes(2/4/02)

JANUARY 2002

• Ventura proposes $16 million in four-year anti-terrorism plan (1/31/02)
• House, Senate disagree over funding unemployment (1/30/02)
•New senator makes history (1/30/02)
• Task force ends work with recommendations for two stadiums (1/29/02)
• State universities bracing for more budget cuts (1/29/02)
• Profile of Learning debate likely to return (1/29/02)
• Higher education, transit is winner in bonding derby (1/28/02)
• Ventura facing first budget deficit fight (1/28/02)
• Guns, gambling likely to spark legislative debate (1/25/02)
• Election year politics could influence session (1/24/02)
• Conservation Corps is target of budget ax (1/23/02)
• Rally marks abortion decision anniversary (1/22/02)
• Gas tax proposal panned (1/22/02)
• Labor leaders blast tax cuts (1/22/02)
• Redistricting: An exercise in politics (1/16/02)
• Ventura puts unicameralism back on front burner(1/15/02)
• Ventura recommends $746 million in bonding projects (1/14/02)
• Lawmakers prepare response to Ventura (1/11/02)
• Panel endorses stadium funding (1/11/02)
• Governor proposes cuts, tax increases (1/10/02)

• Metro school boards warn against state budget cuts
• Political sniping threatens Capitol peace.
• Large school district faces big budget cuts .
• Ventura challenges lawmakers in State of the State address.
• Arts group seeks bonding money
• Critics of stadium drive becoming scarce
• Bridging the gender gap in the governor's office
• New leader, same agenda for MCCL
• Legislature to consider broadening police authority