First Frames
And it Begins....
Photographs by Tom Olmscheid
Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk, left, waits as Gov. Mark Dayton, center, using crutches while recovering from hip surgery, makes his way to the podium out of his private office during a news conference at the Capitol, March 20. The DFL leaders criticized Senate Republicans for refusing to permit the prompt consideration of the Senate tax bill which would have cut personal income and business taxes along with making other important reforms. Revenue Commissioner Myron Frans followed Gov. Dayton out of his office as Matt Swenson, Dayton's Communication Director holds the door.
On the first day of 2014 legislative session, with the first phase of the Capitol's restoration underway, trying to find your way around in the basement tunnels became a directional puzzle. Starting from the bottom up and getting done a floor at a time for the next four years, it will be a challenge getting around the building during the restoration.
Photograph by Tom Olmscheid
House Speaker Paul Thissen, right, acknowledges House Majority Leader Erin Murphy, left, for the hard work she's done on Minimum Wage and other legislation during a Raise the Wage rally in the rotunda of the State Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014 in St. Paul.
Dome, Goes Away
2014 Legislator–so it begins
Colder than Mars
Gay Marraige Bill 
Capitol Repairs $260 million worth
14 days in Kenya
Battle at the Capitol
Night Lights
Capitol in Black & White
Clash of the Skaters
Herons Return to North Minneapolis
Ricky – First Season
Sled Dogs to St. Paul
Where I Live
What I Found in Cuba
Fear and Loathing in Wobegon
He came, he went
NASCAR on Ice
Barcelona in Black and White
200 Feet up
Tanks, May I Have Another
A Very Odd Performance