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Mary Lahammer

Mary Lahammer has been a program host and political reporter for Twin Cities Public Television since 1998. She has won several Emmys and numerous other awards in several states for her anchoring, reporting, producing and photography. Lahammer was named "Best TV Reporter" by Minnesota Monthly and "Best Newscaster" by City Pages.

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Republican Reform 2.0

By Mary Lahammer | 08/18/11
Gearing up for the Minnesota State Fair, House Republicans say they want to engage Minnesotans in reforming government, not just talking about taxes and spending.  GOP Majority Leader Matt Dean joked they were "a little tanned and
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Government shutdown over

By Mary Lahammer | 07/21/11
DFL Governor Mark Dayton signed a stack of budget bills into law, swiftly ending the longest state government shutdown in history.  The governor said he wasn't happy about the $35 billion budget that borrows more than a billion fr
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Special session sprint

By Mary Lahammer | 07/20/11
After speeding through nearly half a dozen budget bills with little debate, lawmakers slowed the pace and picked up the partisan rhetoric when the tax bill hit the House floor.  Republican House Majority Leader Matt Dean told Demo
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Budget deal

By Mary Lahammer | 07/15/11
A grim looking DFL governor and GOP lawmakers emerged from behind closed doors to announce they have a deal to solve the state's $5 billion budget shortfall and end the longest state government shutdown in history.   Governor Dayt
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Gov takes GOP offer

By Mary Lahammer | 07/14/11
In a serious effort to end the two-week-old state government shutdown, Democratic Governor Mark Dayton said he would reluctantly agree to Republican legislative leaders' last offer from June 30th.   That would put state spending
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Racino revenue

By Mary Lahammer | 07/14/11
Four Republican lawmakers stood at Canterbury Park and called on the crowd to contact their leadership and the governor to get the horse industry back to work and pass a racino.  Leading the charge was respected Republican Senate
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Shutdown day 12

By Mary Lahammer | 07/12/11
A visual bombardment of frustration with the government shutdown hit the State Capitol.  It started sedately enough with House Democrats putting out six empty chairs labeled "courage to compromise" inviting six Republicans to join
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Longest shutdown

By Mary Lahammer | 07/11/11
DFL Governor Mark Dayton stood on the Capitol steps in the longest state government shutdown in history and offered other revenue options like expanding sales taxes to services, not food or clothing.  The governor also announced h
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3rd way out of shutdown

By Mary Lahammer | 07/07/11
Here's the Walter Mondale/Arne Carlson Framework for a Budget Solution: The budget impasse is unprecedented and must be addressed as soon as possible.
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'Step Backwards' in budget negotiations

By Mary Lahammer | 07/07/11
Republican legislative leaders said talks to end the government shutdown took a "frustrating step backwards" with DFL Governor Mark Dayton offering up income tax and cigarette tax increases.  Dayton responded to Republicans "If this is a step