Video: The Friday Roundtable
A panel of political reporters joins Kerri Miller to discuss the work remaining in the current legislative session. The reporters are Tom Scheck, of MPR News; Bill Salisbury, of the Pioneer Press, and Patricia Lopez, of the Star Tribune.
Below is a list of topics they discuss, and the times that those topics occur in the video.
2:00 -- Overview: Taxes, growth in government, and cuts to Health and Human Services.
7:16 -- Behind the scenes on Gov. Dayton's sales-tax turnaround.
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14:00 -- Outlook for a property tax rebate.
16:02 -- Public investment in support of the Mayo Clinic.
24:25 -- Stadium financing, plans B and C.
33:08 -- Same-sex marriage vs. civil unions.
40:18 -- Gun rights and background checks.
46:52 -- Other issues to watch for: Unions, frac sand mining, public pensions.
50:43 -- Gov. Dayton's political future.
54:31 -- What the Roundtablers are reading.
