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Troopers sicced on reporter for taking photos at House committee

By Chris Steller | 03.10.09 | 9:29 am

don1_edited-1Within hours of a Monday meeting at the state Capitol at which reporters heard that proposed restrictions on media wouldn’t go into force, state troopers descended on a reporter for taking a photo of a legislator who was offering…

New rules on recording at state House won’t ‘go forward’

By Chris Steller | 03.09.09 | 6:28 pm

At the state Capitol Monday, the revolution arrived earlier than expected. It wasn’t rioting over the economy but some very civil unrest by members of the mainstream media, upset over proposed restrictions at the Minnesota House of Representatives that would affect not only new media but all media.