Capitol Housekeeping

Various items for the truly wonky manager.

As I indicated yesterday, MPR's Tom Scheck would be on Morning Edition today with a preview of this week's goings-on at the Capitol. And indeed he was. Listen to the broadcast with Cathy Wurzer (RealPlayer required).

The deadline for the next picks of free agents is Friday at 5 p.m. I'm getting a lot of claims in which a team drops all its Republicans and picks up DFLers. You can't do that. Remember: You must have at least two members of each party on your team at all times.

Looking for some light reading. The House Research Department released a bunch of reports today:

> State income tax.

> Minnesota taxable income

> Federal taxable income

> Limited market value

> Cigarette and tobacco taxes and fees

> DWI and B-card

> Overview of DWI laws (pdf)

> Local sales taxes in Minnesota (pdf).

> Classification of cities (pdf)