A grey tabby cat sits down on the Minnesota Transportation Department Building on a architectural model of the Minnesota State Capitol Complex.
They should have built it.
#caturday #mnleg #mncapitol
An estimated 80,000 people showed up at the MN Capitol today! 💥 We made it loud and clear there will be #NoKings.
@off_jawaggon and I were honored to speak — truly the moment of a lifetime. 🙏
Never back down. Never stay quiet.
#MNCapitol #NoKingsDay #ProtestWithPurpose #PowerToThePeople
From the pavement looking up toward the State Capitol in the background, classic cars and people in the foreground
Members of the Minnesota Street Rod Association display their classic cars Wednesday on the Capitol's Upper Mall during their annual Run to the Hill event.
📸 Michele Jokinen
#mnleg #mncapitol
Veterans and their supporters file past Color Guard cadets on their way to the 2025 Veterans Day on the Hill rally in the Capitol Rotunda. (Photo by Michele Jokinen)
A view from the ground floor of the Capitol Rotunda of flags and a crowd as veterans and their supporters attend the 2025 Veterans Day on the Hill Rally April 9 in the Capitol Rotunda. (Photo by Michele Jokinen)
Viewed from behind, Air Force veteran Al Vouk uses his hat to hold an American flag while attending the 2025 April 9 Veterans Day on the Hill. (Photo by Michele Jokinen)
An American flag in the foreground, looking down at a filled Capitol Rotunda during Veterans Day on the Hill April 9. (Photo by Michele Jokinen)
Minnesota veterans and supporters rallied at the Capitol in St. Paul April 9 for Veterans Day on the Hill.
📸 Michele Jokinen
#mnleg #mncapitol #mnveterans
Rallygoers crowd the Minnesota State Capitol Rotunda, viewed from above. Multi-colored flags are visible hanging over a railing.
Rallygoers with multi-colored flags are framed by a marble arch.
Transgender pride flags are hung over a railing in front of cheering rallygoers.
Advocates and supporters rallied at the Capitol on Monday during Transgender Day of Visibility. The annual event is held to raise awareness of the needs of trans, non-binary, and gender-nonconforming people.
📸 Michele Jokinen
#mnleg #mncapitol
Looking up at rallygoers lining the second-floor balcony in the Capitol Rotunda.
Rallygoers wave pom poms in the Capitol Rotunda
Hundreds of supporters filled the Capitol Rotunda for Disability Service Day at the Capitol March 18.
📸 Michele Jokinen
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Thank you, #Vets! Hubby was at the #MNCapitol.
CALLING YOU, MINNESOTA! MN50501 is excited to participate in the #DayOfAction on 4/5 with the rest of the #50501movement! Join us to celebrate labor rights and to #resist Donald Trump’s anti-labor and anti-American policy! We’ll be starting at noon on the steps of the #MNCapitol! See you there!
Protest at the #MNCapitol at noon! #resist #50501protests
With the state of this country, I'm grateful I got sterilized at 22, and grateful to be in a state that advocates for the rights of women.
#capitol #mncapitol #portra #film #filmphotography #filmcollective #photography #filmphoto
Sunshine, blue skies and temperatures in the 40s challenged Red Bull Heavy Metal organizers Thursday as they worked to set up up the contest's street snowboarding course in front of the Capitol. The free event is scheduled for Saturday from 2-5 p.m.
📸 Michele Jokinen
#mnleg #mncapitol
A young woman poses for a photo in the Capitol Rotunda, twirling her colorful dress
A closeup of a colorful, twirling dress and a woman's brown shoes
Lucy Lee of Brooklyn Park models in a traditional Hmong dress Jan. 27 for her professional photographer mother, May Lee, in the Capitol Rotunda.
📸 Michele Jokinen
#mnleg #mncapitol
A person in fish costume watches a rally below in the Capitol Rotunda.
Thor Reimann of Apple Valley wears a gar costume while attending a Boundary Waters Day at the Capitol rally Jan. 23.
📸 Michele Jokinen
#mnleg #mncapitol #boundarywaters
Black and white image of a couple posing for a wedding photograph on a Capitol staircase. (Photo by Michele Jokinen)
Jasleen Guadalupe Flores and Wilian Alexander Lazo Fermam pose for a photograph on the grand staircase Jan. 17 following their wedding in the Capitol Rotunda.
📸 Michele Jokinen
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ICYMI: MN GOP are staging a literal coup and pretending to play house without the entirety of the DFL house members.
STOP THE MN MAGA POWERGRAB
📅1/21 at 2PM @ the cap
‼️DRESS IN LAYERS & bring signs
We are the people and we are powerful. Show up, show out.
#mncapitol #mngop #mndfl #mnpolitics
A lego model of the Minnesota State Capitol sits in the building's east ground floor corridor. (Photo by Andrew VonBank)
A model of the State Capitol made with LEGO pieces is on display in the east ground floor corridor of the Capitol. The 6 feet long, 4 feet wide and 3 feet high model was built by LEGO Ambassador Roy Cook using approximately 75,000 bricks.
📸 Andrew VonBank
#mnleg #mncapitol
A view from above of an orchestra performing in the Minnesota State Capitol's Rotunda. (Photo by Michele Jokinen)
Orchestra members play their instruments in the Capitol Rotunda, viewed from above. (Photo by Michele Jokinen)
A student cellist performs with the Chippewa Middle School's seventh-grade orchestra with a snowflake Christmas ornament hanging in the foreground. (Photo by Michele Jokinen)
Parents take photos on their smart phones as they watch the Chippewa Middle School Seventh Grade Orchestra perform in the Capitol Rotunda Dec. 17. (Photo by Michele Jokinen)
The Chippewa Middle School Seventh Grade Orchestra performs holiday music in the Capitol Rotunda Dec. 17.
📸 Michele Jokinen
#mnleg #mncapitol
Rep. Emma Greenman laughs with Rep. Isaac Schultz inside the Minnesota State Capitol's House Chamber. (Photo by Michele Jokinen)
Reps. @emmagreenman.bsky.social and Isaac Schultz share a laugh as he toured a group of home-schooled students from Ogilvie through the House Chamber Dec. 6.
📸 Michele Jokinen
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Minnesota Department of Agriculture staff decorated the State Capitol's Christmas tree Dec. 2. Happy Land Tree Farm of Sandstone donated the 18-foot balsam fir that will be on display in the Rotunda through early January.
📸 Michele Jokinen
#mnleg #mncapitol
Got a pair of red/blue 3-D glasses?
Then you can see this 3-D shot that I took 10 years ago of the #MNCapitol electrolier jumping into your face. @GaryHornseth @mnhs @ADMN_Minnesota #mnleg
We really should have thought to add numbers on the MN Senate Building for the days when the shadow of the #MNCapitol dome transits across it. #mnleg
New #MNCapitol Workers Memorial has hand-carved lettering. Refreshing to see when laser engraved fonts are the norm.
@ryanmajerus rocks Rachmaninoff on the @mnsenate piano, which moved into the MSB this morning from the #MNCapitol. https://t.co/GwJaobWXEl
30 years, and never noticed this until today. Guess the location. #mnleg #stribpol #mncapitol http://t.co/ndyQE7PzlW
#MNCapitol renovation finds - Part XXIVII: 1989 Sony Mavica digital camera.
.7 megapixel, 6lbs, 10oz. with lens. http://t.co/2EtFnyxQ4e
Workers at the #MNCapitol are removing these huge lamps from the rotunda. Damned globes are made of plastic. Sheesh. http://t.co/KZdjSKvfa2
Workers at the #MNCapitol are removing these huge lamps from the rotunda. Damned globes are made of plastic. Sheesh. http://t.co/SgnljTlKwi
