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Bemidji Day at the Capitol 2026
KAXE Larissa Donovan tagged along for the 19th annual Bemidji Day at the State Capitol on March 5, 2026.
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Republican state Rep. Matt Bliss and Bemidji Mayor Jorge Prince talk among the Bemidji Day attendees at the State Capitol in St. Paul on March 5, 2026. (Larissa Donovan / KAXE)
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Bemidji City Council member Audrey Thayer, center, and two of her Leech Lake Tribal College students, Roxanne and William, pose for a photograph during Bemidji Day at the State Capitol on March 5, 2026. (Larissa Donovan / KAXE)
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Bemidji Area School Board member Todd Haugen shows off the legislator gifts, handmade sugar cookies, that were distributed during Bemidji Day at the State Capitol on March 5, 2026. The individually wrapped cookies included trees, to represent the 9 million lost in the June 2025 windstorm. (Larissa Donovan / KAXE)
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House Speaker Lisa Demuth holds a puppy during the Animal Humane Society's Puppy Day at the state Capitol on March 5, 2026. (Larissa Donovan / KAXE )
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Leech Lake Tribal College students meet with lawmakers during Bemidji Day at the State Capitol on March 5, 2026. (Larissa Donovan / KAXE )
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The Minnesota Capitol Building in St. Paul on March 5, 2026. (Larissa Donovan / KAXE )
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Handmade sugar cookies were distributed to lawmakers and their aides during Bemidji Day at the State Capitol on March 5, 2026. (Larissa Donovan / KAXE )
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The late Rep. Melissa Hortman's desk in the House Chamber on March 5, 2026. (Larissa Donovan / KAXE )
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A sign of newly implemented weapons screening procedures at the State Capitol in St. Paul on March 5, 2026. (Larissa Donovan / KAXE )
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The Minnesota Senate Building in St. Paul on March 5, 2026. (Larissa Donovan / KAXE )
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A display of desks on the State Capitol lawn on March 5, 2026, by the Annunciation Light Alliance as a demonstration for students killed by gun violence, as the Minnesota Legislature considers gun control measures following the Aug. 2025 school shooting at Annunciation Catholic School. (Larissa Donovan / KAXE )
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The State Capitol in St. Paul on March 5, 2026. (Larissa Donovan / KAXE )
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The Minnesota House meets for session in St. Paul on March 5, 2026. (Larissa Donovan / KAXE )
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