Shoveling heavy wet snow from the front Capitol steps Thursday, groundskeeper Jay Johnston said "No matter how many paths I shovel here people just seem to want to make their own".
Melting icicles hung from the guardrail across University Avenue next to the State Capitol dome.
Photojournalist Glen Stubbe has been chief political photographer for the Star Tribune since 2011 and was business photographer and photo editor before that. He was named Visual MN Photographer of the Year twice in a row, first in 2015, and then combined 2016-2017.
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