Morning Report 1/25/2012

• GOP Senate starts right off, mnpACT!
• Our priorities for Minnesota, MN Budget Bites
• Mark Wilf: We’re working with governor, lawmakers, Hot Dish Politics
• Dayton denies bonding for Red Lake schools, Northwoods Politics
• Poll: Klobuchar strong against potential opponents, Capitol View
  
• Circular face punching squad, The Cucking Stool
  
• Questions Re: Koch & Brodkorb resignations are still there, mnpACT!
• Ten miles of money pit, Shot in the Dark
• Michele Bachmann…and the deficit spending bridge project, MN Progressive Project
• MSRE or misery?, True North
  

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BUSINESS / ECONOMY

• Minnesota broadband task force considers tax incentives, Finance and Commerce 1/24/12 3:16 p.m.
• ATK loses appeal over big defense contract, Pioneer Press 1/24/12 7:42 p.m.
• Target mulling bigger expansion to Brooklyn Park campus, MPR
  
• Mayo Clinic eyes $5.3 million remodel project, Rochester Post-Bulletin 1/25/12 6:00 a.m.
• TCF earnings and stock tank, MPR
• Target names insider as new CFO, Pioneer Press 1/24/1 2 :16 p.m.
• Southdale Center renovation begins, Pioneer Press 1/24/12 10:09 p.m.
  

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DAYTON

• Dayton wants resolution and a ‘people’s stadium’, MPR
  

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EDUCATION

• Parents worry budget plan could close schools, MPR
• Anoka-Hennepin school district expands free, all-day kindergarten to 11 sites, Pioneer Press 1/25/12 12:07 a.m.
• Minneapolis has second thoughts on integration, Star Tribune 1/24/12 11:22 p.m.
  

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GOVERNMENT – LOCAL

• Ramsey County cancels move of some offices into old Lowry Hotel, Pioneer Press 1/24/12 7:15 p.m.
• Myszkowski wins Brooklyn Center seat, Star Tribune 1/24/12 11:16 p.m.
• Farmington weighs the future of its city liquor operations, Pioneer Press 1/25/12 12:09 a.m.

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JUDICIAL

• Sorting out the reasoning in Appeals Court’s gay-marriage ruling, MinnPost 1/24/12 10:00 a.m.
  

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LEGISLATURE

• Legislature begins session emphasizing common goals, MPR
• Opening Day’s amicable mood abruptly changed when GOP cut DFL senators’ budget, MinnPost 1/24/12 4:57 p.m.
• Legislators hope for short session, Alexandria Echo Press 1/25/12 12:00 a.m.
• Legislature opens; local lawmakers want constitutional change, St. Cloud Times 1/25/12 12:24 a.m.
• Minnesota Legislature has bumpy start, Pioneer Press 1/24/12 11:28 p.m.
  
• Minnesota lawmakers to get a lesson in bipartisanship, AP 1/25/12 7:52 a.m.
  
• Key players in the legislative session, AP 1/25/12 7:39 a.m.
• Rep. Tony Cornish outdazzled everyone with his Opening Day sartorial splendor, MinnPost 1/24/12 2:29 p.m.
• Koch trying to put past behind her, MinnPost 1/24/12 9:34 a.m.
  

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OPINION – COMMENTARY

• Lori Sturdevant: Opening day at the Legislature, Star Tribune 1/24/12 6:27 p.m.
• Robert D. Sykes: Instead of dissing Minneapolis skyways, look to Venice, Star Tribune 1/24/12 8:31 p.m.
  

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OPINION – EDITORIAL

• Editorial: A promising path to a stadium solution, Star Tribune 1/24/12 6:44 p.m.
• State GOP glossing over glaring problems, Winona Daily News 1/25/12 12:00 a.m.
• Time for Vikings to show their cards, Rochester Post-Bulletin 1/25/12 7:41 a.m.
  

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PEOPLE

• Minnesota native chosen as ambassador to Uganda, Star Tribune 1/24/12 10:03 p.m.
  

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PUBLIC HEALTH / SAFETY

• Hennepin County cancels homeless housing contracts, Star Tribune 1/24/12 8:26 p.m.
• Texting hotline gets attention in suicide-prevention efforts, Duluth News Tribune 1/23/12 12:00 a.m.
  
• Minneapolis-St. Paul airport opens expedited security line for frequent fliers, Pioneer Press 1/24/12 7:46 p.m.
• Moorhead smoke shop sues city over new drug paraphernalia ordinance, AP 1/24/12 7:54 p.m.
• 4 of 6 on Anoka school board back new policy on sexual orientation, Star Tribune 1/24/12 10:26 p.m.
• Edgy posters, billboards come out against racism in Duluth, MPR
  

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SAINT PAUL / MINNEAPOLIS

• Minneapolis foreclosure plan irks Heritage Park developer, Finance and Commerce 1/24/12 4:25 p.m.
• St. Paul Planning Commission welcomes four new members, Pioneer Press 1/24/12 11:27 p.m.
• St. Paul City Council set to vote on Griggs bikeway, MinnPost 1/24/12 9:39 a.m.
  

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STADIUMS

• Among Metrodome’s advantages: a big hole, Finance and Commerce 1/25/12 7:40 a.m.
• Storm builds over Dome plan, Star Tribune 1/24/12 11:12 p.m.
• Vikings stadium planners go after Minneapolis roadblocks, Star Tribune 1/24/12 11:07 p.m.
• What would it take for Vikes to play at TCF for three years?, WCCO 1/24/12 5:56 p.m.
  

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TRANSPORTATION

• Judge chides Central Corridor builders, but doesn’t halt construction over economic impact, Pioneer Press 1/24/12 8:03 p.m.
• St. Paul sued over site along Central Corridor line, Pioneer Press 1/25/12 12:10 a.m.