Morning Report 3/12/12

• Mourning DeCramer and Kubly: Two ideal public servants from southwestern Minnesota, Growth & Justice
• Vikings stadium would be 4.6% ‘People’s Stadium’, The Deets
• Gerlach aims for fellow Republicans and shoots himself, MN Progressive Project
• A peek at the Vikings stadium bill, Capitol View
• Sunshine, darkness, and privacy: The data practice subcommittee, Open Secrets
  
• Unions plan to pack right-to-work meeting, Capitol Chatter
• Did Dayton administration defraud the federal government on Medicaid repayment?, Hot Air
  
• PoliGraph: Bachmann misleads with health care claim, Capitol View
• Tevlin’s anti-scientific approach to economics, True North
• Vikings to plot of land east of Metrodome III — charters and their discontents, Mr. Dilettante’s Neighborhood
• The Capitol Direct power of Bob Cummins’ purse: Senator Chris Gerlach’s woman problem, Bluestem Prairie
  

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BUSINESS / ECONOMY

• Minnesota’s jobs creation remains stuck in neutral, AP 3/11/12 12:06 p.m.
  

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CAMPAIGNS

• Politicians galore in New Ulm, New Ulm Journal
• St. Cloud attorney Anne Nolan to challenge Michele Bachmann, AP 3/9/12 6:37 p.m.
• DFLer Anne Nolan steps forward to challenge Bachmann, MPR
• Minnesota’s marriage amendment battle: Power of ‘messaging’ may be the key, MinnPost
• What’s really behind Tarryl Clark’s DFL endorsement decision, MinnPost
• Olmsted commissioner Ohly aiming for Senjem seat, Rochester Post-Bulletin 3/9/12 4:05 p.m.
• Suss to run for state Senate, New Ulm Journal
• Lyon County DFL meets to select officers, delegates, Marshall Independent
  

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CONGRESS – HOUSE

• Walz calls for campaign finance reform, Winona Daily News 3/10/12 12:00 a.m.
  

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CONGRESS – SENATE

• Transportation bill would bring $1.4 billion to Minnesota, MinnPost
  

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DAYTON

• Dayton-GOP alliance on jobs bogs down in details, AP
  

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EDUCATION

• State receives $28M grant for charter schools, MPR
  

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ENVIRONMENT

• Working to prevent spread of carp, Winona Daily News 3/10/12 12:00 a.m.
• Minnesota hunting and fishing license fee increases could be ‘tough sell’, Duluth News Tribune 3/11/12 9:57 a.m.
• BWCA wildfire aftermath includes campsite closures, AP
  

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GOVERNMENT – LOCAL

• More relief for Stillwater: New public bathrooms arriving this summer, Pioneer Press 3/10/12 11:47 p.m.
• Wind, silica sand key topics as town board elections approach, Rochester Post-Bulletin 3/12/12 6:00 a.m.
  

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HEALTH CARE

• Return of the HMO?, Rochester Post-Bulletin 3/10/12 6:01 a.m.
• In response to Grassley, UCare says donation to state was ‘appropriate’, MPR
  

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LEGISLATURE

• State could designate official pipe band, Session Daily
• HMO cash cushions at issue in Legislature, Pioneer Press 3/10/12 11:06 p.m.
• Would a tax break for charitable gambling get Kurt Zellers on board for stadium efforts?, MinnPost
• Watershed districts, cities spar over land use, Session Daily
• Minnesota union workers swamp Capitol for labor vote, Pioneer Press 3/12/12 8:34 a.m.
• Rep. Hosch says he won’t seek re-election, AP 3/10/12 6:09 p.m.
  

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OPINION – COMMENTARY

• Sen. Dan Sparks: New baby brings perspective to legislative work, Rochester Post-Bulletin 3/10/12 6:03 a.m.
• Matt Kramer: For Minneapolis, a billion for a Vikings stadium isn’t enough. Seriously?, Pioneer Press 3/10/12 4:56 p.m.
• Meg Reid: Mental health in crisis in rural Minnesota, MinnPost 3/12/12 6:00 a.m.
  

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OPINION – EDITORIAL

• Editorial: Vacation pay — $455,000, Pioneer Press 3/10/12 4:56 p.m.
• Editorial: Sviggum does the right thing, Red Wing Republican Eagle 3/10/12 1:00 p.m.
  

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PEOPLE

• People before party, Marshall Independent
• A week after car crash, GOP strategist Chris Tiedeman improving, wife still fighting, Pioneer Press 3/11/12 11:41 p.m.
  

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PUBLIC HEALTH / SAFETY

• Hundreds of non-citizens in MN on edge over health cuts, MPR
• With SE Minn. silica sand mining on pause, groups organize, MPR
  

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SAINT PAUL / MINNEAPOLIS

• Many downtown Mpls restaurants OK with sales taxes for stadium, MPR
  

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STADIUMS

• Dayton: Vikings stadium bill has ’50-50′ chance at Capitol, MPR
• As Vikings stadium bill is unveiled, even supporters raise questions, MPR
• More doubts about charitable gambling, even as stadium bill released, MinnPost
  

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TRANSPORTATION

• Hennepin opens bids for downtown bridge exam, Finance and Commerce 3/9/12 6:41 p.m.