Morning Report 3/16/2012

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GOVERNMENT – LOCAL

• Winona passes 1-year moratorium on frac sand mining, MPR

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HEALTH CARE

• Minnesota: St. Paul’s health care best in U.S., study says, Pioneer Press 3/15/12 8:10 p.m.
  

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LEGISLATURE

• Brodkorb seeks more than $500,000 over firing from his Senate GOP post after affair, Pioneer Press 3/15/12 5:19 p.m.
• Brodkorb threatens to expose other Capitol affairs, AP 3/15/12 7:20 p.m.
• Brodkorb claims others who had affairs with lawmakers treated differently, Rochester Post-Bulletin 3/15/12 2:25 p.m.
• Brodkorb asserts other staffers had affairs with government officials, weren’t fired, MPR
  
• Rep. John Kriesel to step down after one term, MPR
• Dave Senjem faces difficult re-election campaign, MinnPost 3/15/12 10:02 a.m.
  
• House OKs plan to pay back schools part of $2.4 billion, Pioneer Press 3/15/12 8:55 p.m.
• House GOP approves payment to schools, MPR
  
• Bill says hospitals must disclose ‘futility policies’, Pioneer Press 3/15/12 8:53 p.m.
• Minnesota Senate panel OKs bill allowing cancer centers, Pioneer Press 3/15/12 9:06 p.m.
• Unreasonable restraint of children tougher penalty approved, Session Daily
  
• Saints ballpark missing among House panel’s bonding recommendations, Pioneer Press 3/15/12 5:48 p.m.
• Franson’s bill would limit arts spending, Alexandria Echo Press 3/16/12 12:00 a.m.
• Zellers walks fine line on stadium, Star Tribune 3/16/12 6:24 a.m.
  

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OPINION – COMMENTARY

• Sen. Carla Nelson: Investment in education and job growth will sustain Minnesota’s prosperity, Rochester Post-Bulletin 3/16/12 5:01 a.m.
• Rep. Michael Nelson: “Right to work” proposal is unwise, unfair, unnecessary, Pioneer Press 3/15/12 5:39 p.m.
• Erma Vizenor: A better way to fund a stadium, Star Tribune 3/15/12 8:45 p.m.
• Tom Hanson: Supermajority requirements do not lower taxes or spending, Winona Daily News 3/16/12 12:00 a.m.
• David Schultz: The economic and political truth about right-to-work legislation, MinnPost
  

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OPINION – EDITORIAL

• Editorial: Southwest light-rail is good for business, Star Tribune 3/15/12 8:13 p.m.
• Our View: New political map is good for local voters, Rochester Post-Bulletin 3/15/12 8:56 a.m.
  

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PUBLIC HEALTH / SAFETY

• Minnesota’s definition of a gang member to narrow as criteria are revised, Pioneer Press 3/15/12 8:14 p.m.
• Minnesota students look to remove immunity for lawmakers over drunk driving, West Central Tribune 3/16/12 12:00 a.m.
  

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STADIUMS

• Vikings stadium bill still stuck in Senate, Pioneer Press 3/15/12 11:48 p.m.

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TRANSPORTATION

• Commuter rail from Twin Cities to Eau Claire off table for I-94, Star Tribune 3/15/12 9:44 p.m.
• GOP drops plan to raise fares for Metro Transit rail and buses, Star Tribune 3/15/12 10:46 p.m.