Morning Report 4/23/2012

• Senate committee green-lights stadium, Capitol View
• Ensuring The House Prayer Never Again Offends Rep. Franson, The Same Rowdy Crowd
• JoAnn Ward declares run for 53A seat, MN Progressive Project
• The new 4th CD?, Shot in the Dark
• IRRRB transparency provision searches for daylight, Minnesota Brown
  
• If poor people had Viking clout…hmm, mnpACT!
• Klobuchar makes North Dakota trip, Let Freedom Ring
• Stadium backers don’t believe everything they read, Capitol Chatter
  
• Zulu Zulu Tango…mayday mayday, Freedom Dogs
• Emo Senator: liquor law karma strikes in First District with no Republican endorsement, Bluestem Prairie
  

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BUSINESS / ECONOMY

• Minnesota PUC approves segment of huge transmission project, Finance and Commerce 4/20/12 3:22 p.m.
• Credit unions push for business loans, Finance and Commerce 4/23/12 7:25 a.m.
  

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CAMPAIGNS

• Republicans to try again in May to endorse Parry or Quist, Mankato Free Press
• Republicans deadlock over congressional endorsement, Rochester Post-Bulletin 4/21/12 5:41 p.m.
• 1st District GOP unable to settle on candidate, AP
• Republicans adjourn in First District, still want to endorse, New Ulm Journal
  
• DFLers endorse Walz for Congress, Rochester Post-Bulletin 4/21/12 5:36 p.m.
• 8th District Republicans endorse Cravaack for 2nd term, Park Rapids Gazette 4/22/12 12:00 a.m.
• Few differences among 8th District Democrats at candidate forum, Duluth News Tribune 4/20/12 12:00 a.m.
• Ron Paul an unlikely force in Minn. Senate race, AP
• Common Cause files IRS complaint against ALEC, AP
• Redistricting has Kline on the offensive, Star Tribune 4/22/12 7:12 a.m.
  

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DAYTON

• Session-ending deal could still be in the cards, Star Tribune 4/23/12 6:14 a.m.
  

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EDUCATION

• U of M opens up to open source textbooks, MPR
• Minneapolis high schools to shift to public transit, Star Tribune 4/22/12 10:23 p.m.
  

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ENVIRONMENT

• Minnesota protected by state park contract, AP 4/21/12 12:00 a.m.
  

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HEALTH CARE

• Brooklyn Center schools save money with free health clinics, Star Tribune 4/22/12 11:35 p.m.
  

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LEGISLATURE

• Slowly but surely bonding bill moving along, Marshall Independent
• Panel sends Capitol fix-up back to House floor, Rochester Post-Bulletin 4/20/12 7:16 p.m.
• Senate GOP pressed on secret legal deal, AP 4/20/12 5:27 p.m.
• Minnesota lawmaker’s letter threatens retaliation against Northland township over board’s mining vote, Duluth News Tribune 4/20/12 8:44 a.m.
• Lori Sturdevant: Reform bill is getting sawed in half, Star Tribune 4/21/12 7:09 p.m.
  

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OPINION – COMMENTARY

• Rep. Kim Norton: State must protect infrastructure, children’s health, Rochester Post-Bulletin 4/21/12 5:02 a.m.
• Sen. Dan Sparks: New law protects those who need it most, Rochester Post-Bulletin 4/21/12 5:01 a.m.
• Rep. Mike Benson: When corporations thrive, Minnesota prospers, Rochester Post-Bulletin 4/21/12 5:00 a.m.
• Lori Sturdevant: Citizen Jackie, Star Tribune 4/22/12 4:35 p.m.
• Elanne Palcich: Minnesota’s wolves: Dead or alive?, MinnPost 4/23/12 5:00 a.m.
• Randy Maluchnik: Voter ID: Analyze policy instead of politics, Red Wing Republican Eagle 4/22/12 6:06 a.m.
  

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OPINION – EDITORIAL

• Editorial: Don’t cut student days in classroom, Star Tribune 4/22/12 5:58 p.m.
• Editorial: Time for a stadium deal, Pioneer Press 4/21/12 4:45 p.m.
  

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PEOPLE

• DFL activist Jackie Stevenson, known as ‘everyone’s mom,’ dies at 77, Pioneer Press 4/22/12 11:33 p.m.
  

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REDISTRICTING

• After redistricting, which legislative districts are vulnerable in 2012 election?, MinnPost 4/23/12 12:02 a.m.
  

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SAINT PAUL / MINNEAPOLIS

• No slowdown for Minneapolis apartment proposals, Finance and Commerce 4/20/12 3:39 p.m.
• Oasis for ‘food desert’ proposed, Pioneer Press 4/22/12 11:48 p.m.
• Grants help fund Twin Cities’ transit-oriented development, MinnPost 4/23/12 12:01 a.m.
• Planners hope to marry 35W, Lake St., Star Tribune 4/22/12 9:26 p.m.
• St. Paul: In battling racism, there is a winner, Pioneer Press 4/23/12 8:05 a.m.