Morning Report 5/15/2012

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BEST OF THE BLOGS

• Dayton vetoes tax bill with business breaks, Capitol Chatter
• Dayton vetoes another GOP tax bill, Capitol View
• Dayton cheered — and heckled — as he signs Vikings stadium bill, Hot Dish Politics
  
• Do-Nothing Legislature? Pi-Press doesn’t think so, Let Freedom Ring
• Case in Point: Why the Republican Party needs to start over, MN Progressive Project
• Marriage discrimination amendment: locked into a mistake, mnpACT!
• Conservative Voters: Step Back From The Ledge (Part II), Shot in the Dark
• Franken claims victory on road signs, Hot Dish Politics
• Tim Pawlenty Comes Home, Smart Politics
• Popular Cokato Township wingnut provokes Republican kerfuffle over Urdahl stadium vote, Bluestem Prairie
  

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BUSINESS / ECONOMY

• Best Buy founder Richard Schulze quits over Brian Dunn scandal, Star Tribune 5/14/12 10:48 p.m.
  

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CAMPAIGNS

• Pawlenty denies any interest in VP job, AP
• T-Paw says he is not interested in being V-Paw, Star Tribune 5/14/12 11:11 p.m.
• Severson aims at Klobuchar with Cain, Ryan economics, MPR
  

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DAYTON

• Dayton signs Vikings stadium bill amid cheers, jeers, familiar faces, MinnPost 5/14/12 2:32 p.m.
• Vikings stadium: Dayton signs $975 million bill, Pioneer Press 5/14/12 8:46 p.m.
• Dayton gets last word as he vetoes reworked GOP tax cuts, Star Tribune 5/14/12 11:19 p.m.
  
• Minnesota governor downs 2nd GOP tax plan, AP 5/14/12 6:55 p.m.
• Dayton vetoes scaled-back tax bill, Pioneer Press 5/14/12 8:57 p.m.
  

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EDUCATION

• MnSCU average tuition could rise 3.9 percent, MPR
• MnSCU board considers tuition increases averaging 3.7%, AP 5/14/12 10:34 p.m.
• Kaler’s staff recommendation: End special leaves at U, Star Tribune 5/14/12 8:31 p.m.
  

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ENVIRONMENT

• Great River Energy, two co-ops to test smart grid technologies, Finance and Commerce 5/14/12 4:11 p.m.
  

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GOVERNMENT – LOCAL

• Stenglein to resign from Hennepin board on May 31, Star Tribune 5/14/12 11:08 a.m.
  

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HEALTH CARE

• Aging population leads Minn. nurses back to school, MPR
• Workers at 8 Twin Cities hospitals take strike vote, Star Tribune 5/14/12 7:14 p.m.
  

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LEGISLATURE

• Senjem: Session successful, governor vetoes disappoint, Mankato Free Press
  

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OPINION – COMMENTARY

• Bill Jungbauer: State GOP is returning to sound principles, Star Tribune 5/14/12 8:25 p.m.
• C.A. Arneson: Given evasiveness, it’s hard to trust PolyMet’s assurances, MinnPost 5/15/12 5:00 a.m.
  

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OPINION – EDITORIAL

• Editorial: A poor grade on education for lawmakers, Star Tribune 5/15/12 5:40 a.m.
  

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PUBLIC HEALTH / SAFETY

• Can’t afford a lawyer? Check out LegalCORPS, Finance and Commerce 5/14/12 1:50 p.m.
• Minnesota grand jury indicts right-to-die group, AP
• Raw milk supporters rally outside Minn. courthouse, AP
• Legal fight looms in Apple Valley suicide case, 5/14/12 9:47 p.m.
• Homeless but not nameless, Star Tribune 5/14/12 7:16 p.m.
  

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SAINT PAUL / MINNEAPOLIS

• St. Paul: Board nixes Cossetta’s variance, Pioneer Press 5/14/12 8:59 p.m.
  

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STADIUMS

• Vikings’ finances shielded from public in $975 million deal to build new stadium in Minnesota, AP 5/15/12 6:52 a.m.
  

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TRANSPORTATION

• Central Corridor light rail half-way complete, MPR
• Nice Ride to add 30 bike stations this summer; most will be in downtown St. Paul, Pioneer Press 5/14/12 6:18 p.m.
• MnDOT seeks to lower expectations on Highway 14, Mankato Free Press