Morning Report 5/3/2012

• Minnesota House has already spent more than budgeted for per diem, Hot Dish Politics
• Courageous cattleman Clark Mastel stands up for Ortonville Township neighbors, Big Stone Bolder
  
• GOP mulling private cash for stadium roof, Capitol View
• GOP leaders pledge $250 million in state funds for stadium, Capitol View
• Dayton willing to consider ‘harebrained stadium scheme’, Capitol Chatter
  
• Mismanaging the Legislature. . .and the State, Schultz’s Take
• $148 million short and 5 TBDs too many, Brick City Blog
• Dayton vetoes redistricting bill, Hot Dish Politics
• Vikings to Plot of Land East of Metrodome XIV — Finally, Clarity, Mr. Dilettante’s Neighborhood
• Dayton’s faulty logic on the Vikings stadium, MN Publius
  

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BUSINESS / ECONOMY

• Construction permits on the rise across Metro, KSTP 5/3/12 7:19 a.m.
• Goodhue County landowners face lawsuit over wind project, Rochester Post-Bulletin 5/2/12 4:19 p.m.
  

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CAMPAIGNS

• Ron Paul could play big role in Republican pick for Senate race, MPR
• Cloquet mayor joins race for state House 11A seat, Duluth News Tribune 5/3/12 12:00 a.m.
• Michele Bachmann to throw support to Mitt Romney, Bloomberg 5/2/12 8:20 p.m.
  

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DAYTON

• Dayton likely to sign expanded gambling bill, KSTP 5/2/12 8:09 p.m.
  

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EDUCATION

• South Washington County district names 8 superintendent semifinalists, Pioneer Press 5/2/12 7:21 p.m.
• ‘New North’ enrollment slow to rise, Star Tribune 5/3/12 5:35 a.m.
  

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ENVIRONMENT

• Taconite recycler fined $40K for dust emissions, MPR
  

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GOVERNMENT – LOCAL

• Officials discuss future of county shop, Marshall Independent
• New boundaries means mid-term elections for some county commissioners, Mankato Free Press
  

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HEALTH CARE

• As medical space tightens, clinics are drawn to former retail stores, Finance and Commerce 5/2/12 5:00 p.m.
  

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LEGISLATURE

• Republicans split on stadium as they try to convince skeptics they’re serious, MPR
• Parry presents Highway 14 amendment, pulls after earmark challenge, New Ulm Journal
• Legislature looks for finish line to Session, KSTP 5/3/12 6:51 a.m.
• Decision time is near on Vikings stadium proposals, Mankato Free Press
  

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OPINION – COMMENTARY

• Sean Kershaw: What can Norma Desmond teach us about a better regional strategy?, MinnPost 5/3/12 5:00 a.m.
• Bernadeia Johnson and Al Fan: New law weds efforts to help students excel, Star Tribune 5/2/12 8:48 p.m.
  

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OPINION – EDITORIAL

• Editorial: A misguided GOP stadium ploy, Star Tribune 5/2/12 8:51 p.m.
• Editorial: A success story from this year’s Minnesota Legislature, Pioneer Press 5/2/12 7:13 p.m.
  

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PUBLIC HEALTH / SAFETY

• Accretive Health accuses AG of misleading public, MPR
• Hennepin County tries problem-solving court for never-married parents, MPR
• Rancher loses lease after he refused to give up opposition to quarry plan, West Central Tribune 5/2/12 8:00 a.m.
• Cancer cluster in St. Paul: correlation or coincidence?, WCCO 5/2/12 10:54 p.m.
• Bicyclist deaths down, injuries up, MPR
• Minneapolis woman foreclosed upon, but soldiering on, Star Tribune 5/2/12 10:37 p.m.
  

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STADIUMS

• Vikings stadium plan gains a roof, and some traction, Star Tribune 5/2/12 8:59 p.m.
• Camping at the Capitol: For these Vikings fans, stadium politics is their offseason passion, AP 5/2/12 8:33 p.m.
• Vikings stadium: Dayton says new GOP plan “worth pursuing” after earlier attacks, Pioneer Press 5/2/12 8:36 p.m.
• After meeting, Dayton appears more open to GOP’s new stadium plan, MinnPost 5/2/12 6:04 p.m.
  

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TRANSPORTATION

• Bill for ’11 Minn. shutdown comes in extra costs, road delays, Star Tribune 5/3/12 6:05 a.m.