Morning Report 6/27/2012

NEWS FROM POLITICS IN MINNESOTA / CAPITOL REPORT

 

• Mondale, Carlson will lead anti-voter ID campaign 6/26/12 12:18 p.m.
  

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BEST OF THE BLOGS

• Senate handling of Brodkorb situation: How NOT to do it, mnpACT!
• Brodkorb sets deadline for settlement talks with Senate, Capitol View
• Michele Bachmann under 50, Jim Graves 5 points back, LeftMN
  
• Top lawmakers to tour flood damage, Capitol View
• Walter Mondale, Arne Carlson are among co-chairs of drive against photo ID, Hot Dish Politics
  
• Just so we’re clear on things, Shot in the Dark
  
• Dispatches from the War on Betty: real and fake food fights highlight legislative failure, Bluestem Prairie
  

 

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BUSINESS / ECONOMY

• Greater MSP expands in Asia, but can it create thousands of jobs?, Finance and Commerce 6/27/12 7:30 a.m.
• Report: Founder Schulze exploring taking Best Buy private, MSP Business Journal 6/26/12 3:30 p.m.
• Twin Cities home prices up in April, MPR
  

 

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CAMPAIGNS

• Voter ID factions gather supporters, devise strategies, Star Tribune 6/27/12 7:18 a.m.
• In 2nd District, Obermueller targets Kline on Medicare, MPR
  
• Senate race: Candidate is a felon and fugitive, but not for arson, suit says, Pioneer Press 6/26/12 10:53 p.m.

 

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CONGRESS – SENATE

• Franken measure would toughen patient debt collection rules, MPR
  

 

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DAYTON

• Dayton tours flood zone, says special session could provide aid, MPR
  

 

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EDUCATION

• Fewer students step into STEP-UP, Star Tribune 6/26/12 10:58 p.m.
  

 

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ELECTIONS

• Ritchie speaks out against voter ID amendment, New Ulm Journal
• Where college students stand on voter ID, Star Tribune 6/26/12 2:17 p.m.
  

 

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ENVIRONMENT

• Green beer all year for New Brighton brew pub, Star Tribune 6/26/12 5:16 p.m.
• Professor studies paddlefish to gauge health of Mississippi River, Winona Daily News
  

 

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GOVERNMENT – LOCAL

• Dakota County property tax bills might go up despite more state revenue, Pioneer Press 6/26/12 11:28 p.m.
• Le Sueur City Council declines to act against bioenergy plant, MPR
• YMC Board approves cattle facility despite protest, Marshall Independent
• Renville County approves of DNR land acquisition, West Central Tribune 6/27/12 12:00 a.m.
• Olmsted administrators advise against regional service authority, Rochester Post-Bulletin 6/27/12 8:24 a.m.
• Metropolitan Council decides on new logo, Pioneer Press 6/26/12 8:50 p.m.
  

 

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OPINION – COMMENTARY

• Marshall Helmberger: There’s no glut of charters in rural areas, Star Tribune 6/26/12 9:23 p.m.
• Ron Meador: AT&T victory on cell phone tower invites further intrusions on wilderness, MinnPost
  

 

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PUBLIC HEALTH / SAFETY

• Cottage Grove: 3M allowed to burn extra waste, but it’s residents who are fuming, Pioneer Press 6/26/12 11:50 p.m.
• Fundraiser seeks to buy bottled water for Duluth, Albert Lea Tribune 6/26/12 2:44 p.m.
• Cravaack confident FEMA will aid Duluth area flood recovery efforts, MinnPost
  

 

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SAINT PAUL / MINNEAPOLIS

• Construction to begin on St. Paul’s long-delayed downtown Penfield project, MinnPost 6/27/12 8:12 a.m.
• We’ve had enough, North Side leaders say, Star Tribune 6/26/12 10:54 p.m.
• Governors’ portraits, Part 3: From Rolvaag to Pawlenty, MinnPost
  

 

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TRANSPORTATION

• Dayton announces plans for 4-lane between North Mankato and Nicollet, Mankato Free Press
• HDR to design St. Croix bridge, MPR
• Bottineau LRT: Maybe we don’t have the right route yet, MinnPost