Morning Report 7/16/2012

NEWS FROM POLITICS IN MINNESOTA / CAPITOL REPORT

 

• Minnesota’s top political donors, contributions, and lobbyist donors 7/13/12 4:10 p.m.
• The top 25 Minnesota political donors of the past decade 7/13/12 3:59 p.m.
• Minnesota’s top donors skew DFL 7/13/12 3:51 p.m.
• MN GOP on the hook for recount debts, Sutton and party fined 7/13/12 2:52 p.m.
• CFPD report excerpts on GOP gubernatorial recount expenses, Sutton role 7/13/12 2:50 p.m.
• Cravaack earns union endorsement from 49ers 7/13/12 3:14 p.m.
• Margaret Martin: Government is not a business7/13/12 3:43 p.m.
  

 

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BEST OF THE BLOGS

• Inequality, education and innovation: U.S. higher on the first, slipping on the other two, Growth & Justice
• Ellison raises $260K, challenger Fields brings in $33K, Capitol View
• Quist gives big to his congressional campaign, Political Notebook
• Bills campaign takes new approach, Capitol Chatter
  
• Klobuchar draws $950K, has $5.5 million in the bank, Bills brings in $243K, Capitol View
• Paulsen raises $454K, McCollum $90K, Capitol View
• Bakk suggests letting House take lead on disaster aid, Capitol Chatter
  
• FECQ2: Freedom Force Communications continued lucrative relationship with Byberg, Bluestem Prairie
  
• Still don’t get labor endorsement of Cravaack, mnPACT!
• The DFL no more, Part II, Let Freedom Ring
  
• They’ve had enough, Shot in the Dark
• Better know a Senate District: 1, LeftMN
  
• A stone path? Between the lines in Quist FEC Q2 2012 report: $4000 to Al Travis Theilfoldt, Bluestem Prairie
• Secretary of State Mark Ritchie’s brilliance, Fraters Libertas
• The Mn GOP’s Cooked Books, Part 14 – It Is No Surprise, MN Progressive Project

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BUSINESS / ECONOMY

• Out to boost tourism, cities want to make Lake Minnetonka liquid asset, Star Tribune 7/15/12 6:44 a.m.
  

 

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CAMPAIGNS

• Amy Klobuchar outraises Kurt Bills nearly four-to-one, MinnPost
• GOP, former chairman fined over recount, MPR
• State Republican Party fined $30,000 over recount, Star Tribune 7/14/12 1:29 p.m.
• Nolan emerges to run for Congress after 32-year political hiatus, Star Tribune 7/16/12 7:29 a.m.
  
• Democrat reserves $800K of TV time in MN’s 2nd, AP
• GOP’s Cravaack has $900K for re-election in MN, AP
• Quist gave self $170,000, New Ulm Journal
  
• Thomson Reuters’ local execs say ‘no’ on marriage amendment, Star Tribune 7/13/12 8:39 p.m.
• Politicians making FarmFest a priority, Mankato Free Press
• Walz raises more than opponents in second quarter, New Ulm Journal
  

 

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CONGRESS – HOUSE

• Walz bill close to becoming a law, Winona Daily News 7/14/12 12:00 a.m.
  

 

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CONGRESS – SENATE

• Amy Klobuchar: Poised and popular, Star Tribune 7/14/12 5:35 p.m.
  

 

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DAYTON

• Dayton releases fundraising report, tax returns, AP
  

 

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EDUCATION

• Dakota County schools look for strategies to keep students, Pioneer Press 7/14/12 2:17 p.m.
  

 

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ELECTIONS

• Ritchie resumes a familiar place in political hot seat, Star Tribune 7/13/12 10:55 p.m.
  

 

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ENVIRONMENT

• Minn. kicking off 2012 agricultural pest surveys, AP
• Anxiety and anger as zebra mussel invasion spreads, MPR
• Leveling the Legacy playing field, Marshall Independent
• Longer wolf hunt planned as DNR implements new legislation, MinnPost
  

 

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GOVERNMENT – LOCAL

• Maplewood City Council seat to be filled Nov. 6, Star Tribune 7/141/2 5:46 p.m.
  

 

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HEALTH CARE

• Minneapolis birth center offers home(like) delivery, Star Tribune 7/15/12 9:21 p.m.
  

 

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OPINION – COMMENTARY

• Lori Sturdevant: On the ballot in August: Allen Quist and Rick Nolan, Star Tribune 7/14/12 5:59 p.m.
  

 

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OPINION – EDITORIAL

• Editorial: Is Mark Ritchie attempting to suppress the vote?, Pioneer Press 7/14/12 3:49 p.m.
• State still needs a sustainable budget, Mankato Free Press
• Editorial: Scrutiny needed on BWCA swap, Star Tribune 7/16/12 12:03 a.m.
  

 

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PUBLIC HEALTH / SAFETY

• St. Paul program helps immigrant girls with language, confidence, Pioneer Press 7/14/12 2:45 p.m.
• Child-care providers have two sets of rules, Star Tribune 7/15/12 6:34 a.m.
• Politicians enter Lakeville rail car fray, Star Tribune 7/15/12 8:29 p.m.
  

 

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SAINT PAUL / MINNEAPOLIS

• Capitol gets worked from top down, Star Tribune 7/14/12 8:38 p.m.
• St. Paul points to Penfield to fuel downtown renaissance, MPR