Morning Report 7/3/12

NEWS FROM POLITICS IN MINNESOTA / CAPITOL REPORT

 

• House DFLers mark shutdown anniversary by blaming Republicans 7/2/12 4:08 p.m.
• New research org studded with MN policy veterans 7/2/12 1:42 p.m.
• Operating engineers endorse bipartisan slate of candidates 7/2/12 1:20 p.m.
  

 

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BEST OF THE BLOGS

• Shutdown blame redux, Hot Dish Politics
• House DFL blames GOP for shutdown, again, Capitol View
• Jim Graves: My impressions, MN Publius
• Ellison and the church of climate scientology, True North
  
• Minnesota to be part of massive union, PAC ad buy, Capitol View
• Veterans against Cravaack kicks off its righteous efforts, MN Progressive Project
  
• Bachmann and conservatives ask governors to reject exchanges, Capitol View
• Long past easy answers, Shot in the Dark
• An open letter to Keith Ellison, Let Freedom Ring
• Hating on infrastructure spending, Allen Quist tells Fairmont Sentinel that Walz is unelectable, Bluestem Prairie
  

 

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BUSINESS / ECONOMY

• U of M area housing project fetches $31 million, Finance and Commerce 7/2/12 4:31 p.m.
• Minnesotans shelling out big bucks for Wisconsin fireworks, WCCO 7/2/12 6:53 p.m.
  
• Wind energy businesses urge tax credit extension, MPR
• Speculation on Schulze takeover bid boosts Best Buy, Star Tribune 7/2/12 9:14 p.m.
  

 

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CAMPAIGNS

• Super PAC, union target Cravaack, Kline, AP
• Surrogates Tim Pawlenty and R.T. Rybak enthusiastically tout opposite choices for president, MinnPost 7/2/12 9:08 a.m.
  

 

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EDUCATION

• School district receives safe routes grant, Alexandria Echo Press 7/3/12 12:00 a.m.
  

 

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ELECTIONS

• Foes of Minn. voter ID push decry question wording, AP
• Photo ID supporters question Ritchie’s opposition to amendment, MPR
  

 

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ENVIRONMENT

• Change in Mississippi River fish advisory could mean 3M cleanup is working, Pioneer Press 7/2/12 6:41 p.m.
  

 

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GOVERNMENT – LOCAL

• Despite concerns, ordinance heads to County Board, Faribault County Register
• Duluth City Council to vote on citizen review board for police, Duluth News Tribune 7/2/12 1:42 p.m.
• $2.2 M BE airport runway project nears completion, Faribault County Register
  

 

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HEALTH CARE

• Minnesota abortions drop to lowest level in 37 years, Star Tribune 7/2/2012 11:39 a.m.
• $22M project will expand Mercy Hospital, Star Tribune 7/2/12 9:46 p.m.
  

 

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JUDICIAL

• State Appeals Court reverses ruling in timber lawsuit, AP
• Court sides with state, not timber companies, caps payments at $100K, Pioneer Press 7/2/12 6:46 p.m.
• At first, a slew of removal requests for Anoka County judge, Star Tribune 7/2/12 10:12 p.m.