Morning Report 8/10/2012

NEWS FROM POLITICS IN MINNESOTA / CAPITOL REPORT

 

• Parry hearing on public union contracts generates partisan fireworks 8/9/12 2:31 p.m.
  

 

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BEST OF THE BLOGS

• Embattled congressional candidate Mike Parry ducks the press, Hot Dish Politics
• Parry grandstands, blows stack, wastes everybody’s time, LeftMN
  
• Parry campaign goes after Quist in mailer, Political Notebook
• Poor Kurt Bills needs to learn modern GOP fundraising tactics, Wry Wing Politics
• Farmers in the 2nd District are represented by an empty chair, mnpACT!
• Clark attacks Nolan in new ad, Capitol View
• Pawlenty: Obama has nothing to show, except Bin Laden, Hot Dish Politics
• New super PAC launches ads against Cravaack, Capitol View
• The DFL’s pet Republican, part II, Shot in the Dark
• DFL primary gets nasty, Let Freedom Ring
• What to watch: MN House 6B DFL/GOP primaries, Minnesota Brown
• Emo Senator: battered by contentious hearing, Mike Parry pours out heart to OPP reporter, Bluestem Prairie
  

 

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CAMPAIGNS

• Tarryl Clark hoping her political chops pay off, MinnPost 8/9/12 9:05 a.m.
• State Republicans criticize GOP Rep. Steve Smith voting record, union campaign funds, MinnPost 8/9/12 10:53 a.m.
• Does Pawlenty have what it takes to be vice president?, Pioneer Press 8/9/12 11:11 p.m.
• Woodbury man looks to upset Bills in Senate primary, Woodbury Bulletin 8/9/12 12:15 p.m.
• Ahlgren, Sundin vie for DFL nod for Carlton County House seat, Duluth News Tribune 8/10/12 12:00 a.m.
  

 

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CONGRESS – HOUSE

• Bachmann concerned for national security, not religion, MPR
  

 

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DAYTON

• Dayton orders flags lowered to honor Wisconsin shooting victims, AP
  

 

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EDUCATION

• State examining finances of charter founder’s schools, Star Tribune 8/9/12 11:19 p.m.
  

 

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ELECTIONS

• Primary vote expected to be spotty, Alexandria Echo Press 8/10/12 12:00 a.m.
  

 

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ENVIRONMENT

• PUC delays decision on coal-fired plants, Finance and Commerce 8/9/12 12:05 p.m.
• PUC puts off decision to scrap aging coal power plants, Star Tribune 8/9/12 9:03 p.m.
• A bold plan to protect lakes, Star Tribune 8/9/12 9:55 p.m.
• Plan to control invasive species presented to Minnehaha Creek Watershed District, KSTP 8/10/12 7:54 a.m.
  

 

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GOVERNMENT – LOCAL

• Three face off in Nicollet County primary, Mankato Free Press
• A big uproar in tiny Landfall, Star Tribune 8:13 p.m.
• Government employee wants to make City Hall more accessible, agrees with frac sand moratorium, Winona Daily News
  

 

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HEALTH CARE

• New Medicaid payment method will save money, MN officials say, MPR
  

 

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JUDICIAL

• Retiring Supreme Court Justice Meyer to join William Mitchell law school, MinnPost 8/9/12 11:01 a.m.
  

 

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LEGISLATURE

• Candidate faces rowdy crowd at legislative hearing, AP
  

 

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OPINION – EDITORIAL

• Editorial: Primary picks for Minneapolis schools, Star Tribune 8/9/12 7:54 p.m.
• Choose leadership, Austin Daily Herald 8/8/12 11:17 a.m.
  

 

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PEOPLE

• Pawlenty on 7 corporate boards, raising new VP questions, Star Tribune 8/9/12 9:11 p.m.
  

 

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PUBLIC HEALTH / SAFETY

• Police cameras quietly capture license plates, collect data, Star Tribune 8/9/12 11:20 p.m.
• St. Paul man whose shot grazed legislator’s teen sentenced, Star Tribune 8/9/12 9:21 p.m.
• St. Paul crime lab: 3 county attorneys want to meet with police chief, Pioneer Press 8/9/12 9:30 p.m.
• Judge wants to see synthetic drug test results from Duluth head shop raid, Duluth News Tribune 8/9/12 8:31 a.m.
  

 

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SAINT PAUL / MINNEAPOLIS

• Zoning studied to guide development at Ford site, Finance and Commerce 8/9/12 4:08 p.m.
• Ford Center enters a new, green chapter, Star Tribune 8/9/12 6:17 p.m.
• Mpls. expands ‘permit only’ parking in Uptown, KARE 11 8/10/12 5:03 a.m.