Morning Report 8/14/2012

NEWS FROM POLITICS IN MINNESOTA / CAPITOL REPORT

 

• Fired Senate staffer Michael Brodkorb starts new political blog 8/13/12 12:36 p.m.
• Paper trail: Dayton administration’s flood relief bill 8/13/12 4:08 p.m.
  

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BEST OF THE BLOGS

• Nolan campaign tries to fight back on abortion issue, Capitol View
• Why is Klobuchar hiding from Kurt Bills?, Let Freedom Ring
• Mike Brodkorb’s change of scenery, LeftMN
  
• Zellers says state employee raises are ‘overstepping the bounds’, Capitol View
• Zellers =’Contract overstepped the bounds’ -That’s a laugh, mnpACT!
• Bring on the GOP women, True North
• Mike Parry demands end of forced four-year college educations for So. Minnesota’s youth, Bluestem Prairie
  
• On picking a former Republican as a DFL candidate, MN Progressive Project
• Ramsey County Commissioner Race to Watch, MN Progressive Project
• Rant, slant, Shot in the Dark
  
• The unsurprising return of Michael Brodkorb, Minnesota Conservatives
  

 

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BUSINESS / ECONOMY

• St. Cloud woos regional airlines with subsidies, Star Tribune 8/13/12 9:00 p.m.
• Little Falls ethanol plant idled amid corn price spike, AP
  

 

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CAMPAIGNS

• Vikings speak up for pro-stadium legislators, Star Tribune 8/14/12 12:47 a.m.
• West metro legislative primaries a race to the right, MPR
• A last push for votes before Minnesota’s primary, AP
• Primary election today, Quist v. Parry in 1st District GOP race, New Ulm Journal
  

 

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ELECTIONS

• Minnesotans vote in primary election today, MPR
  

 

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ENVIRONMENT

• Work on Minnehaha Creek will take it from ‘ditch’ to linear park, Finance and Commerce 8/13/12 4:42 p.m.
  

 

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GOVERNMENT – LOCAL

• Mankato council votes to oppose gay marriage amendment, Mankato Free Press
• Mankato weighs in on marriage amendment, MPR
  

 

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HEALTH CARE

• Mayo Clinic paying $64 million to buy Red Wing clinic, Pioneer Press 8/13/12 5:03 p.m.
  

 

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OPINION – EDITORIAL

• Energy decisions will resonate in Minnesota, Rochester Post-Bulletin 8/13/12 9:56 a.m.
  

 

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PEOPLE

• TKDA engineer appointed to state board, Finance and Commerce 8/13/12 3:27 p.m.
  

 

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PUBLIC HEALTH / SAFETY

• Students allege Zumbrota-Mazeppa district failed to address racial harassment, discrimination, MPR
  

 

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SAINT PAUL / MINNEAPOLIS

• St. Paul Mayor Coleman’s budget would add cops, raise tax levy 1.9%, MinnPost 8/13/12 3:20 p.m.
• St. Paul Mayor Coleman again proposes increase to city levy, Star Tribune 8/13/12 11:13 a.m.
• Coleman’s 2013 budget would fill police positions, build Frogtown park, MPR
• Mayor Rybak uses social media to refute KSTP report, KSTP 8/13/12 8:01 p.m.
  

 

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TECHNOLOGY

• Broadband battle hits rural areas, Star Tribune 8/13/12 9:50 p.m.
  

 

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TRANSPORTATION

• Big costs, little revenue: Panel looks at ways of paying for transportation, transit, Finance and Commerce 8/13/12 4:53 p.m.