Morning Report 8/21/2012

NEWS FROM POLITICS IN MINNESOTA / CAPITOL REPORT

 

• Dayton appoints Wilhelmina Wright to the Minnesota Supreme Court 8/20/12 5:36 p.m.
• DFL leaders call on Rep. Kerry Gauthier to step aside following scandal 8/20/12 1:58 p.m.
  

 

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BEST OF THE BLOGS

• Dayton appoints Wright to MN Supreme Court, Capitol View
• Thissen urges Gauthier to step aside, Capitol View
• Gauthier needs to leave, mnpACT!
  
• Special disaster session negotiations to continue, Capitol Chatter
• The True ID of The Photo ID Proponents: Partisan Hacks, Wry Wing Politics
  
• Minnesota DFL 8th CD Primary sets statewide record in post-merger era, Smart Politics
• Michele Bachmann: why we have to beat her, this year, MN Progressive Project
• GameFair an untapped captive audience politically, Residual Forces
• Klobuchar, Walz. local leaders meet with Bureau of Reclamation Commish Michael Connor about Lewis & Clark Rural Water Project completion, Bluestem Prairie
• Minneapolis, St. Paul mayors oppose photo ID/registration amendment, Hot Dish Politics
  
• A rebuttal of Reps. Daudt & Simon (June primary would protect incumbents, Part II), Minica Review
• Those Conservatives Who Put Winning Second, Minnesota Conservatives
  

 

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BUSINESS / ECONOMY

• Carlson names Trudy Rautio as new CEO, MPR
  

 

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CAMPAIGNS

• Gauthier’s Minnesota House seat hot topic, Duluth News Tribune 8/21/12 12:00 a.m.
• Two announce candidacy for Gauthier’s House seat, MPR
• Democrats prepare for Biden’s appearance, Rochester Post-Bulletin 8/20/12 8:20 a.m.
  

 

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ELECTIONS

• Twin Cities mayors say voter ID requirement expensive, restrictive, MPR
• Mayors Rybak, Coleman blast Photo ID as needless expense in tight times, MinnPost
  

 

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GOVERNMENT – LOCAL

• Woodbury, Eagan and Lakeville among the ‘Best Small Cities in America’, Pioneer Press 8/20/12 5:49 p.m.
• May Township to revisit rules on local growers, MPR
• Winona City Council divorces itself from marriage amendment, Winona Daily News
  

 

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JUDICIAL

• Dayton’s historic choice: First black female Supreme Court judge, Star Tribune 8/20/12 10:33 p.m.
• Appeals Judge Wright is state’s newest Supreme Court justice, MPR
  

 

 

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OPINION – EDITORIAL

• Editorial: Rep. Kerry Gauthier should resign, Star Tribune 8/20/12 4:27 p.m.
  

 

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PEOPLE

• Temple Grandin to headline animal science conference next month in Willmar, West Central Tribune 8/21/12 12:00 a.m.
  

 

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PUBLIC HEALTH / SAFETY

• Minn. day care more expensive than college tuition, MPR
• Appeals Court reverses award against Mpls. blogger, Star Tribune 8/20/12 9:15 p.m.
• Two cases of swine flu confirmed, MPR
• Ban swine from State Fair, expert says, MPR
  

 

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SAINT PAUL / MINNEAPOLIS

• St. Paul now has its own “cash mob”, Pioneer Press 8/21/12 12:03 a.m.

 

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TRANSPORTATION

• Southwest light-rail bidding begins — again, Finance and Commerce 8/20/12 4:55 p.m.
• MnDOT engineer touts value of roundabout, Mankato Free Press