Morning Report 8/23/2012

NEWS FROM POLITICS IN MINNESOTA / CAPITOL REPORT

 

• Gauthier reverses decision, drops out of Duluth House race 8/22/12 5:39 p.m.
• Get-out-the-vote effort propelled Hawj’s win 8/22/12 4:06 p.m.
• Paltry turnout rekindles June primary talk 8/22/12 3:58 p.m.
• Reports: Gauthier to seek re-election to Duluth House seat 8/22/12 11:43 a.m.
• Minnesota Supreme Court rejects defective candidate filings 8/22/12 11:35 a.m.
• Incoming school boards leader Schneidawind fights the school funding battle 8/22/12 3:22 p.m.
• David Schultz: The misplaced hype over political conventions 8/22/12 3:50 p.m.
  
• Dane Smith: Research: Higher-ed improvements would help Minnesota more than most states 8/22/12 3:53 p.m.
• Capitol 10: Best of the freshman legislators 8/22/12 3:40 p.m.
  

 

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BEST OF THE BLOGS

• Dayton and legislative leaders announce Friday flood-relief session, Hot Dish Politics
• King Wilson bets on Hawaii, Capitol View
  
• Pawlenty snags speaking spot at the RNC, Capitol View
• Governor Dayton’s brilliant choice of Justice Wilhemina Wright, MN Progressive Project
• Lime Township meeting uproar illustrates value of LSP frac sand & local control workshops, Bluestem Prairie
  
• Report: Gauthier to run for re-election, Capitol View
• A day of pressure and Gauthier opts out of re-election bid, Capitol Chatter
• Gauthier changes mind; opts to end campaign, Minnesota Brown
• Rep. Gauthier changes his mind, mnpACT!
• The situation in 7B – Gauthier withdraws, MN Progressive Project
• Duluth… so now what?, Left MN
  
• Idle hands, Shot in the Dark
• Businesses hurt by Governor veto of fireworks sales, Rep. Bruce Vogel
• Is MnSCU antiquated?, Let Freedom Ring
  

 

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BUSINESS / ECONOMY

• States aim to boost minority, female firms on St. Croix project, Finance and Commerce 8/22/12 4:40 p.m.
  

 

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CAMPAIGNS

• Augsburg College joins coalition opposing marriage amendment, MinnPost 8/22/12 9:31 a.m.
  

 

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EDUCATION

• ACT: Minnesota high schoolers tops, MPR
  

 

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GOVERNMENT – LOCAL

• Stillwater bridge: Oak Park Heights vote will come Thursday night, Pioneer Press 8/22/12 11:34 p.m.
  

 

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LEGISLATURE

• Deal reached for $167 million in Minn. flood relief, MPR
• One-day special session on disaster relief starts at 2 p.m. Friday, MinnPost
  
• Rep. Huntley: Gauthier ‘a child molester’, Duluth News Tribune 8/22/12 1:27 p.m.
• Duluth’s Gauthier: ‘I am done’, Star Tribune 8/23/12 6:28 a.m.
  
• Gauthier changes mind, won’t run for re-election after all, AP
• Gauthier drops out of Minnesota House race, Duluth News Tribune 8/23/12 12:00 a.m.
  

 

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OPINION – COMMENTARY

• Sen. Roger Reinert: Northland will benefit from special legislative flood session, Duluth News Tribune 8/23/12 12:00 a.m.
  

 

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OPINION – EDITORIAL

• Editorial: Wind needs tax credit, Red Wing Republican Eagle 8/22/12 12:00 a.m.
• Editorial: State storm relief finally on the way, Star Tribune 8/22/12 7:07 p.m.
  

 

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PUBLIC HEALTH / SAFETY

• West Nile virus cases on the rise in Minnesota, MPR
• West Nile cases skyrocket across nation, Minnesota is no exception, AP
  
• St. Paul crime lab: Worker says she didn’t worry about contamination, Pioneer Press 8/22/12 9:53 p.m.
• St. Paul crime lab challenge’s focus shifts to the viability of evidence, Star Tribune 8/22/12 10:43 p.m.
  

 

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SAINT PAUL / MINNEAPOLIS

• The Battle of Linden Hills, Part Two, Finance and Commerce 8/22/12 4:04 p.m.
• Minneapolis defers action on increased business license fees, MinnPost 8/22/12 10:12 a.m.
• Changes proposed for Portland, Park avenues, Star Tribune 8/21/12 4:01 p.m.
• Minneapolis businesses wary of stricter city rules, Star Tribune 8/22/12 10:14 p.m.
  

 

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TRANSPORTATION

• Elk Run interchange won’t be done until 2013, Rochester Post-Bulletin 8/22/12 9:39 a.m.