Morning Report 8/27/2012

NEWS FROM POLITICS IN MINNESOTA / CAPITOL REPORT

 

• Legislature passes disaster relief bill 8/24/12 5:35 p.m.
• Stacey Stout: A GOP star candidate tries to buck the odds 8/25/12 11:32 a.m.
• After Gauthier, DFL picks up the pieces 8/25/12 11:43 a.m.
  
• Disaster relief bill seeks $79M for road repairs 8/25/12 11:20 a.m.
  
• David Strom: A pretty good deal 8/24/12 11:16 a.m.
  
• Steven Schier: The bad news from Minnesota’s August primary 8/24/12 4:42 p.m.
  

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BEST OF THE BLOGS

• Legislature passes flood relief and adjourns, Hot Dish Politics
• PoliGraph: GOP lawmakers’ numbers right on state employee benefits, Capitol View
• House opts not to bring up motion to expel Gauthier, Capitol View
• Can Greater Minnesota afford the unfunded mandate that is the photo ID amendment?, Bluestem Prairie
  
• Duluth leaders thank legislators for flood relief, Hot Dish Politics
  
• MN RNC delegation chair addresses Ron Paul rally, Capitol View
• Paulers lose rules vote, whine about tyranny, Minnesota Conservatives
  
• The Minnesota GOP has an internal rift, mnpACT!
  
• Defeated representative leaves with sharp words for his party, Hot Dish Politics
• Bills keep rolling in from Brodkorb lawsuit, Hot Dish Politics
• Debunking the latest Ron Paul lie, Residual Forces
  
• Bob, and Tom, and the Senate Staffer, Left MN
  
• Negotiating From Weakness, Shot in the Dark
• Making sense of different PVIs, LeftMN
• Voter ID: A costly, unnecessary abuse of the Constitution, Schultz’s Take
  

 

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BUSINESS / ECONOMY

• Best Buy pays up to lure new CEO, AP
• Local economy improving — slowly, Mankato Free Press
  

 

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CAMPAIGNS

• Minnesotans are in the mix as GOP fights over its brand, Star Tribune 8/27/12 6:46 a.m.
• Activists in Mpls. rally against voter ID amendment, MPR
• Some skip conventions to stick to campaigns, Star Tribune 8/25/12 11:07 p.m.
• To take on formidable Klobuchar, GOP tries to raise doubts about record in Congress, AP
• Minnesota’s Republicans vote with Akin on abortion, but will it be a campaign issue?, MinnPost
  
• Candidates raising thousands for campaigning, Faribault County Register
  

 

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CRIME / POLICE

• In wake of Gauthier investigation, Duluth Police Department’s data handling under scrutiny, Duluth News Tribune 8/24/12 8:33 a.m.
  

 

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DAYTON

• Gov. Dayton signs flood relief bill, MPR
• Dayton signs $160M flood aid package after Legislature’s approval, Pioneer Press 8/24/12 11:00 p.m.
  
• Dayton, state officials meet with laid-off Duluth Georgia-Pacific workers, MPR
  

 

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EDUCATION

• Bernadeia Johnson’s pivotal year, Star Tribune 8/26/12 7:51 a.m.
• Student borrowing is up, state report shows, Star Tribune 8/24/12 4:48 p.m.
• Few schools will ask for voter help this year, Star Tribune 8/26/12 11:46 p.m.
• St. Cloud teachers begin voting on contract, MPR
  

 

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ELECTIONS

• Pricetag for voter ID in Rice County could surpass $120,000, Faribault Daily News 8/26/12 12:54 a.m.
  

 

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GOVERNMENT – LOCAL

• Hennepin says Fannie, Freddie owe taxes, Finance and Commerce 8/24/12 6:04 p.m.
• City Council to vote on renovations, Mankato Free Press
• City may wipe out police, fire panel, Mankato Free Press
  

 

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HEALTH CARE

• NUMC plans massive overhaul of birth center, New Ulm Journal
  

 

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LEGISLATURE

• House takes no action against Gauthier, AP
• Dayton, lawmakers quickly enact $167.5 million in flood aid, Rochester Post-Bulletin 8/24/12 7:37 p.m.
  

 

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OPINION – COMMENTARY

• Rep. Keith Downey: To Secretary Ritchie: Stop your photo ID fabrications, Pioneer Press 8/25/12 3:57 p.m.
• Lori Sturdevant: In turmoil, a modern Duluth is emerging, Star Tribune 8/25/12 7:04 p.m.
• Gordon Ramsay: Police handling of Gauthier case was strictly by the book, Duluth News Tribune 8/27/12 12:00 a.m.
  

 

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OPINION – EDITORIAL

• Editorial: Sex offender program on notice, Star Tribune 8/24/12 6:38 p.m.
• Editorial: What a relief, Red Wing Republican Eagle 8/25/12 11:15 a.m.
• Editorial: Council failed to stand up for equality, Winona Daily News
  
• Editorial: Protecting teens from the sex trade, Star Tribune 8/26/12 9:20 p.m.
• Subsidy debate should include fossil fuels, Rochester Post-Bulletin 8/27/12 7:26 a.m.
  

 

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PEOPLE

• Stanley Crooks, chairman of Sioux tribe, dies, AP
  

 

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PUBLIC HEALTH / SAFETY

• Low copter flights part of U.S. training, MPR
• Rise in burglaries in metro spurs police to warn residents, Star Tribune 8/25/12 7:46 p.m.
• Lawyers clash over Minneapolis death video, Star Tribune 8/26/12 10:04 p.m.
  

 

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SAINT PAUL / MINNEAPOLIS

• Some Mpls. City Council members don’t want ‘decorative’ streetlights, KSTP 8/27/12 7:50 a.m.
• Minneapolis, St. Paul pledge to simplify building permits, MPR
  

 

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TRANSPORTATION

• MnDOT holding series of planning seminars, Finance and Commerce 8/24/12 5:23 p.m.
• Pilot Knob Road traffic study seek to solve growing issues, Pioneer Press 8/26/12 5:27 p.m.