Morning Report 8/7/12

NEWS FROM POLITICS IN MINNESOTA / CAPITOL REPORT

• Anderson, Clark take endorsements ahead of CD 8 debate, 8/6/12 2:14 p.m.
• Doepke takes heat for implying Paulsen endorsement, 8/6/12 5:02 p.m.

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AGRICULTURE

• Drought sparks battle over corn for ethanol, not food, KARE 11 7:58 p.m.

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BEST OF THE BLOGS

• Bills wants more debates with Klobuchar, Capitol View
• Rendell mockingly pushes Bachmann for VP, Hot Dish Politics 
• MNCD1 GOP primary: “At Issue” continues Parry-Quist catfight; So Minnie sign wars, Bluestem Prairie 
• Benton County Fair Photo ID report, Let Freedom Ring
• Final week of MN-8 DFL primary brings the paper chase, Minnesota Brown
  
• “Thoughtful, Pragmatic”, Shot in the Dark
  
• The Party of Big Money – NW Metro Edition, True North
  
• Special session planned for August 24, Hot Dish Politics
  
• Mike Parry video: “When you sit across from him and you watch [Dayton] pop 15 to 16 pills while you’re having a meeting, it’s scary”, Bluestem Prairie
• Ellison holds voter ID forum in St. Louis Park, Filed Under Politics 
• Big and tall: Wind farm to have Minnesota’s tallest turbines, Midwest Energy News
• Democrats Debate To Face Congressman Cravaack In MN CD8, The Uptake

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BUSINESS / ECONOMY

• Best Buy founder offers to buy co, take it private, Star Tribune 8/6/12 11:08 a.m.
• Schulze’s bid for Best Buy faces skepticism, Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal 8/6/12 2:26 p.m.
• Doran Cos. lands $50 million in construction loans, Finance and Commerce 8/6/12 8:15 a.m.

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CAMPAIGNS

• Political Notebook: Legislative candidates report what’s in campaign coffers, Rochester Post Bulletin 8/6/12 8:06 a.m.
• Romney Trounces Obama in Fundraising for 3rd Month, KSTP 8/6/12 2:56 p.m.
• Bachmann endorses activist in primary race, St. Cloud Times 8/6/12 7:00 p.m.
• State Senate Campaign Flier Angers Congressman Erik Paulsen, KSTP 8/6/12 8:38 p.m.
• Owatonna, Waseca GOP voters could be active on primary day, Owatonna’s People’s Press 8/7/12

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CONGRESS – HOUSE

• Walz, local farmers, ag industry urge farm bill passage, Mankato Free Press 8/6/12
• Walz, GOP rivals to meet before Farmfest audience, AP 8/7/12

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CONGRESS – SENATE

• Franken: Insurance Rebates Help 123K in Minn., KSTP 8/6/12 4:35 p.m.

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ELECTIONS

• Minnesota gay marriage vote: Rights group donates $250,000, AP 8/6/12

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ENVIRONMENT

• Minnesota DNR now taking wolf-hunting applications, Star Tribune 8/6/12 1:52 p.m.
  

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GOVERNMENT – LOCAL

• MN candidate says don’t vote for me _ I’m a felon, Winona Daily News 8/6/12 7:30 p.m.

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HEALTH CARE

• State health insurance rebates to total $8.9 million, Pioneer Press 8/6/12 9:35 p.m.
  

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LEGISLATURE

• MN government’s budget fallback goes away, AP 8/6/12
• Minnesota lawmakers eye Aug. 24 for flood relief session, Duluth News Tribune 8/7/12 12:00 a.m.
• Fine print within photo ID proposal could loom large, Star Tribune 8/6/12 8:25 p.m.

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OPINION – COMMENTARY

• John Marty:A job-creation strategy that works, MinnPost 8/7/12 5:00 a.m.
  

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OPINION – EDITORIAL

• Editorial: Bipartisan willingness lifts two in GOP races, Star Tribune 8/6/12 7:22 p.m

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TRANSPORTATION

• Central Corridor: Coleman to tour business district hit by light rail construction, Pioneer Press 8/6/12 12:01 p.m.

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WASHINGTON

• Members of Congress — Minnesotans and all — stick to the party line, MinnPost 8/6/12 9:15 a.m.
  

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Z-FILE: IRRESISTIBLE STORIES BEYOND THE PURVIEW OF PIM

• Yellowstone Park’s first leader, from St. Paul to the Wild West, MPR 8/6/12
• Minnesota Capitol repairs will fix falling marble and leaky dome windows, MinnPost 8/6/12 11:59 a.m.