Morning Report 9/6/2012

NEWS FROM POLITICS IN MINNESOTA / CAPITOL REPORT

 

• Top DHS officials leaving agency 9/5/12 4:38 p.m.
• Stadium project awaits bond ruling 9/5/12 4:33 p.m.
• Appeals court rules against Minnesota law on corporate campaign disclosure 9/5/12 4:53 p.m.
  
• Simonson has inside track for 7B endorsement 9/5/12 4:28 p.m.
• David Schultz: The personal costs of the Voter ID amendment 9/5/12 4:14 p.m.
• Steven Schier: Activist antics undercut Minnesota politics 9/5/12 4:12 p.m.
• Dane Smith: FAQ: Why the Voter ID amendment is a bad idea 9/5/12 4:10 p.m.
• GOP Senators fined for violating campaign finance law 9/5/12 1:47 p.m.
• Michael Langley: The dot connector 9/5/12 4:00 p.m.
• Capitol 10: The best campaigners 9/5/12 4:02 p.m.
  

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BEST OF THE BLOGS

• The Battle for the Minnesota Legislature: The Minnesota House of Representatives, politics.mn
• Eleven senators, Sviggum to pay fines for violating campaign law, Capitol View
  
• Senate Republicans violated election law, Hot Dish Politics
• Keith the snookered, Left MN
• MN Farm Bureau president Kevin Paap totally rebuts Quist’s notion of a Farm Bill without food, Bluestem Prairie
• Revenue Department not seeking money for refunds, Capitol Chatter
  

 

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BUSINESS / ECONOMY

• MN credit unions rank high in financial performance, Finance and Commerce 9/5/12 7:18 p.m.
• Midwest power grid operator MISO to relocate to Eagan, Pioneer Press 9/5/12 2:50 p.m.
• Where Minnesota house prices have suffered the worst, Star Tribune 9/5/12 1:33 p.m.
• MN Orchestra seeks big cut in musician salaries, MPR
  

 

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CAMPAIGNS

• 1st District candidate Quist criticizes farm bill proposal, Mankato Free Press
• Quist talks farm bill, campaign in Winona, Winona Daily News
• Quist makes his opposition to Farm Bill an issue, New Ulm Journal
• Walz critical of Quist’s acceptance of subsidies, New Ulm Journal
  
• Campaigns over voter ID amendment ramp up, MPR
  
• Anti-same-sex marriage group makes first Minn. TV buy, AP
• Klobuchar pays convention visit to Iowa activists, AP
• Simonson: Candidacy depends on DFL endorsement, Duluth News Tribune 9/6/12 12:00 a.m.
  
• Sign of the times? Fewer political candidate yard signs in Twin Cities, KSTP 9/5/12 7:24 p.m.
• MN delegation at DNC wonders what might have been, KSTP 9/5/12 6:40 p.m.
• Klobuchar raises her national profile at DNC, MPR
• Democratic National Convention: Minneapolis labor leader raps GOP nominee, Bain, Pioneer Press 9/5/12 11:46 p.m.
  

 

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EDUCATION

• U of M seeks RFPs for $81M power plant project, Finance and Commerce 9/5/12 5:14 p.m.
  

 

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ENVIRONMENT

• Lightning strikes touch off more fires in BWCA, Star Tribune 9/5/12 1:22 p.m.
• Wolf’s recovery seen in higher livestock-loss payouts, Pioneer Press 9/5/12 2:49 p.m.
• Invasive species found in container of live bait raises concerns, KSTP 9/5/12 7:14 p.m.
• Pesticide treatment on zebra mussels may work in one northern lake, MPR
• Dogs learn to sniff out ash borers, Star Tribune 9/5/12 9:18 p.m.
  

 

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GOVERNMENT – LOCAL

• Dakota County land protected but not open to public, Star Tribune 9/5/12 9:55 p.m.
  

 

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JUDICIAL

• Appeals court rules disclosure law likely unconstitutional, MPR
• Minnesota corporate disclosure law rejected on appeal, AP
• Court quashes part of Minn.’s campaign finance law, Star Tribune 9/5/12 9:53 p.m.