Morning Report 7/29/2010

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BEST OF THE BLOGS

• The money hunt: DFL primaries, Politics in Minnesota
• The money hunt: GOP primaries, Politics in Minnesota
  
• Joe Martin to leave MN Ag Department to form agriculture group, Politics in Minnesota
• AG Swanson raises most money in re-election bid, Ritchie and Otto close behind, Politics in Minnesota
• Entenza introduces team of policy advisers, Politics in Minnesota
  
• Gubernatorial candidates: the raising and spending figures, Politics in Minnesota
• Party units raising and spending chart, Politics in Minnesota
  
• MNForward, The Cucking Stool
• MN Republican endorsed candidate holding political fundraiser at Bemidji church, Outstate Politics
• Sweat & elbow grease required for MNGOP, Residual Forces
• Klobuchar spokeswoman named one of Washington’s ‘50 most beautiful’, Hot Dish Politics
• Why ABM hates Citizens United ruling, Let Freedom Ring
• How Emmer’s jobs agenda matches MN Forward’s, Across the Great Divide
• A summer of green solutions, Hindsight - MN 2020
• Bachmann votes against act to help Native American police combat rape ‘epidemic’, Minnesota Independent
• Santorum knocks Pawlenty for ‘class warfare’, Hot Dish Politics
• DFL Guv 2010: The GEP (General Election Pivot), mnpACT!
• Emmer displays his incoherent economic views in Bemidji, MN Progressive Project
• Targeting Emmer, Minnesota Conservative Examiner
• UpTake productions presents aggrieved Target shopper?, Let Freedom Ring
• Emmer opines on provisions of Arizona immigration law being blocked, Hot Dish Politics
  

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BUSINESS / ECONOMY

• Minnesota’s charitable gambling jackpot shrinks, Star Tribune
  
• U of M to start company based on atrazine water treatment, MSP Business Journal
• Wells Fargo economist on Minnesota’s positive signs, MPR
  
• Kodak posts $168 million loss in second quarter as film sales plummet, AP

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CAMPAIGNS

• Getting and spending in the 2010 governor’s race: where the money went, St. Paul Legal Ledger Capitol Report
• Getting and spending in the 2010 governor’s race: the fundraising picture, St. Paul Legal Ledger Capitol Report
• Parties’ fundraising efforts lag past cycles, St. Paul Legal Ledger Capitol Report
• State GOP goes after Koering in SD 12, St. Paul Legal Ledger Capitol Report
• Grand Old Party or Tea Party?, St. Paul Legal Ledger Capitol Report
  
• Independence Party candidate Hahn proposes stadium, AP
• Tenther Tom Emmer meet Tenther Tom Jefferson, MinnPost
• Howe’s fundraising soars past DFL contenders, Red Wing Republican Eagle
• PoliGraph: Kelliher job numbers in the ballpark, Polinaut - MPR
  
• ECM newspaper publishing group backs Kelliher for governor, MinnPost
  
• DNC’s bet: Tea party a negative, Politico
• Rybak: Target CEO gave to my guv campaign before Emmer’s, MinnPost
• DFL candidate Matt Entenza names his gubernatorial ‘leadership team’ across party lines, MinnPost
• Former wife of IP’s Hahn got protection order, Star Tribune
  

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CONGRESS - HOUSE

• Oberstar introduces tough aviation safety bill; passage expected, AP

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EDUCATION

• 26 low-performing schools to split $34 million, KSTP

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ENVIRONMENT

• Edina company developing wind farm north of Paynesville, West Central Tribune
• Zebra mussels found in Lake Minnetonka, AP
  

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GOVERNMENT - LOCAL

• City Council panel OKs grant application for Becker project, West Central Tribune

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MILITARY

• Program for Minnesota military families expands, AP

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OPINION-COMMENTARY

• Margaret Martin: Bureaucrats vs. Cambria and one farmer, St. Paul Legal Ledger Capitol Report

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OTHER STATES

• Bill would give burial rights to Hmong veterans, AP

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PAWLENTY

• Pawlenty: A contender to reshape GOP’s 2012 image, Washington Post
  
• Pawlenty spreads checks to Congressional hopefuls from Minnesota, AP
• Pawlenty backs the rest of the bunch, Polinaut - MPR
  

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PEOPLE

• The food dude: Russo’s Heartland restaurant and grocery in Lowertown is a business on a mission, St. Paul Legal Ledger Capitol Report

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PUBLIC HEALTH / SAFETY

• Gay vs. straight marriage rallies at capitol, Star Tribune
• Gay marriage battle lands at state capitol, WCCO
• After three years, smoking ban compliance better than expected, MPR
• New state law aims at keeping tobacco beyond kids’ reach, Star Tribune
  

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ST. PAUL / MINNEAPOLIS

• Changes beyond the curb: Rezoning for Central Corridor in St. Paul, TC Daily Planet
• Public murals serve as graffiti prevention, MPR
• Do we need a governor’s mansion?, WCCO
  

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TRANSPORTATION

• Lowertown ramp expands parking validation program, St. Paul Legal Ledger Capitol Report

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Z-FILE: IRRESISTIBLE STORIES BEYOND THE PURVIEW OF PIM

• Brazil on track for 2014 despite early criticism of stadium plan, Goal - NYTimes