by Paul Demko
Published: May 18, 2012
Tags: Mark Dayton, Minnesota Supreme Court, Morrie Lanning, Tobacco appropriation bonds, Vikings Stadium
If appropriation bonds are deemed unconstitutional, the state’s means of raising $348 million disappears.
by Briana Bierschbach
Published: May 18, 2012
Tags: Claire Robling
Capitol Report spoke with Robling last Wednesday about her frustrations, accomplishments and what she plans to do next.
by Charley Shaw
Published: May 18, 2012
Tags: Charlie Weaver, Laura Bordelon, Matt Kramer, Minnesota Business Partnership, Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, St. Paul Area Chamber of Commerce, tax cuts, Todd Klingel, tort reform
The change in Minnesota politics wrought by the 2010 election created equal measures of optimism and concern among the business groups that lobby state lawmakers.
by Chris Newmarker
Published: May 18, 2012
Tags: Angel Tax Credit, CBRE, data center, Gene Goddard, Greater MSP, Mark Dayton, property taxes, Tim Mahoney, UnitedHealth Group
In vetoing the Republican-controlled Legislature’s property tax bill, Gov. Mark Dayton ended up rejecting many other measures supported by the economic development community.
by David Strom
Published: May 18, 2012
Those of us outside government tend to think of everywhere else as the “real world,” but during a legislative session, no place is as real as the Capitol for those involved in lawmaking.
by Ezra Klein
Published: May 18, 2012
If the U.S. is growing at 3.5 percent a year while China is growing at 8.5 percent a year, enabling China’s economy to surpass the U.S. in a decade or so, does that mean the U.S. is in decline?
by The Associated Press
Published: May 18, 2012
Tags: Scott Walker, Tom Barrett
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said Thursday he’s not afraid to lose the historic recall election he faces in less than three weeks, but if he wins he intends to govern in a more inclusive, consensus-building way.
by Bloomberg News
Published: May 18, 2012
Tags: Bob Kerrey, Deb Fischer, Joe Ricketts
A little-known Nebraska rancher who bills herself as “sharp as barbed wire and tougher than a cedar fence post” will ride an upset win in the state’s Republican primary for U.S. Senate this week into a general election that could help flip control of the chamber this fall.
The group plans to coordinate outreach and education efforts to its more than 400,000 households and 650,000 members statewide in an effort to defeat the amendment.
by Briana Bierschbach
Published: May 16, 2012
Tags: Adam Weigold, Bill Jungabuer, Craig Westover, David FitzSimmons, Derek Brigham, Evie Axdahl, Gary Gross, Janet Beihoffer, John Gilmore, MN GOP, Pamela Punt, Pat Anderson, Pat Shortridge, Rick Weible, RNC, Terry McCall, Tony Sutton
The race for Republican National Committeewoman at the state Republican Party convention this weekend is not exactly the most-watched political contest of the year.
