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Capitol View®

Reporting on State Politics and Government

Emergency order extended as flood waters keep rising

Emergency order extended as flood waters keep rising

  Gov. Mark Dayton said Monday that he’s still not sure whether he’ll need to call a special session of the Legislature to approve state aid to flood damaged communities. Dayton and other members of the state executive council met briefly to extend an emergency declaration for 35 counties for another 30 days. Afterward, the…
by Tim Pugmire

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Local government lobbying costs rise

Local governments in Minnesota spent more than $8 million to lobby other units of government in 2013, according to a new report from the state auditor. The annual Local Government Lobbying Services Report released today said the 2013 total of $8,066,489 spent on lobbying activities was a 3.3 percent increase over the amount spent in…
by Tim Pugmire

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The Daily Digest: GOP candidates prep for primary

Good morning! Minnesota With Minnesota’s primary election about six weeks away, the four Republican candidates for governor have been busy raising money and reaching out to voters. (MPR News) It’ll be easier to get an absentee ballot this year. (Star Tribune) Pro-marijuana candidates are getting on the ballot in a number of high-profile races. (Star…
by Brett Neely

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MN GOP to continue backing judicial candidate

The Republican Party of Minnesota will continue to back Michelle MacDonald to run against Associate Supreme Court Justice David Lillehaug in November. MacDonald won the Republican endorsement last month, but party chair Keith Downey said he learned only later from a Star Tribune reporter that MacDonald had been arrested last year on suspicion of drunk…
by Tom Scheck

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PoliGraph: Parsing school funding claims

The legislative session is over, and DFLers are back in their districts talking up their accomplishments, including efforts to reduce the funding gap between urban and rural school districts. Rep. Joe Radinovich, DFL-Crosby, wrote that, “We’ve reduced the funding equity gap between metro and rural school districts by a third in two years after watching…
by Catharine Richert

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The Daily Digest: Senate Office Building, House GOP

Make it stop. Minnesota: Get used to it. You’ll be hearing a lot about the new Senate Office Building this election season. (MPR News) Just days after Medtronic moved its corporate headquarters to Ireland, Advanced Auto Parts says it will close its Bloomington office. (The Star Tribune) As they did with Medtronic, Gov. Mark Dayton’s…
by Catharine Richert

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MN Republicans relieved House leadership race over

WASHINGTON – A little more than a week after the surprise defeat of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in a primary election, Republican members of the U.S. House Thursday picked a new Majority Leader and Whip in a rare midyear leadership shuffle. The current Majority Whip, Kevin McCarthy of California, won the backing of the…
by Brett Neely

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McCollum urges Wilf to reject Redskins name

DFL U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum is calling on Vikings owner Zygi Wilf to reject the Washington Redskins name and to urge team owner Daniel Snyder to change the team’s name.  “The time for debate has ended – the name of the Washington franchise is clearly an offensive racial slur,” McCollum wrote in a letter to Wilf.…
by Tom Scheck

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The Daily Digest: More MNsure problems

Welcome to the Daily Digest. Minnesota: A new contractor working for MNsure, the state’s health insurance marketplace, says the site isn’t ready for the next round of open enrollment this fall. (MPR News) Republicans say the report is evidence that Gov. Mark Dayton mismanaged the project. GOP endorsed candidate Jeff Johnson: “MnSure is a poster child…
by Catharine Richert

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Poll: Same-sex marriage approval reaches MN high

After a divisive fight over whether to legalize same-sex marriage, more Minnesotans now approve of it than ever before, according to a new poll by Public Policy Polling. “About a year after gay marriage became legal in the state, support for it has hit an all time high in our polling with 52% of voters…
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