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Capitol View®

Reporting on State Politics and Government

The Daily Digest (medical pot, LRT delay, group targets Franken)

Welcome to the Daily Digest. Minnesota: Parents who have disabled children are accusing Gov. Mark Dayton of standing in the way of legislation that would legalize medical marijuana. (MPR News) A House committee has approved a bill that would compensate people who have been wrongly imprisoned. (MPR News) PoliGraph looks at claims about the proposed Read more →
by Catharine Richert

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PoliGraph: Checking Senate Office Building claims

Get ready to hear a lot about a proposed Senate office building this election season. Republicans are using the project as a way to highlight wasteful spending among their DFL counterparts. Senate Democrats say the space is badly needed to accommodate members of the chamber. Because it’s shaping up to be a major campaign issue, Read more →
by Catharine Richert

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Franken gets hit with first attack ad

Franken gets hit with first attack ad

WASHINGTON – Al Franken’s re-election campaign has been warning supporters in fundraising emails for months that deep-pocketed conservative groups would likely target the first-term Democrat. As of Wednesday, those predictions have come true. A nonprofit conservative group called American Encore has launched a $250,000 television ad campaign against Franken. The ads were first reported by Read more →
by Brett Neely

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The Daily Digest (online lottery, medical marijuana, Target)

Welcome to Wednesday’s Daily Digest. Minnesota: Minnesota lawmakers want to ban online lottery sales. (MPR News) Gov. Mark Dayton says medical marijuana legalization is basically dead for this session. (MPR News) Dayton says banning e-cigarettes indoors may be going too far. (Star Tribune) The two sides are talking, but there’s still no minimum wage deal. Read more →
by Catharine Richert

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Dayton: Medical marijuana likely dead for the year

Gov. Mark Dayton says the prospects for a study of one type of medical marijuana have little chance of becoming law this session. Dayton said advocates for full legalization of medical marijuana rejected his compromise plan this week. Dayton proposed spending $2 million to have the Mayo Clinic study whether marijuana extracts in pill or Read more →
by Tom Scheck

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The Daily Digest (taxes, MNsure, Franken)

Welcome to the Daily Digest. Minnesota: The Department of Revenue is urging Minnesotans to delay filing their taxes until they’ve had time to sort out an array of new tax cuts. (MPR News) MNsure is granting an extension to people trying to enroll in health insurance through the state’s insurance marketplace. (MPR News) Republicans continued…
by Catharine Richert

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Thompson explains missed tax vote

When the Minnesota Senate passed a major tax bill last Friday, a Republican candidate for governor was not in the chamber. Sen. Dave Thompson, R-Lakeville, did not cast a vote on the bill that provided $443 million in tax reductions through several federal conformity measures and the repeal of three business sales taxes. The Senate Read more →
by Tim Pugmire

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Republicans keep up criticism of Senate office building

Republican state lawmakers are calling on majority Democrats to scrap plans for a new state Senate office building. The project was authorized in last year’s tax bill, but the House Rules Committee must still sign off on the design before construction can begin. During a news conference today, Sen. Roger Chamberlain, R-Lino Lakes, said the Read more →
by Tim Pugmire

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The Daily Digest (taxes, retirements, cave of bureaucracy)

Happy Monday. Here’s your Daily Digest. Minnesota: Gov. Mark Dayton signed a tax cut bill. The bill includes the repeal of three business sales taxes passed last year. (MPR News) You may want to wait a bit longer to file your taxes if you were counting on some of those cuts. (MPR News) Rep. Kathy Read more →
by Catharine Richert

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