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Capitol View®

Reporting on State Politics and Government

The Daily Digest (MN Legislature is back in session)

Welcome to the Daily Digest. The Legislature convenes today for a relatively short 2014 session. Minnesota: Minnesota lawmakers return to the Capitol Tuesday for the start of an election-year legislative session, and much of their early attention will be on a minimum wage increase and taxes. (MPR News) Up first will be low-income heating assistance Read more →
by Catharine Richert

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Zellers giving up House seat in run for governor

Republican gubernatorial candidate and state Rep. Kurt Zellers announced today that he will not seek re-election to his Minnesota House seat in District 34B this year. Zellers is currently serving his sixth term and was Speaker of the House for two years when the GOP was last in the majority. He lives in Maple Grove. Read more →
by Tim Pugmire

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Dayton outlines session priorities

DFL Gov. Mark Dayton is gearing up for Tuesday’s start of the 2014 legislative session, even though he’s still at home recovering from recent hip surgery. Dayton was scheduled to meet privately today with House Speaker Paul Thissen, DFL-Minneapolis, and Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk, DFL-Cook. Speaking on the phone from the governor’s residence, he Read more →
by Tim Pugmire

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The Daily Digest (Obama visit, FitzSimmons ends campaign, Zellers in DC)

Welcome to the Daily Digest. Here’s what you may have missed over the weekend. Minnesota: President Obama will speak at Union Depot Wednesday about encouraging investment in job creation. (AP via MPR News) GOP Rep. David FitzSimmons of Albertville ended his re-election campaign Saturday and party delegates endorsed Eric Lucero. Lucero was harshly critical of FitzSimmons’ 2013 Read more →
by Catharine Richert

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FitzSimmons loses GOP endorsement over same-sex marriage vote

A Republican state legislator has ended his campaign for the Minnesota House, after losing just before delegates decided the GOP endorsement Saturday. Rep. David FitzSimmons, R-Albertville, lost conceded the endorsement to Eric Lucero in the District 30B contest. Lucero was harshly critical of FitzSimmons’ 2013 vote in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage. FitzSimmons has a long history Read more →
by Curtis Gilbert

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PoliGraph: GOP claim on jobs has some truth but lacks context

PoliGraph: GOP claim on jobs has some truth but lacks context

Republicans are seizing on the Affordable Care Act and the troubled roll out of Minnesota’s health insurance exchange to fire up voters this election season. They’ll be highlighting the issues in races up and down the ballot this year, including the contest between incumbent Democratic Sen. Al Franken and his yet-to-be-determined GOP opponent. Here’s the Read more →
by Catharine Richert

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Zellers to hold D.C. fundraiser tonight

WASHINGTON — State Rep. Kurt Zellers, R-Maple Grove,  will be holding a fundraiser for his gubernatorial campaign in Washington, D.C., Friday evening. The fundraiser, at a watering hole favored by Republicans near the White House, coincides with a meeting of the Republican Governors Association in Washington and also features the Speakers of the Florida and Read more →
by Brett Neely

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The Daily Digest (Snowbound edition)

Welcome to the Daily Digest. News flash: We have snow. A lot of it. Be careful out there. Minnesota: GOP U.S. Senate hopeful Mike McFadden is pushing back against critics who say he’s been ducking the issues. (MPR News) People who support legalizing medical marijuana in Minnesota are considering a new approach in the 2014 Read more →
by Catharine Richert

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