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Capitol View®

Reporting on State Politics and Government

Norm Coleman’s MN outpost forms a state PAC

The Minnesota Action Network, an outgrowth of Norm Coleman’s American Action Network, has formed a political fund that will raise and spend cash on state elections. In theory, the fund can put its resources into defending the yet-to-be-named Republican gubernatorial candidate. It can also spend the cash on state legislative candidates. But MN Action Network Read more →
by Catharine Richert

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VIDEO: Obamacare question creates awkward moment for Klobuchar, Peterson and Walz

VIDEO: Obamacare question creates awkward moment for Klobuchar, Peterson and Walz

WASHINGTON – Democratic members of Congress who have been in office since 2010 have been defending the Affordable Care Act from critics and promoting the health care overhaul to constituents ever since. But four years on, it appears that job still hasn’t gotten easier. At a forum on agricultural issues Wednesday in Mankato, DFL Sen. Amy Read more →
by Brett Neely

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The Daily Digest (PAC funds MN legislators, Biden visits, grad rates up)

Good morning and welcome to the Daily Digest. Minnesota: A handful of Republican and DFL legislators who voted in favor of same-sex marriage are benefiting financially from a national network of donors organized by the Colorado-based Gill Action political action committee. (MPR News) Albertville Rep. David FitzSimmons is among those who got assistance from the Read more →
by Catharine Richert

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MN House likely to support campaign finance law changes

Minnesota House Speaker Paul Thissen, DFL- Minneapolis, says that the House plans to update the state’s campaign finance rules. “Without [donor] information, it’s hard for people to know exactly who is spending money to influence their vote,” Thissen said Wednesday at a Humphrey School of Public Affairs forum state campaign finance law. After Minnesota saw Read more →
by Catharine Richert

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The Daily Digest (transportation tax, McFadden details platform, wage hike could cost jobs)

Welcome to the Daily Digest. Minnesota: The state’s restaurants oppose a proposed minimum wage hike as a handful of DFL lawmakers said they will live on the minimum for a week. (MPR News) The latest release from the Star Tribune poll shows 80 percent support an increase in the minimum wage, but the $9.50 amount that Read more →
by Catharine Richert

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Coalition unveils transportation tax plan

Coalition unveils transportation tax plan

Transportation advocates are proposing a new 5 percent sales tax on wholesale fuel as a way to pay for improvements to roads, bridges and transit. A coalition of groups known as Move MN unveiled its transportation finance proposal today during a joint hearing of the House and Senate transportation committees. The sales tax would generate Read more →
by Tim Pugmire

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GOP poll shows Peterson ahead in 7th District

WASHINGTON –  A National Republican Congressional Committee  polling memo purports to show that long-serving 7th District DFL U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson “may be one of the most vulnerable incumbent Democrats in America today.” But the numbers from the group  that’s tasked with electing Republicans to the U.S. House tell a different story. The poll of 400 registered Read more →
by Brett Neely

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Senate candidate McFadden offers some specifics on issues

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike McFadden has added a section to his campaign website outlining where he stands on most of the major issues. McFadden, a businessman who’s never run for elective office,  has been under fire from Democrats and some Republicans for skipping GOP candidate forums and refusing to offer specifics about what he will do…
by Mark Zdechlik

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The Daily Digest (majority supports medical marijuana, a later SOS)

Good morning. Here’s your Daily Digest: Minnesota: The newest poll from the Star Tribune shows 51 percent support legalizing marijuana for medical use while 41 percent oppose. (Star Tribune) Gov. Mark Dayton won’t be giving his State of the State address at the start of the legislative session. (MPR News) State lawmakers are looking at Read more →
by Mike Mulcahy

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Dayton delays State of the State

Gov. Dayton’s hip surgery means he’s going to delay his State of the State message to the Minnesota Legislature. The Minnesota Constitution requires the governor to “communicate by message to each session of the Legislature information touching the state and country.” This year, lawmakers may have to wait a little longer than usual for that Read more →
by Tom Scheck

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