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Capitol View®

Reporting on State Politics and Government

Dayton to schools: give kids lunch

Gov. Mark Dayton said today that he will seek $3.5 million in additional funding during the 2014 legislative to ensure all students receive school lunches. Dayton’s proposal follows a report this week from Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid that showed 46 Minnesota school districts have policies to deny lunches to students who can’t pay. The governor proposed Read more →
by Tim Pugmire

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State House Republican leader gets challenge from right

State House Republican leader gets challenge from right

 Minnesota House Minority Leader Kurt Daudt, R-Crown, is facing a challenge for the Republican endorsement in district 31A . Oak Grove Mayor Mark Korin said today that he has filed the campaign paperwork and will seek the GOP endorsement. Korin is serving his fourth year as mayor of Oak Grove and runs an engineering and Read more →
by Tim Pugmire

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Daily Digest (Dayton surgery, Senate building, tax collections up)

Hello and welcome to Tuesday. Here’s your Digest: Minnesota: A spokesman for Gov. Mark Dayton said his hip surgery went well, and the governor was resting comfortably yesterday. He’s still at the Mayo Clinic today, but Dayton will spend time at the governor’s residence recuperating. State Sen. Dave Thompson seems to be targeting former Rep. Read more →
by Mike Mulcahy

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The Daily Digest (Dayton hip surgery, Freedom Club debate, Mad Men fundraiser)

Gov. Dayton is scheduled to have hip surgery today at the Mayo Clinic. Dayton was scheduled to have the surgery last week but postponed it to attend the memorial services for Joan Mondale. Dignitaries, family and friends bid farewell to Joan Mondale at Saturday’s memorial service. (AP/MPR) Under the Dome A judge has rejected a Read more →
by Tom Scheck

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Judge rejects lawsuit over state Senate building

A Ramsey County judge has dismissed the lawsuit brought by a former Republican legislator to try to block the construction of a new Minnesota Senate office building. The lawsuit from former GOP state Rep. Jim Knoblach of St. Cloud claimed lawmakers violated the state constitution last year when they approved the financing for the building Read more →
by Tim Pugmire

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Daily Digest (IP candidate, Biden coming, immigration bill in trouble)

Happy Friday! Here’s your Digest: Minnesota: A Roseville resident who backed Ron Paul’s campaign for president in 2012 says she’s seeking the Independence Party’s nomination for U.S. Senate. Hannah Nicollet is the first person to step forward as an IP candidate to challenge DFL Senator Al Franken. (MPR News) Vice President Joe Biden will be Read more →
by Mike Mulcahy

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Mayors back minimum wage hike

Mayors back minimum wage hike

Several Minnesota mayors have joined the effort to increase the state’s minimum wage to $9.50 an hour, along with future automatic inflationary increases. The mayors of Falcon Heights, Hibbing, Minneapolis and St. Paul held a state Capitol news conference today to call on lawmakers to take action during the 2014 session. Minnesota’s minimum wage is Read more →
by Tim Pugmire

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Daily Digest (hiding from the drones edition)

It’s Thursday, and here is the Digest: Minnesota: The winners of the caucus night straw polls say they are now the frontrunners in the GOP races for governor and Senate. Not surprisingly, those who didn’t do as well disagree. (MPR News) That caucus in the Cedar Riverside neighborhood that shut down in chaos the other Read more →
by Mike Mulcahy

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