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Capitol View®

Reporting on State Politics and Government

House leaders debate minimum wage hike in session preview

House leaders debate minimum wage hike in session preview

With the start of an election year legislative session just three weeks away, the leaders in the Minnesota House debated a proposed minimum wage increase and other issues at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School on Monday. House Democrats will make another push this year to raise the state’s minimum wage to $9.50 an hour. Read more →
by Tim Pugmire

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Daily Digest (post Super Bowl edition)

Well, that was a blowout. If you lived here in the 1970′s you saw the Vikings lose a few like that.  Here’s a roundup of some of the news you may have missed in all the excitement. Minnesota: Joan Mondale has entered hospice care. The wife of former Vice President Walter Mondale and mother of Read more →
by Mike Mulcahy

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Sieben won’t be Dayton’s running mate

The recent speculation that DFL Gov. Mark Dayton might pick state Sen. Katie Sieben as his running mate has come to an abrupt halt. Sieben’s name surfaced after Lt. Gov. Yvonne Prettner Solon announced this month that she would not join Dayton on the campaign trail again this year. Seiben had previously declined comment on Read more →
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Daily Digest (Dayton video, seal appeal, executive orders)

Daily Digest (Dayton video, seal appeal, executive orders)

It’s Friday, so we’re going to let the Digest speak for itself. Here goes: Minnesota: Gov. Dayton meets Friday to extend an emergency declaration to deal with the propane shortage and price hikes.  The Department of Public Safety set up a hotline on Thursday.  Meanwhile, the federal government is releasing an additional $15.8 mil. in Read more →
by Mike Mulcahy

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Ortman to abide by GOP Senate endorsement

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Julianne Ortman said today that she will drop out of the race if she fails to win the party endorsement. Ortman is among the GOP hopefuls trying to unseat incumbent Democratic Sen. Al Franken this fall. Republicans will endorse a candidate at their state convention in May. Ortman said she intends Read more →
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Daily Digest (MNsure bonuses, DFL raises big money, House passes farm bill)

We had a pretty jam-packed Digest yesterday even before we got to the State of the Union. Today? Not quite so much. But still lots of interesting stories in the news. Minnesota: Fourteen managers at MNsure collectively received more than $26,000 in bonuses in November as the state government launched its troubled health exchange website, Read more →
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Daily Digest (day after State of the Union edition)

Well, despite what you or I think, the president declared the state of the union to be strong, so I guess we’ll have to go with that. Ponder your own ranking as you peruse today’s Digest. We’ll start here in Minnesota and circle back to the president’s speech. MINNESOTA: More than 2,100 people packed a Read more →
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Dayton cancels Super Bowl trip

Gov. Mark Dayton has canceled a planned trip to New York to assist with efforts to lure the 2018 Super Bowl to Minnesota. He was scheduled to leave Friday and meet with NFL officials. But Dayton’s office announced this afternoon that he will remain in Minnesota for an emergency meeting of state’s Executive Council on Read more →
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