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Mark Dayton

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    May 23, 2013

    Poll: Buying beers on Sunday is way more popular than DFL, MNGOP, or Mark Dayton

    Today, Public Policy Polling released its end-of-session snapshot of the popularity of Minnesota's elected officials.SEE ALSO: Conservatives upset Mark Dayton missed speech for birth of first grandchildAnd this probably won't surprise you, but it turns out buying a cold beer on a Sunday is way more ... More >>

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    May 14, 2013

    Mark Dayton to sign marriage equality bill [STREAMING VIDEO]

    This afternoon, barring a shocking last-minute heel turn, Mark Dayton will sign the marriage equality bill approved yesterday by the Senate, paving the way for Minnesota's first gay marriages to occur in August.HAPPENING AFTER THE BILL SIGNING: Love Is the Law concert celebrating marriage equality a ... More >>

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    May 8, 2013

    Mark Dayton criticizes Vikings for releasing Chris Kluwe [UPDATE]

    -- Update at bottom -- You might want to say it's none of his business, but then again, he did help Zygi Wilf fatten his wallet by spearheading the charge for a new Vikings stadium.SEE ALSO: Conservatives upset Mark Dayton missed speech for birth of first grandchildRegardless of whether he should ha ... More >>

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    April 30, 2013

    Mark Dayton, heckled about raises for legislators, disses Shakopee audience [VIDEO] [UPDATE]

    Last night, Mark Dayton had some choice words for the audience of a "Meetings with Mark" forum event in Shakopee.SEE ALSO: Conservatives upset Mark Dayton missed speech for birth of first grandchildWhen the topic of giving legislators raises came up, Dayton said, "they're terribly underpaid," prompt ... More >>

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    March 25, 2013

    Scott Walker takes shot at Dayton, proving that those in glass houses do throw stones

    Thanks to Wisconsin's dismal job market, Scott Walker is in a glass house. But that isn't stopping him from throwing stones at Mark Dayton.SEE ALSO: Wisconsin Democratic spokesman loses job after comparing Scott Walker to Jeffrey Dahmer Today, Walker took to Twitter to lob a diss at Dayton for his p ... More >>

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    February 13, 2013

    California newspaper runs editorial blasting Gov. Dayton

    Gov. Dayton may be popular in Minnesota, but his approval rating is remarkably low in the editorial offices of the Anaheim, California-based Orange County Register.SEE ALSO: Mark Dayton isn't a fan of potThat became apparent after the Register published an editorial on Monday blasting Dayton for the ... More >>

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    January 23, 2013

    Minnesota Republicans want Norm Coleman vs. Mark Dayton in 2014

    With a 53 percent approval rating, Mark Dayton looks like he'll be tough to beat in 2014. But as of right now, polling indicates Norm Coleman has the inside track to become the Republican who gets a shot to knock him off.SEE ALSO: Minnesota Republicans want Michele Bachmann vs. Al Franken in 2014The ... More >>

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    January 14, 2013

    Mark Dayton's Facebook joke about back surgery is taken too seriously

    This morning, Mark Dayton took to Facebook to update people about his recovery from a December 26 vertebrae-fusing back surgery. SEE ALSO:-- Mark Dayton says he's against easing marijuana laws-- Mark Dayton apologizes for comparing troubled football players to soldiers back from warDayton has until ... More >>

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    December 7, 2012

    Mark Dayton says he's against easing marijuana laws

    As we told you about a couple weeks ago, a bill easing Minnesota's marijuana laws will likely come before the legislature this session. And thanks to new DFL majorities, it stands a good chance of bring approved.SEE ALSO:-- MNGOP spent $10,500 on study that supports legalizing medical marijuana-- Th ... More >>

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    November 13, 2012

    Mark Dayton looks safe in 2014, according to Public Policy Polling

    Yesterday, Public Policy Polling -- the folks who surprisingly but accurately pegged the voter ID amendment as going down just days before last Tuesday's election -- took an early look at the 2014 gubernatorial landscape.SEE ALSO:-- Mike Parry says Governor Dayton is a drug addict, pops "15 or 16 pi ... More >>

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    November 13, 2012

    Dayton's angry letter to Wilfs means "Vikings could be back in play for L.A.," NBC writes

    Think the Vikings stadium drama ended last spring when the Minneapolis City Council signed off on a stadium bill? Think again, apparently.SEE ALSO:-- NFL: No Los Angeles Vikings in 2012-- ESPN's Mike and Mike still unaware of Vikings stadium deal, think team might move to L.A.Last week, the Vikings ... More >>

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    October 10, 2012

    Mark Dayton gets F grade in Cato Institute's 2012 governor fiscal policy report card

    The D.C.-based Cato Institute is a conservative think tank co-founded by Charles Koch, so of course researchers there and Gov. Mark Dayton weren't destined to be bosom buddies.SEE ALSO:-- Mark Dayton rips Paul Ryan for fudging Grandma's Marathon time... by over an hour-- Mike Parry says Governor Day ... More >>

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    July 25, 2012

    Duluth flood: Dayton "very disappointed" in FEMA's decision to deny individual assistance

    SEE ALSO:-- Duluth floods: Top 10 jaw-dropping images [PHOTOS]-- Duluth flood update, and 10 more jaw-dropping images [PHOTOS]-- Mark Dayton declares state of emergency over Duluth floodingOn July 19, Governor Dayton requested individual assistance for home and business owners affected by June's one ... More >>

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    May 30, 2012

    One month after Dayton vetoes bill, Linwood man nearly kills himself with illegal fireworks

    Sometimes the governor really does know best, apparently.Late last month, Gov. Mark Dayton vetoed a bill that would've allowed for the sale and use of a wide array of consumer fireworks in Minnesota, including aerial rockets and firecrackers. In his veto letter, Dayton wrote that it's "government's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    Mark Dayton very popular, MNGOP-controlled legislature about as popular as kick in the pants

    Gov. Mark Dayton will probably have a friendlier legislature to work with next year. A new SurveyUSA poll of 600 Minnesotans found that only 21 percent of respondents approve of the job the MNGOP-controlled legislature was doing during the last days of this year's session, compared to 67 percent dis ... More >>

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    January 27, 2012

    Poll: Dayton very popular, legislative Repubs have "horrible numbers"

    ​Minnesotans apparently haven't held last summer's government shutdown against the governor. Instead, they're blaming Republicans.14 months after defeating Republican Tom Emmer by less than one percent of the vote, Mark Dayton is now "one of the most popular Governors in the country."A poll releas ... More >>

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    January 19, 2012

    NARAL Report: Crisis Pregnancy Centers give false medical information to pregnant women

    ​In a new report released by NARAL Pro-Choice Minnesota Foundation, pro-choice advocates accuse state funded "crisis pregnancy centers" in the metro area of dispensing deliberately misleading or false information about pregnancy in an attempt to dissuade women from having an abortion. "Everyone ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    Vikings stadium won't get a special session

    This stadium will have to wait until the legislature's New Year's hangover wears off.​The Minnesota Vikings are, putting it kindly, not a very special football team right now. Fittingly, the team won't get a special session from the legislature to rule on its new stadium(s?), and will have to wait ... More >>

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    November 2, 2011

    Should Minnesota pay for a new Vikings stadium, or fix the State Capitol? [POLL]

    Vikings stadium, State Capitol: What's important to us?​The Minnesota Vikings need a new stadium, and they need lots of money the state doesn't have to build it. But now, they're not the only state institution that needs a pile of cash. Yesterday, Mark Dayton spoke about two separate issues, both ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2011

    Gambling on football: How the Block E Casino might build the Vikings stadium

    Want this stadium? Fine, just keep dumping quarters in that slot machine.​As of this morning, Minneapolis is a city with one professional football team, and zero casinos. Some day soon, that could be the other way around.The new push for a special session to finance the Vikings stadium in Arden Hi ... More >>

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    October 18, 2011

    Mark Dayton plans special session for Vikings stadium [POLL]

    The Vikings stadium will be agreed upon before the stuffing is served.​Mark Dayton announced yesterday that he's so excited about a new Vikings stadium, it doesn't even matter what the damn thing looks like, or costs, or whatever -- just build it, man, we'll figure it out later! After a meeting wi ... More >>

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    August 2, 2011

    Moody's downgrades Minnesota to negative

    Wikipedia Thanks, a lot guys -- now our credit's screwed.​To get a state budget passed, Minnesota used a bit of tricky accounting -- a lot of borrowing here, a lot of delayed payments there -- to make the numbers work on paper. The tricks didn't fool Moody's Investor Service, the premiere credit r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    Shutdown will end with Dayton's signature

    America's longest state shutdown could finally end.​By signing his name 12 times, Mark Dayton could end the shutdown this morning. It took six months of arguing and 19 days of shutdown, but the legislature's special session finally passed 12 budget bills, with the last of them passing at around 3: ... More >>

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    July 20, 2011

    Dayton signs budget to end shutdown, state employees back to work tomorrow

    Dayton said he was forced to sign a budget he didn't like.​Minnesota's shutdown is over.Mark Dayton signed the nine budget bills and three spending bills at 9:00 a.m., ending the state's embarrassing, costly lockout on its 20th day. The shutdown's end is good news for the 22,000 state employee ... More >>

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    July 19, 2011

    Shutdown could end today

    Dayton's very special session will begin at 3 p.m.​Mark Dayton has called for a special session of the legislature to meet at 3 p.m. this afternoon. With a fast-track vote, Minnesota's shutdown might be over before happy hour. The legislature will try to pass all nine budget bills and Dayton's req ... More >>

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    July 19, 2011

    Handshake agreement to end shutdown

    The handshake heard round the state.​Mark Dayton and Speaker of the House Kurt Zellers just shook hands in the Capitol in a symbolic end to the shutdown. After months of acrimony and backbiting, Dayton and the Republican leaders spent the press conference announcing the agreement and congratulatin ... More >>

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    July 18, 2011

    Government shutdown not ending today

    The shutdown won't end today -- don't hold out for tomorrow, either.​Mark Dayton and Republican leadership agreed on a deal that would end the state shutdown, but not everyone's on board. With no special session today, the shutdown, now 18 days old and the longest state freeze-out in modern U.S. h ... More >>

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    July 15, 2011

    Dayton, GOP agree to end shutdown

    The shutdown ended not with a bang, but with a shrug.​After two weeks of gridlock and three hours locked in his office, Mark Dayton and Republican leaders emerged yesterday with a deal to end the state shutdown. The governor forced a tight grin as he stepped to the microphone, announcing the deal ... More >>

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    July 15, 2011

    Mark Dayton's deal: Good or bad? [POLL]

    Dayton says no one's happy with the deal. Are you?​Mark Dayton announced the deal to end the state shutdown by saying that no one would be happy. The Republican leaders didn't sound thrilled either. The deal borrows money to pay for the budget, and doesn't raise taxes on anyone. It ends a two-week ... More >>

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    July 14, 2011

    Dayton offers plan to end shutdown

    Dayton wants to end the shutdown, but he's making demands.​After months holding out for a tax increase of some kind, Mark Dayton is telling Republican legislators that he'll accept their budget plan with no new taxes. In a letter to Republican leadership, Dayton says he still doesn't like the plan ... More >>

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    July 13, 2011

    State workers won't get back-pay after shutdown

    State workers can't get back-pay like they did in 2005.​Friday is the last scheduled payday for the 22,000 state workers who are laid off until the state government agrees on a budget.But even when -- if? -- Mark Dayton and the Republicans iron things out, there's not a dime of back-pay coming to ... More >>

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    July 8, 2011

    Dayton's personal chef, housekeeper become political targets

    "Here's $10, Micah, throw this on the grill."​Micah Pace and Michele Mersereau woke up yesterday as a chef and a housekeeper, respectively, but by day's end they were a political controversy. The two women are among 20 "essential staff" that have continued working for Mark Dayton during the shutdo ... More >>

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    July 6, 2011

    Dayton complains about GOP using shutdown to raise money

    Minnesota's shut down, but the state GOP isn't.​Mark Dayton says Minnesota Republicans are trying to mine the state shutdown for campaign money. The governor criticized the GOP for hitting up contributors while Minnesota can't pay for highway repairs and state parks. In a response to City Pages th ... More >>

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    July 6, 2011

    Dayton mocked by billboards for role in shutdown

    Mark Dayton wants you to use Iowa's toilets.​Mark Dayton is taking all the blame for the state shutdown in a new billboard ad campaign.With his head looking slightly too big for the body it's on, Dayton is shown presenting a series of shutdown-related images in the style of a "Price is Right" girl ... More >>

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    June 28, 2011

    Metro Transit on crash course with major layoffs, fare hikes

    ​The looming government shutdown will almost certainly impact bus and light rail service across the Twin Cities. But the long-range impact of the budget mess carries even worse news for commuters. Metro Transit will be forced to lay off 500 employees, eliminate 200 bus routes, and curtail service ... More >>

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    June 28, 2011

    MnPass drivers will get caught in shutdown traffic jam

    ​A note to car commuters who figure they've dodged a bullet after hearing about Metro Transit getting screwed by the shutdown: Some of you will not escape the pain. MnPass, the program that lets drivers pay a premium to speed down the HOV lanes on local interstates, is also going dark on July 1 u ... More >>

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    June 24, 2011

    Minnesota legislators who won't accept their salary during a shutdown

    ​When Gov. Mark Dayton said he wasn't going to draw his salary if and when there's a state government shutdown beginning July 1, and Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch followed suit, we wondered who in the House and Senate might jump on the bandwagon They and Dayton could be responsible for layi ... More >>

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    June 22, 2011

    Minnesotans blame Legislature, Dayton equally for shut down

    ​Throwing cold water on claims of popular support by both the Republicans running the Legislature, and DFL Gov. Mark Dayton, Minnesotans in a new poll are blaming both sides equally for the budget battle that may force a state government shutdown. They also largely disapprove of the job the L ... More >>

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    June 22, 2011

    Minnesota Supreme Court rejects GOP shutdown lawsuit

    ​The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled four Republican senators jumped the gun in saying that Gov. Mark Dayton is overstepping his constitutional bounds by involving the courts in government shutdown contingency plans. That's because no state money has been ordered to be spent, so there's no ... More >>

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    June 17, 2011

    Senate petitions court to join shutdown lawsuit, while courts sue to stay open

    ​GOP members of a Senate panel have passed a resolution authorizing the entire body to intervene in the lawsuit filed by Gov. Mark Dayton to keep essential services running in the case of a government shutdown. Today, the courts filed their own petition begging legislators and the governor to ... More >>

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    June 10, 2011

    Countdown to government shutdown: Who's to blame?

    Minnesota lawmakers have until July 1 to get it together.​As of today, the Minnesota Legislature is two-and-a-half weeks tardy in solving the state's $5 billion budget deficit. Unfortunately for everyone, there doesn't appear to be a budget deal in sight. If no agreement is made by July 1st, ... More >>

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    May 24, 2011

    Dayton vetoes all nine Republican budget bills

    Dayton is Dr. No.​Wasting no time after the Legislature adjourned without reaching a compromise with him over the state's fiscal mess, Gov. Mark Dayton vetoed all nine Republican budget bills passed in the waning hours of the session. In doing so, he reminded GOP leaders that he too had the b ... More >>

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    May 16, 2011

    Mark Dayton, a dead fish and three Republicans: Photo of the Day

    Mark Dayton and the dead northern pike.​The annual floating photo op otherwise known as the Governor's Fishing Opener is over, Mark Dayton now gets to have his mug splashed all over the papers while holding a dead fish, and assorted political foes get to pretend for a few hours that they reall ... More >>

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    February 28, 2011

    Minnesota's deficit projection shrinks by $1.2B so Dayton backs off taxing the rich

    Dayton gives the rich a much-needed break.​If you're making more than $500,000 a year, you can breathe a sigh of relief. Mark Dayton says he's not going to make your already tough economic situation any worse by requiring you to pay a little more in taxes. That bit of relief comes thanks to n ... More >>

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    February 9, 2011

    Mark Dayton, in State of the State, tallies demise of the Minnesota Miracle

    Screen grab via TheUptake.Mark Dayton lays out the bad news.​Gov. Mark Dayton used his first State of the State speech to summon the unity of post 9/11 America under George W. Bush, extol the Minnesota Miracle, and urge Republicans controlling the Minnesota Legislature to work together for the ... More >>

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    January 13, 2011

    Mark Dayton accepts $120,303 salary after all

    Dayton's spokeswoman couldn't say if he'll continue to accept the salary for his entire term.​Up until today, Mark Dayton hasn't been able to decide if he would accept the $120,303 governor's salary. After all, Dayton is an heir to a department store fortune and had millions of his own money ... More >>

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    January 3, 2011

    Mark Dayton sworn in as governor today [UPDATE]

    Mark Dayton will be the next governor of Minnesota.​Be careful what you wish for, the old saying goes. Mark Dayton took the oath of office as Minnesota's governor at noon, the first Democrat to hold that office in decades.

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    December 7, 2010

    Tom Emmer quitting race. Mark Dayton will govern Minnesota

    Mark Dayton will be the next governor of Minnesota.​It's over. Republican candidate for governor Tom Emmer will concede the race to Democrat Mark Dayton in an official announcement at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow in his hometown of Delano. Emmer decided to quit his recount battle against Dayton just h ... More >>

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    December 4, 2010

    Mark Dayton's lead is still insurmountable

    Mark Dayton wins again, but the contest isn't over yet.​Every county in the state has completed its recount in the governor's race, and the result is the same as the day after Election Day: Democrat Mark Dayton has an insurmountable lead over Republican Tom Emmer. The Secretary of State's off ... More >>

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    November 22, 2010

    Tom Emmer's team now waits on Minnesota Supremes

    And now we wait on the Supremes.​Tom Emmer's legal team got its shot before the Minnesota Supreme Court today to argue that election judges didn't follow the law when they counted up voters and votes on Election Day.

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