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Sports

UPDATED: Will MN have buyer’s remorse after Falcons stadium deal?

UPDATED: Will MN have buyer’s remorse after Falcons stadium deal?

Listen: MPR’s Tim Nelson discusses the stadium deal At least a couple of Minnesota lawmakers feel Minnesota might want to rethink the deal it gave the Vikings in light of the deal struck with Atlanta and the Falcons. The Falcons are putting an estimated $800 million into their new $1 billion stadium, compared to the Vikings $477…
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ND Guard biathlon team wins championship

The North Dakota National Guard has won a team championship at the 29th Annual Chief of the National Guard Bureau Biathlon Championships.

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Bakk: We can fix Vikings stadium funding next year

Bakk: We can fix Vikings stadium funding next year

Senate majority leader Tom Bakk, the DFLer from Cook, says he doesn’t see the need for a fix for the shortfall on electronic pulltabs this session. The numbers have been coming in significantly below expectations, and the state last week wrote down a key reserve fund planned as part of the financing package. “I don’t…
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State will wait until summer to decide on backup Vikings stadium funding

State will wait until summer to decide on backup Vikings stadium funding

The AP’s Brian Bakst says the state finance director plans to wait until this summer to decide whether to “blink on” alternate funding for the Vikings stadium as pulltab revenues lag behind projections. Jim Schowalter spoke to the House Ways and Means committee yesterday. The backup revenues Schowalter can count on include a tax on…
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Hennepin County: Don’t rob from Twins stadium to pay for Vikings

Hennepin County: Don’t rob from Twins stadium to pay for Vikings

State officials may soon be searching the couch cushions looking for change to boost electronic pulltab revenues for the Vikings stadium. And Hennepin County Board Chairman Mike Opat has a very, very clear message for them: “Our position to date and going forward is going to be very, very strong opposition, to using any of the…
by Tim Nelson

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Bill would shield Minn. coaches from parent gripes

Minnesota high school coaches could soon have a bit more job protection. A bill now before the Legislature would add a sentence to the existing Minnesota law that governs the rights of coaches to contest their dismissals. It says that parent complaints can't be the sole reason for letting a coach go.

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Charities might pitch ‘e-kickoff’ for electronic pulltabs to open Vikings season

Charities might pitch ‘e-kickoff’ for electronic pulltabs to open Vikings season

The state is now looking for ways to get its Vikings stadium financing plan up and going and get electronic pulltabs on their feet. It turns out that pulltab sellers have some ideas of their own. Like a pulltab “e-kickoff” day as the Vikings open their season in London on Sept. 29th. That’s one of…
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The bad news for electronic pulltabs and Vikings stadium financing

The bad news for electronic pulltabs and Vikings stadium financing

Minnesota finance officials released their February forecast, and it doesn’t look good for electronic pulltabs. Governor Mark Dayton acknowledged the shortfall yesterday and vowed to get the problem fixed, but It takes some close reading to get the basics. Back in the salad days after the stadium bill passed in May, Minnesota was quietly expecting…
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