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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…
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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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Atkins on e-pulltab gambling: “We need to at least start considering other options”

Atkins on e-pulltab gambling: “We need to at least start considering other options”

Rep. Joe Atkins, (DFL-Inver Grove Heights) said he thinks the time has come to start considering Plan B for financing the Vikings stadium other than electronic pulltabs. “I think you are about to hear, from more than just me, we need to at least start considering other options in addition to e-tabs,” he said in…
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Vikings stadium financing: Will B-I-N-G-O spell success?

Vikings stadium financing: Will B-I-N-G-O spell success?

Makers of a new pulltab and linked bingo machine have been making the rounds in St. Paul this week, talking about the potential to start delivering on the promises of electronic charitable gaming that is slated to fund the state’s share of the Vikings stadium. They’re pitching a machine developed by Electronic Game Solutions, out…
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Gopher men's basketball team basking in glow of beating a No. 1 Indiana

For the first time in over 20 years, the University of Minnesota men's basketball team has defeated the No. 1-ranked squad in the country. MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Howard Sinker digital sports editor for the Star Tribune, about the Indiana shocker.

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Gophers take down No. 1 Indiana

Gophers take down No. 1 Indiana

Trevor Mbakwe had 21 points and 12 rebounds to help Minnesota take down No. 1 Indiana 77-73 on Tuesday night, the seventh time the top-ranked team in The Associated Press' poll has lost a game this season.

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