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The Morning Report - 5/9/08 - Daily Minnesota Political Stories
Top Story: Pawlenty signs bridge collapse compensation bill for 'grateful' victims.
Agriculture: Best of the Blogs and Think Tank Thoughts:
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Legislature:
Republican National Convention:
Agriculture: Best of the Blogs and Think Tank Thoughts:
- Breakfast with Timmy, mnpACT!
- Making majority matter, True North
- VP Klobuchar Watch: Amy makes list of potential Obama running mates, The Blotter - City Pages
- Hang on, Ms. Bachmann, MN Campaign Report
- Great news! The Range is getting shafted by lobbyists!, Minnesota Brown
- Why a property tax?, SCSU Scholars
- Budget update: Pawlenty has left the building, The Political Animal
- Debate rages in Minnesota House as stem-cell funding passes, MN Monitor
- What Ron Carey doesn't want to talk about, MN Blue
- MinnPost: Nonprofit news site reaches six months, The Biz Blog - Poynter
- Northwest, Delta pilots to meet, AP
- Iron Range coal plant gets $133.5M in tax credits, AP
- State GOP has its own bookkeeping woes, Star Tribune
- State GOP appearing hypocritical in criticism of Franken's finances, AP
- Developer sought for St. Paul Ford site, MSP Business Journal
- Best Buy gets beachhead in Europe in deal with Europe's largest cell phone retailer, AP
- Dorsey firm caught up in SEC trading investigation, Star Tribune
- Small towns, big retail, Finance and Commerce
- Real estate drop has a green lining,Wall Street Journal. Former Camp Fire girls camp in rural MN to be acquired by San Francisco-based Trust for Public Land.
Crime/Police:
- Police chief is familiar face, Pioneer Press
- Rochester schools have plan to close achievement gap, MPR
- Regents reject new $100 student fee, MPR
- Edina couple donates record $10M to St. Thomas, KSTP
- MPCA wants anglers to get the lead out, WCCO
- Game, fish and lands policy bill passed, Session Daily
- Health Care Access Fund amendment moves forward, Finance and Commerce
- For Mayo Clinic, $1 billion within reach, AP
- Medical marijuana controversy heats up with latest ad, KARE 11
- Pawlenty signs bill to pay bridge collapse victims, AP
- I-35W bridge collapse victims 'grateful' for compensation, Pioneer Press
- Court and class are in session, Star Tribune
Legislature:
- Budget talks said to be going well, but ..., Pioneer Press
- Pawlenty raises possibility of special session on Minnesota state budget, AP
- Legislators OK higher dropout age, minimum-wage hike, Star Tribune
- Study likens 'Daily Show' to 'O'Reilly Factor,' AP. MN bridge collapse not mentioned on 'The Daily Show.'
- Jim Dolan: Risking it all for freedom, Star Tribune
- Duane Benson and Peter Gove: Don't miss this chance for Minnesota health-care reform, MinnPost
- Editorial: Needed: A more efficient Legislature, Star Tribune
- Editorial: Hunting for answers on DNR spending, Star Tribune
- California tax proposals target beer-loving, pornography-watching yacht owners, Los Angeles Times
- Arizona state senator attempts to stall guest-worker program: The Gould amendments, Dolan Media Newswires
- The Friday Line: Veepstakes!, Washington Post. The MN governor remains the candidate in the Republican vice presidential field who fits best with what McCain wants and needs in a VP.'
Republican National Convention:
- GOP convention gets a new spin: Free bikes, Star Tribune
- It's official: Extended bar hours during RNC, AP
- County to vote on revised deal for St. Paul riverfront, Star Tribune
- Suspended driver's license surprises Rybak, Star Tribune
- Mayor Rybak plans to get driver's license back today following suspension, KARE 11
- LRT battles flare in new round of e-mails, Star Tribune
- MNDOT: Success of MnPASS to expand, KSTP
- Urban partnership agreements authorized, Session Daily
- First the skunk. Then the bigger stink., Chicago Tribune
The Morning Report 5/8/08 - Daily Minnesota Political Stories
Top Story: Stem cells, minimum wage hike, and foreclosure bills face Pawlenty veto threat as session winds down.
Agriculture:
Judicial:
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Public Health/Safety:
St. Paul/Minneapolis:
Agriculture:
- Ag and veterans policy bill gets approval, Session Daily
- Farm bill negotiators say they have tentative agreement as Bush continues to object, AP
- Minnesota's GOP Congressional hope is for status quo, mnpACT!
- Sen. Senjem sends letter to Sen. Pogemiller regarding Sen. Murphy's conduct, Minnesota Democrats Exposed
- Budget watch, Polinaut - MPR
- Early adjournment?, Mary's Page - TPT
- Budget talks: they're thii-iiis close, The Political Animal
- House votes unanimously to leave NCLB behind, Scholar's Notebook
- Lori Grivna in her own words - transportation, True North
- Reporter's Notebook: Buried treasure, The Blotter - City Pages
- Wedge week!, Polinaut - MPR
- Minnesota's same-day registration success pushed for federal elections, MN Monitor
- Blogger conference call highlights, True North
- Where doctors are most (and least) likely to get busted, WSJ Health Blog. MN at the bottom of the list.
- Delta, Northwest CEOs assure Senate jobs will stay in MN, MPR
- NWA, Delta execs vow to keep many Minnesota jobs, Star Tribune
- Northwest head to make his merger case to business leaders, MinnPost
- State GOP has its own bookkeeping woes, Star Tribune
- Mortgage upheaval helps Dolan swing to Q1 profit, MSP Business Journal
- Report says state taxes in Minnesota are too high, Dolan Media Newswires
- IP candidate Dillon lays out his energy strategy, Pioneer Press
- Lawmakers urge Bush to shelve Russia nuclear deal, Reuters. Coleman writes letter.
- Letters in Craigslist slaying case seized, Star Tribune
- 'A lot of questions' about DNR conference funding, Star Tribune
Judicial:
- UNH argues case before state Supreme Court, Star Tribune
- Minnesota high court questions UnitedHealth investor settlement, Bloomberg News
- Exploring the partisan gap, MPR
- Transportation bill is retooled to boost its chances, Star Tribune
- Embryonic stem cell research bill clears MN House but faces veto threat from Pawlenty, AP
- Policy bill hits speed bump, Session Daily
- Teen-driving limits at risk in dispute between Murphy, Pawlenty, Rochester Post-Bulletin
- Minnesota panel drops booster seat rule after Pawlenty objects, AP
- Stribits: invasion of the tire-kickers, MinnPost
- Craig Westover: A victim of ideological inevitability, Pioneer Press
- Jim Hoolihan: Drawing a map for broadband, Pioneer Press
- Linda Larson: Ideals count, not winning, St. Cloud Times
- Karl Rove: It's Obama, warts and all, Wall Street Journal. Rove calls MN 'familiar battleground.'
- Editorial: New website is key to region's sales effort, Star Tribune
- Editorial: Suspend gas tax? Bad idea, St. Cloud Times
- Editorial: College students face rising costs, fewer lenders, Rochester Post-Bulletin
- Editorial: Bill: Primary seat belt law goes too far, Bemidji Pioneer
- Editorial: Rigorous journalism still needed, Mankato Free Press
Pawlenty:
Public Health/Safety:
- Blue Cross marks 10 years since tobacco settlement, Star Tribune
- Measure requiring booster seat is out, MPR
- Wisconsin one of worst states for falls by people over 65, AP. MN fares better in death rate among seniors who suffer falls.
St. Paul/Minneapolis:
- McLaughlin elected chair of new metro transit board, MPR
- St. Paul parks chief decides to move to greener fields, Star Tribune
- Ready for pints on the patio?, Pioneer Press
- Demand surges for Minneapolis firm's fair trade apparel, Dolan Media Newswires
- Hennepin Co. approves transit hub study for Warehouse District, Finance and Commerce
- State of Wisconsin keeps I-94 cash beyond reach of rail projects, Dolan Media Newswires
The Morning Report 5/7/08 - Daily Minnesota Political Stories
Top Story: Omnibus bills being ironed out as Legislature nears end of session.
Agriculture:
Legislature:
Agriculture:
- Steep rise in farmland prices posing a danger, Finance and Commerce
- MN sod farmers waiting for the warmth, KSTP
- Corn futures approach record on oil's rise, weather concerns, AP
- Farm law writers ask tighter subsidy limits, Reuters
- The Declaration of Independence or the Stanley Cup?, Politics in Minnesota
- The Declaration arrives in Minnesota, Politics in Minnesota [Video also on YouTube]
- Let's take it outside!, Polinaut - MPR
- Murphy v. Pawlenty, Mary's Page - TPT
- Open letter to Candidate Franken, Shot in the Dark
- Negotiating with Pawlenty could be a new game show, mnpACT!
- The Strib: A flipper's nightmare come true, Lambert to the Slaughter
- MN-02: Steve Sarvi post-DFL-endorsement interview, MN Blue
- Ellison doesn't heart photo ID's for voters, True North
- Budget conference committee finishes, sort of, The Political Animal
- Same as it ever was: Pawlenty again wants state health care fund to solve his budget troubles, MN Monitor
- Star Tribune's owner forced to write off much of its investment, Star Tribune
- Medtronic to cut 350 local jobs, Star Tribune
- Court rules against PUC in CenterPoint cost recovery case, AP
- New fund to invest heavily in Minnesota, Star Tribune
- Lakeville to pay tax, receive new bus service, Star Tribune
- Delta-NWA merger gets new support, Cox News Service
- Piper Jaffray pushes into media and telecom coverage, MSP Business Journal
- Conservative group blasts Minnesota taxes, Finance and Commerce
- Ellison spreads word in Egypt about benefits of U.S.-style democracy, Star Tribune
- Ethanol producers come under fire in Congress, MPR
- Expected kindergarten surge good news for Minneapolis schools, MinnPost
- Legislature sends governor new school "report card" plan, MPR
- Minnesota Capitol to get free energy audit from Wal-Mart, Star Tribune
- Pipestone company paid $19,000 fine to MPCA, Star Tribune
- Researchers debate what we know about green fuels, MPR
- Declaring a self-evident buzz, Star Tribune
- Declaration of Independence arrives at Minnesota History Center, Dolan Media Newswires
Legislature:
- Lawmakers unhappy about choices on road safety rules, AP
- Transportation bill survives, Bemidji Pioneer
- Minnesota voters could empower Legislature to call special sessions, AP
- Rep. Rukavina seeks to slow tuition increases, Minnesota Daily
- Conferees reach deal on budget, Session Daily
- Agreement reached on energy omnibus bill, Session Daily
- Tempers flare at Minnesota Legislature, Duluth News Tribune
- The Newspaper(s) of the Twin Cities, News Cut - MPR
- Amid bankruptcy talk, Strib ponders cuts the newsroom actually likes, MinnPost
- Rep. Kim Norton: Long list of data supports need for graduated driver's license bill, MinnPost
- Teresa Bohnen and Tom Moore: JOBZ program is boon for us, St. Cloud Times
- Editorial: Examine patients first, credit second, Star Tribune
- Editorial: No extra innings forecast for Legislature, Rochester Post-Bulletin
- Editorial: Affordable housing still out of reach, Bemidji Pioneer
- Editorial: You can’t eat ethanol, Mankato Free Press
- Oklahoma Senator: State unable to regulate credit card companies, Dolan Media Newswires
- Enviro coalition urges rail-park deal, MinnPost
- Study: Fewer teens take up smoking if they live in towns with tough restaurant smoking bans, AP
- Advisory council helps Immigrant Law Center stay in tune with clients, MinnPost
- Smoking ban drama gets a new actor: District judge, Star Tribune
- RNC--good for some businesses, but not all, MPR
- Bloomington delays measure to deal with protesters, Star Tribune
- Less TLC for St. Paul streets as budget gets attention, Star Tribune
- Lanes close on Blatnik Bridge in Duluth for gusset plate repair, Star Tribune
- Northstar puts the big in Big Lake, Star Tribune
- MSA discusses light rail at final forum, Minnesota Daily
- Keeping Minnesotans safe in vehicles, Session Daily
- Unique legacy of Minnesota's 'flying coffins', Star Tribune
- 2 Webbys for Minnesota: 'Speaking of Faith' and 'Chocolate Rain,' Star Tribune
The Morning Report 5/6/08 - Daily Minnesota Political Stories
Top Story: Declaration of Independence arrives in Minnesota.
Agriculture:
Education:
Agriculture:
- Corn growers off to slow start, Pioneer Press
- Pawlenty signs bovine TB eradication plan into law, AP
- Farm bill: More of the same, plus some real change, MinnPost
- Turning sugar beets into electricity, MPR
- Is ethanol to blame for food prices?, Finance and Commerce
- The Declaration of Independence arrives in Minnesota, Politics in Minnesota [QT video download]
- When will they ever learn?, True North
- Central Corridor has public support, mnpACT!
- U.S. Senate: Unplugging our ears, MN Blue
- Home free? Minneapolis Advantage loan program begins accepting applications today, MN Monitor
- DFL- DNA for sale, True North
- Pawlenty off the VP short list?, MN Campaign Report
- Bridges respond to incentives, SCSU Scholars
- To KSTP: How about a question on Norm Coleman?, mnpACT!
- Delta president says HQ decision is final, Star Tribune
- Target sells stake in credit card business to JPMorgan, AP
- Bringing in Blackstone, Star Tribune means business, Star Tribune
- Minneapolis set to bail out Humboldt Greenway developer, Finance and Commerce
- Bernanke urges more action to stem home foreclosure crisis, AP. 'States in the Great Lakes, including MN, MI and WI, show increased mortgage delinquencies and notable increases in unemployment rates.'
- Pig's Eye Podcast: Al Franken and the Legislature, Star Tribune
- Franken campaign, liberal blogs rap KSTP poll, but independent pollster says criticism too harsh, MinnPost
- 2008 is finally the year of cyber-campaigning, Star Tribune
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Klobuchar announces $1.3 million grant for aviation safety and infrastructure in Duluth, Duluth Budgeteer News
Education:
- College of St. Catherine to change its name, Pioneer Press
- Gone with the wind turbines? Schools want to recapture missing funds, MinnPost
- Outdoors issues may hinge on funding deal, Red Wing Republican Eagle
- Auto industry focuses on states, Wall Street Journal. In MN, car dealers have gotten help from ethanol advocates in opposing a bill in the state legislature.
- Bridge victim fund clears Legislature, heads to Pawlenty, AP
- Fast. Cheap. Right. Pick two., News Cut - MPR
- Allina and union approve contract, MSP Business Journal
- Lawmakers, Pawlenty making progress toward budget deal, Pioneer Press
- House debates bill altering state property tax buyback, AP
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House passes measure aiming to remake state tax picture, Star Tribune
- Senate passes bill to defer foreclosures, but Pawlenty and bankers oppose it, Star Tribune
- Preliminary approval of foreclosure relief bill, MPR
- Budget talks continue at Capitol, and both sides see progress, MinnPost
- Star Tribune denies reports it is near bankruptcy, MPR
- Strib union: timing of NY Post story 'a bit curious,'MinnPost
- Keith Ellison: High court deals blow to voting rights, Star Tribune
- Editorial: St. Paul should OK al fresco ordinance, Star Tribune
- States get in on calls for a gas tax holiday, New York Times
- Pawlenty: Property tax cap is key to passing a budget, MPR
- Name recognition not one of Pawlenty's strengths, Rochester Post-Bulletin
- Pawlenty reduces Health Care Access Fund request, Finance and Commerce
- ERs not ready in Minneapolis, major cities?, Washington Post
- St. Paul public works employee charged with threats to destroy water, electric systems, Pioneer Press
- Study: Adolescents adopted as infants are more likely to have psychiatric disorders, Chicago Tribune. Study conducted by U of M.
- To cut risks of sleeping pills, hide car keys, unplug phone, Wall Street Journal. Features MN Regional Sleep Disorders Center.
- A Minneapolis report card, MPR
- Exhibit to spotlight new Twin Cities projects, Finance and Commerce
- Rare copy of Declaration of Independence on display in Minnesota today, Star Tribune
- New MnDOT commissioner looks ahead, MPR
- Work begins on Coon Rapids Northstar station, Finance and Commerce
The Morning Report 5/5/08 - Daily Minnesota Political Stories
Top Story: Star Tribune said to be nearing bankruptcy, employs financial analyst firm.
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Transportation:
Agriculture:
- Sugar beet farmers anxiously waiting for sunnier days, MPR
- Farm Bill stuck on sugar-support proposal, Wall Street Journal. White House wants House Agriculture Chair Collin Peterson's sugar beet proposals out of the farm bill.
- They're gone: budget talks break off until later , The Political Animal
- Paulsen votes against minimum wage...again, MN Publius
- Survey USA: Franken hurt by tax issues, MN Monitor
- Projector club, Shot in the Dark
- Minnesota budget talks: Not pretty but still progress, mnpACT!
- Anzelc speaks truth on Mesaba boondoggle, Minnesota Brown
- This 'surprise' was expected, True North
- NY Post: Star Tribune, 'On the brink of bankruptcy,' Lambert to the Slaughter
- Keith Ellison On Economic Stimulus, Liberal in the Land of Conservative
- MN House and Senate will question Delta exec, MPR
- Minimum wage bills are focus of Minnesota debate, Finance and Commerce
- Web salary charts tell all, and we love it, San Francisco Chronicle. Mark Yudof, former head of U of M now makes $591,000 plus perks at same job at U of CA; chief pothole guy in CA makes $107,000.
- Despite public focus on Franken, overlooked Nelson-Pallmeyer still busy seeking delegate support, MinnPost
- POLL: Voters notice Franken's tax troubles, KSTP
- Iraq vet will fight Kline for 2nd District, Star Tribune
- Olson loses GOP endorsement to Kiffmeyer, AP
- Congress is ready to get the lead out of kids' toys, Star Tribune
- U.S. Sen. Coleman makes Cloquet, Duluth stops, Duluth News Tribune
- Sheriff Bob Fletcher: Fighting for his future, Star Tribune
- Taking a team approach to safety in Minneapolis, Star Tribune
- Sex ed curricula all over the map in Minnesota, MPR
- Nearly 10 percent tuition hike possible at U of M next fall, MPR
- Hamline expanding its presence in the West Metro, MSP Business Journal
- 20-somethings lead the way to nonprofit major at U, MinnPost
Health Care:
- Shift in services leads to crisis for Minnesota’s nursing homes, West Central Tribune
- 35W bridge on pace to open in September, Star Tribune
- Some bridge victims say they'll accept settlement, MPR
Legislature:
- Budget talks to continue, Pioneer Press
- State leaders agree: Ease property taxes. But how?, Pioneer Press
- No deal but more talks, Polinaut - MPR
- 'We want a budget deal': Lawmakers, governor to meet over weekend, MinnPost
- Live, from St. Paul, it's the Tom Rukavina show, MinnPost
- Health fund a sticking point as budget talks move slowly, Duluth News Tribune
- Pressed for cash, New York Post. 'The Minneapolis Star Tribune, reeling under a heavy debt load and plummeting advertising sales, is on the brink of bankruptcy...'
- Strib bust? Local paper nears bankruptcy, NY Post reports, MinnPost
- Star Tribune hires Blackstone Group to analyze its finances, Star Tribune
- Strib Publisher Chris Harte responds to NY Post bankruptcy allegation, The Blotter - City Pages
- Lori Sturdevant: Another professor, 'too liberal' to win, Star Tribune
- Nick Coleman: Anti-torture but pro-choice? Can't have that in church, please, Star Tribune
- Ward Einess: DFL's property-tax plan could cost you, Star Tribune
- Bill O'Brien: Coleman's convictions seem to shift as convenient, Star Tribune
- David Morris: Be suspicious of megamall subsidy, Star Tribune
- Kate Wolford: The hour is late for Central Corridor, Star Tribune
- Dennis Byrne: Ethanol not a real solution, Chicago Tribune. Yank 'the idiotic and elephantine government aid given to ethanol production.'
- Editorial: A budget deal: Don't end session without it, Star Tribune
- Editorial: Political gain and the bridge: a bipartisan urge, Pioneer Press
- Editorial: Artificial turf could spur other questions, St. Cloud Times
- Editorial: Focus on policy, not politics, of gas tax, Star Tribune
- Editorial: Voters can see through politicians' gas-tax ploys, Rochester Post-Bulletin
Public Health/Safety:
- Disabilities program may be getting reprieve, MinnPost
- Something speeding drivers are sure to love, MinnPost
- Whistleblower protection extended, Session Daily
- Toxic chemical ban passed, Session Daily
- That south Minneapolis dirt, The Blotter - City Pages
- Crookston campus goes smoke-free, Minnesota Daily
Transportation:
The Morning Report 5/2/08 - Daily Minnesota Political Stories
Top Story: McCain backs off I-35 bridge statement; flap continues.
Agriculture:
Opinion-Editorial:
Agriculture:
- Rep. Tim Walz says farm bill vote could come next week, MPR
- Region boosted by exports, farm incomes, biofuels, Star Tribune
- White House warns Farm Law needs 'real reforms,' Reuters
- How to lose a Senate challenge, True North
- Pawlenty and McCain: clumsy dance partners, mnpACT!
- Veepstakes: The brackets, The Political Animal
- A+B=WTF, Defenestrator - The Rake
- MPR: Walz and Coleman support Farm Bill, Bluestem Prairie
- Shock!! Oberstar officially announces re-election bid, The Political Animal
- Caught on camera: GOP tosses journalist, The Uptake. Video bloggers get tossed from GOP conventions.
- Tarryl's accountability dodge?, True North
- Oberstar, Ellison blast McCain for bridge collapse remarks, MN Monitor
- Pawlenty softens VP stance?, Mary's Page - TPT
- D'oh!, Ladies Logic
- Tinklenberg a moderate? I don't think so, Let Freedom Ring
- Pork flies: Bill makes state pay for same land twice, MN Monitor
- MN Gov. Pawlenty questions McCain's stance on bridge collapse, The Trail - Washington Post
- Minnesota economy shows some life in April, Pioneer Press
- Home Depot closing its Cottage Grove store, Star Tribune
- Report: Twin Cities ranks 5th in corporate expansion, MSP Business Journal
- Area foreclosures rising at slower pace, Mankato Free Press
- Whom does economy favor in Midwest?, Politico. 'Relatively robust places – the farm towns and cities of the Great Plains, or the CT suburbs – have been more susceptible to Obama's broad reformer message than Clinton’s focused economic one.'
- Republican blogger's scoops on Al Franken knock his Senate campaign off balance, AP. Profile of Minnesota Democrats Exposed blogger Michael Brodkorb.
- Accountants: Franken's tax problems should have been caught, MPR
- Pawlenty says sex ed proposal is unacceptable, MPR
- Early bids for Duluth schools 'red plan' work under budget, Duluth News Tribune
- Olmsted County Republicans asleep at the switch?, Rochester Post-Bulletin
- Minnesota lawmakers seek federal same-day registration law, AP
- Pawlenty corrects McCain on 35W bridge collapse, Star Tribune
- McCain's bridge remarks draw bipartisan criticism, MPR
- McCain backs off government waste as cause of bridge collapse, AP
- Outrage delayed, News Cut - MPR
- Bridge compensation deal reached, AP
- 'Plan B' to help victims of 35W bridge collapse is on the table at Capitol, Pioneer Press
- Please veto my bill!, Polinaut - MPR
- Lawmaker to guv: What happens at the end of oil?, MinnPost
- Minnesota House OKs higher minimum wage, Mankato Free Press
Opinion-Editorial:
- Editorial: Hennepin County needs HMO review, Star Tribune
- Editorial: Everyone out of the revenue-sharing pool, Star Tribune
- Family of slain U.S. soldier pursues $40 billion class-action against Flagstaff T-shirt vendor, Dolan Media Newswires. Shirt says, 'Bush Lied, They Died.'
- Pawlenty ups the ante on illegal immigration, Polinaut - MPR
- Pawlenty's veto of unique music library hits sour note in Chatfield, MinnPost
- State will pay for cleanup of Inver Grove Heights couple's tainted land, Star Tribune
- Saving the sand-bottom pool, MPR
- Smoking "Theater Nights" at bars going to court, KARE 11
- Immigration march: Police practice for RNC?, News Cut - MPR
- Immigrant rally shrouded by fear, Star Tribune
- MnDOT's new guy talks transit, bridges and, briefly, boots, Star Tribune
- One-on-one with new MnDOT Commissioner Sorel, KSTP
The Morning Report 5/1/08 - Daily Minnesota Political Stories
Top Story: Wall Street Journal reports 166% Hispanic population growth in Minnesota during 1990s, three times the national rate.
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Education:
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Stadiums:
Agriculture:
- Lean times for Minnesota's pork producers, Star Tribune
- Suburban sprawl: Is there another way?, Star Tribune
- No Pinocchios!, Polinaut - MPR
- Unhappy to pay and pay and pay for a 'better Hennepin County,' True North
- Franken has issues but DFL "leadership" should not interfere, mnpACT!
- Bridge falls because of Pawlenty Pork , MN Blue
- John McCain politicizes the 35W bridge collapse, MN Campaign Report
- One on One with Franken, Mary's Page - TPT
- GOP: But wait there's more. Franken campaign: No, there isn't., The Political Animal
- St. Bonifacius: A city that would be Splitsville, Star Tribune
- CenterPoint profit declines after milder weather reduces demand, Bloomberg News
- Xcel first-quarter profit rises 28 percent on higher rates, Bloomberg News
- Study predicts 28,000 MN foreclosures this year, MPR
- Startup connects Twin Cities minorities, businesses, Finance and Commerce
- Mall of America expansion plan needs refining to pass Pawlenty test, AP
- Bemidji liquor stores top region in gross sales, Bemidji Pioneer
- Some north side residents wary of U partnership, Minnesota Daily
- Best Buy pays $13.5M for CompUSA leases, MSP Business Journal
- Duluth mayor to staff: help me make cuts, Duluth News Tribune
- Equity Residential posts higher profit, Bloomberg News. Company has been selling apartments in second-tier markets such as TX and MN and using the cash to buy in locations such as NY, where rents are higher.
- Surge in U.S. Hispanic population driven by births, not immigration, Wall Street Journal. 'In MN, the Hispanic population grew 166% during the 1990s, almost three times the rate for the country overall.
- DFL insiders say Franken's OK ... for now, MinnPost
- DFL leaders say they still back Franken, Star Tribune
- Franken campaign works to control damage, MPR
- Tax slip-up mars Franken campaign, Politico. Carleton's Steve Schier, '[Franken's] being kept under wraps because he isn’t terribly disciplined in the way he deals with reporters. He gets in their face, gets angry with them, gets aggressive with them, so he's trying to keep a distance from reporters so he doesn’t mess with them.'
- The DSCC's Franken Commission, Washington Post. Franni Franken makes turkey wild rice hotdish on video; paper guesses 'Franni Franken won't be baking any hot dishes for Coleman anytime soon.' [second item on the page]
- Reality Check: Al Franken's tax issue, WCCO
Education:
- 13 enrolled in Admission Possible win Gates scholarships, Star Tribune
- Peak oil resolution passed, Session Daily
- McCain blames I-35W bridge collapse on pork-barrel spending, AP
- $38 million budget set for bridge victims fund , AP
- Security guard union looks to expand after contract victory, Finance and Commerce
- State budget battle to begin, Bemidji Pioneer
- Plenty of work to be done at the Capitol, MPR. Speaker Kelliher and Sen. Clark on Midday. [audio]
- Profiling the Minnesota Legislature: State Rep. Alice Hausman, Dolan Media Newswires
- Judging the Judges, Wall Street Journal. 'Town fathers of Norway, take note. You have a new adversary in Ellen Anderson. Ms. Anderson is the MN state senator who is pushing legislation to freeze foreclosures on homes with subprime mortgages...'
- Bill honoring Korean War vets on its way to Pawlenty, Bemidji Pioneer
- Rep. Dan Severson: My constituents do not support tax increases, St. Cloud Times
- Marti Oakley: Oppose bill on genetic testing, St. Cloud Times
- Wayne Wolden: Lawmakers can help homeowners, St. Cloud Times
- Editorial: Franken's tax woes undercut campaign, Star Tribune
- Editorial: Pawlenty's pathway, Pioneer Press
- Editorial: The numbers tell the truth, Pioneer Press
- Editorial: House GOP gas tax ads weak attack, Bemidji Pioneer
- Editorial: Six votes, then and now, New York Times. Coleman one of six GOPers to break rank on the 'Fair Pay Act.'
- Some New York State judges avoid lawmaker cases, Dolan Media Newswires
- New Jersey Lawmakers Consider Tax On Fast Food, CBS
- Pawlenty hints light rail could be alive, Pioneer Press
- Pawlenty's health care proposal has a ring familiar to McCain's, Star Tribune
- Pawlenty: Latest budget offer is 'pathway' to a deal, MPR
- Budget back-and-forth produces Pawlenty offer, though deal is a ways off, Star Tribune
- Pawlenty wants Mall of America proposal refined, Star Tribune
Public Health/Safety:
- Study: Public opinion isn't advancing health reform, MPR
- Two beef processors cited for handling violations; South St. Paul facility gets noncompliance order, AP
- EPA bores in on source of mystery vapors in St. Louis Park, Star Tribune
- Minivan on I-35 had heavy load: 15 illegal immigrants, Star Tribune
- Held in adoption limbo, Chicago Tribune. Children's Home Society and Family Services of MN has 40 families with pending Vietnamese adoptions.
- High-tech recruiting for RNC volunteers, Finance and Commerce
Stadiums:
- University of Wisconsin-La Crosse gets student vote for stadium project, Dolan Media Newswires
- New MN transportation chief saw job 'as a calling', AP
- Central Corridor: North or south?, Roadguy - Star Tribune
- Energy drink suit no bull, Chicago Tribune
- Hard times, but your lips look great, New York Times. 'A warm shade that perfectly matches your skin tone might make you forget how far your 401(k) has tanked.'
- Starbucks earnings sink 21%, New York Times
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