The Morning Report 7/23/08 - Daily Minnesota Political Stories
Top Story: Finance & Commerce exclusive: Avista creditors trying to dump massive Star Tribune debt; creditors bring in Wall Street 'chop shop' Lazard to shop barrels of red ink; Blackstone plans restructuring.
Best of the Blogs and Think Tank Thoughts:
Campaigns:
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Opinion-Commentary:
Best of the Blogs and Think Tank Thoughts:
- To Lower Oil Prices -- Let Bachmann rant, mnpACT!
- A Tale Of Two Very Different States, Ladies Logic
- Ron Paul keeps on buzzing, Political Party
- 'Wanted' billboards in Maplewood show only black faces, Minnesota Independent
- Do not discuss Norm Coleman's record -- it's verboten, MN Blue
- Scenes from Day 1, True North
- MoA Starbucks union goes public, The Blotter - City Pages
- Paul casts a larger shadow, The Caucus - NYT
- Star Tribune’s debt for sale as woes mount, Finance and Commerce
- Star Tribune land status uncertain, Finance and Commerce
- Tracking the changes at the Star Tribune, Finance and Commerce
- Finance & Commerce: Strib bankers trying to dump debt, MinnPost
- Cooks of Crocus Hill finds new recipes for success, Star Tribune
- Developer exits Farmers Market Flats in St. Paul, Finance and Commerce
- Up to 400 NWA operations jobs to shift to Atlanta, Star Tribune
- Cleveland-Cliffs planning $104 million renovation to Forbes plant, Duluth News Tribune
- Eagan golf course creates open question on open space, Star Tribune
- Impact of mortgage crisis throughout state, KSTP
- Duluth-area retail developments tempered by tough times, McClatchy News Service
- Taconite plant to receive clean retrofit, MPR
- Imation to close California plant despite rising revenue, profits, Finance and Commerce
- Pentair to close plant in Sheboygan, 350 jobs lost, AP
Campaigns:
- Obama back for private fundraiser, Pioneer Press
- Bachmann oil drilling plan draws skepticism, MPR
- Bachmann, back from Alaska, urges more domestic drilling, Star Tribune
- 5 black cops who sued Minneapolis to get $2 million, Star Tribune
- Derek Olson named Teacher of the Year, Star Tribune
- New teacher of the year named, MPR
- Political activism leads to self-discovery -- and teaching, MinnPost
- Minneapolis is expanding its summer school program, Star Tribune
- Prior Lake-Savage levy will be on ballot, Star Tribune
- Mayor Don Ness unveils reorganization plan, Duluth News Tribune
Legislature:
Opinion-Commentary:
- Sen. John Marty: Cut transit fares to 25 cents, MinnPost
- Katherine Kersten: Are Twin Cities ready for 'sleeping dragon'? Dream on, Star Tribune
- Joe Soucheray: University might be the next avenue we remember fondly, Pioneer Press
- Editorial: A welcome headline: Violent crime drops, Star Tribune
- Editorial: It's time for action on bridge funding, St. Cloud Times
- Editorial: Application hurdles for 'right to carry' prove effective, Rochester Post-Bulletin
- Editorial: Rybak's tap-water campaign a bust, Minnesota Daily
- Demonstrators, city spar over DNC plans, AP
- Committee giving decried, but used by Missouri's candidates for attorney general, Dolan Media Newswires
- 'A safer city': Mayor Rybak, police chief hail progress in crime stats, MinnPost
- Minnesota DNR shooting for safer venison, Star Tribune
- State asks for public comment on contaminated 3M dump, MPR
- Conventional business won't be as usual, Star Tribune
- Planned Ron Paul rally blossoms into three-day mini-convention, Star Tribune
- Paul backers moving to larger Target Center for Sept. rally, MPR
- GOP convention snub prompts Paulites to steal part of the media spotlight, MinnPost
- Expect longer airport delays during RNC, KSTP
- Rochester officers will assist at GOP convention, Rochester Post-Bulletin
- RNC draws support from law enforcement across state, MPR
- Campus hotels full during move-in and RNC, but limited space exists elsewhere, Minnesota Daily
- Minneapolis fountains poised to make a splash, Star Tribune
- Minneapolis unveils designs for artistic water fountains, KSTP
- Metro Transit unveils NexTrip, KSTP
- Life along the light rail attractive option for some, Minnesota Daily
- Thunder's Amos Magee steps down from head coaching position, Pioneer Press
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