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The Daily Digest: 1-31-07

Posted at 8:50 AM on January 31, 2007 by Tom Scheck (2 Comments)
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Minnesota lawmakers tackle global warming. MPR, the Star Tribune and the Pi Press have stories on the rare presentation in the House chamber.

Governor Pawlenty will be leading a trade mission to India. MPR, the Star Tribune, the Pi Press, The Times of India and the AP have stories.

Lawmakers also rolled out their early childhood legislation. The Pi Press says some of the lawmakers were singing off of the caucus key and say all day kindergarten will be phased in.

Forum Communications says the reason is money.

The Star Tribune focuses on a new early childhood education allowance in its story.

AP says Pawlenty signs a bill that conforms Minnesota's tax code to the federal tax code.

ECM says veterans gathered at the capitol to outline their needs.

Minnesota Monitor says a bill will be introduced this week that would allow municipalities to provide domestic partner benefits.

City Pages has a story saying the Minnesota Department of Corrections is shifting costs and prisoners to counties.

ECM says MNSCU wants $77 million more.

The Duluth News Tribune says several senators are receptive to DECC funding.

AP covers a rally for a statewide smoking ban. The bill will be heard in a House Committee on Thursday.

Congress

GOP Senator Norm Coleman is mentioned in this story on the GOP being divided over the Iraq strategy.

The Washington Post mentions Coleman as one of several GOP Senators debating five different troop resolution plans.

Coleman and Klobuchar introduce legislation that tries to keep the spy plane in Minnesota.

AP says Klobuchar is calling for action on global warming.

She also wants a continuation of the MILC program.

UPI has a story on a bill targeting gene discrimination. GOP Congressman John Kline is skeptical that it is a problem.

The Hill says GOP Congresswoman Michele Bachmann has yet to say if she'll support a resolution opposing the troop surge.

DFL Congressman Collin Peterson says the Doha Trade Agreement better be good.

The Australian News says Peterson also opposes any cuts to the federal subsidy program.

2006

Pawlenty's fundraising sets a record. All of the reports have to be mailed in today. The Star Tribune, the Pi Press and AP have stories. The big question is how much A Stronger America Minnesota (which backed Pawlenty) and The Alliance for a Better Minnesota (which backed DFL candidate Mike Hatch) raised and spent.

2008

The Hill says GOP Congressman John Kline has been named management chairman of the NRCC.

The Concord Monitor says Arizona Senator John McCain finds friends up north (Pawlenty) and out west (Utah Governor John Huntsman).

The Argus Leader mentions Pawlenty's VP prospects in this column along with South Dakota Senator John Thune's prospects.

Checks and Balances wonders if Tammy Lee will run for U.S. Senate. Lee lost her bid to win in the 5th in November.

Roll Call writes about a Republican who wants to challenge DFL Congressman Tim Walz.

~~The story follows posts by A Blue Stem Prairie and The Wind Beneath the Right Wing~~ .

CORRECTION
I made a mistake on this post (thanks for letting me know). The original post from A Blue Stem Prairie is here and references a story from the New Ulm Journal. The original post was on January 25th. The Wind Beneath the Right Wing post referred to the Roll Call story. I apologize for my screw up.

2008 RNC Convention

CQ details the RNC convention with a history and restaurant guide of our fair cities.

Comments (2)

I commented (and linked to your story) on the global warming event last night on MNspeak. I discussed the rather ridiculous pro-warming protesters and noted that after many reporters (and lawmakers) left early, MPR stayed to cover this topic completely from many angles. Kudos.

Like the warming itself, the media interest in this subject is also global. I spoke with Benno G., a St. Paul-based correspondent for Agrarisch Dagblad, a Dutch ag news outlet. Yesterday I was interviewed about Minnesota's leadership in biofuels on RAI, an Italian television network.

Story in today's Strib that Xcel will open a new wind turbine farm in Minnesota, location to be determined.

Our VP for clean fuels and vehicle technology is in Bismark today, helping to spread the knowledge and experience we have on building the our E85 infrastructure to neighboring states.

Posted by Bob from ALAMN | January 31, 2007 1:41 PM

Since your link to Bluestem Prairie doesn't work, we suppose we should be grateful for the mere crumb of a mention of our little hick blog by an august member of the Twin Cities' media.

But since your visitors might actually like to read the nearly week-old material, here's the link to our January 25 post about the Meyers story in the New Ulm Journal:

Thursday morning digest.

Posted by Ollie Ox | January 31, 2007 3:56 PM

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