The Daily Digest: 6-7-07

The Pi Press has a story that says Gov. Pawlenty believes funding for roads is still possible.

Gov. Pawlenty attends a troop sendoff. KARE-11 and WCCO have stories.

St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis (a former GOP state senator) will help Pawlenty pick judges.

The Star Tribune says a Pawlenty veto cut funding to an agency that helps train the jobless for jobs.

The State Board of Investment is taking steps to ensure that no state investments are done with companies that do business with Sudan. The governor signed the bill into law last month.

Forum Communications takes a look at how farmers fared in the session.

GOP House Minority Leader Marty Seifert writes an op-ed saying DFLers didn’t keep their promises. The editorial comes just days after DFL House Speaker Margaret Kelliher wrote an op-ed saying there were some bright spots.

The Health Department says cancer rates are no higher in Washington County than the rest of the state. Washington County residents have been concerned about 3M chemicals in their drinking water. The Star Tribune, the Pi Press and MPR have stories.

Former DFL Rep. Loren Jennings loses his appeal on the fraud conviction.

The U of M will create an India center.

The state employee health plan will use e-prescribing.

Congress
The immigration bill is in doubt after a close Senate vote.

Funding for a Willmar Wastewater treatment plant is in a Senate bill. GOP Sen. Norm Coleman is mentioned.

The Rochester Post Bulletin has a story on the debate over the employee free choice act. DFL Sen. Amy Klobuchar is mentioned.

Klobuchar is also mentioned in this NPR story on greenhouse gases.

An official with the U.S. Justice Department says they did not try to quash an investigation of allegations of voter discrimination in Minnesota's American Indian community.

DFL Rep. Tim Walz says the Farm Bill will bring some research money for the U of M.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi picks DFL Rep. Keith Ellison as a member of an "ethics pool."

The NTSB will recommend safety changes after a crash. DFL Rep. Jim Oberstar is mentioned.

2008

Larry Sabato says Walz is on the Freshman 15.

AFSCME is working to take him off of the list.

CQ says Minnesota's Senate seat leans Republican. GOP Sen. Norm Coleman holds the seat and is running for reelection.

Bob Olson enters the DFL field for the U.S. Senate. The Star Tribune, the Pi Press, MPR, the St. Cloud Times and AP have stories.

DFL Rep. Bernie Lieder is one of several state lawmakers to back Al Franken.

DFL Sen. Amy Klobuchar gets a leadership spot with the DSCC.

WCCO's Pat Kessler details which Minnesotans gave to presidential candidates.