The Daily Digest: 6-29-07

Posted at 10:06 AM on June 29, 2007 by Tom Scheck (1 Comments)
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The University of Minnesota will take over an asbestos study on miners in northeastern Minnesota. The news comes during a legislative hearing in Mountain Iron. One lawmaker told Mandernach the U of M is doing it because "I don't know if there's much trust left in the Legislature that this can be done by your department." Gov. Pawlenty says nothing about Health Commissioner Dianne Mandernach on his radio show. MPR, the Star Tribune, AP, the Mesabi Daily News and the Duluth News Tribune have stories.

Staffers in the Minnesota Senate are getting a big raise. AP and the Pi Press have stories.

KARE-11 says Minnesotans face the second worst traffic congestion.

WCCO reality checks lobbying from insurance companies.

Congress

GOP Sen. Norm Coleman votes against proceeding to a final vote on immigration reform. DFL Sen. Amy Klobuchar votes for it. The bill goes down and may not be revived until after the 2008 elections.

DFL Sen. Amy Klobuchar has questions regarding the Thomas the Tank engine toy recall. She wants to hold a hearing to see if the company is more "Diesel 10" than "Edward."

GOP Rep. Jim Ramstad supports an affordable housing trust fund.

DFL Rep. Keith Ellison speaks to college students and gets them riled up.

DFL Rep. Collin Peterson will hold a meeting in Crookston.

The Fergus Fall Daily Journal continues coverage on DFL Rep. Jim Oberstar's Clean Water Restoration Act.

2008

Illinois Senator Barack Obama will be in Minneapolis tonight for a rally and a fundraiser. He's the lastest candidate to use Minnesota as a cash and dash ATM (meaning he drops in for a fundraiser, does a quick public appearance and heads on to the next state).

Gov. Pawlenty sets the date for a special election to replace Steve Sviggum.

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Comments (1)

So at the same time that the legislature is giving double-digit raises to its employees, other state workers are facing raises that are smaller than inflation (the current proposal is 1.75%) along with massive health care cost increases? How does this make sense?

Posted by MR | June 29, 2007 1:43 PM

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