Polinaut: August 10, 2007 Archive

The Daily Digest: 8-10-07

Posted at 9:01 AM on August 10, 2007 by Tom Scheck (3 Comments)
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Gov. Pawlenty, some members of Minnesota's Congressional delegation and U.S. Transportation Secretary hold a news conference this morning to discuss reconstruction efforts.

The NTSB says the focus on the gusset plates is overblown even thought they were the ones to mention it in the last news release.

MNDOT chooses five finalists for the rebuild. MPR and the Pi Press have a look at the final five.

AP gets a hold of the e-mail traffic that went through Gov. Pawlenty's office in the wake of the collapse.

Gov. Pawlenty's political future may be at stake after the collapse.

WCCO reality checks transportation funding.

Pawlenty also pushes a tougher biodiesel mandate.

$44 million needed to renovate the Veterans Home.

Stateline says states, like Minnesota, are offering help to war vets.

The Twins reschedule their groundbreaking.

Congress

President Bush rejects a federal gas tax increase for bridge repair. MPR, AP and CQ have stories.

An AP poll says the Minneapolis bridge collapse signals a nationwide safety problem.

A Pennsylvania Congressman says Minnesota is trying to "screw" the rest of the country out of federal funding as a result of the bridge collapse.

DFL Rep. Keith Ellison will leave for Israel on Saturday. So is GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann.

Predatory lending gets plenty of criticism at a Congressional hearing in north Minneapolis.

DFL Rep. Jim Oberstar rides his bike in Bemidji.

Finally

The Minnesota Supreme Court is one step closer to having its own historical society.

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