The Daily Digest: 10-15-2007
Posted at 8:57 AM on October 15, 2007
by Tom Scheck
Filed under: Daily Digest
An economics professor with the U of M won the Nobel Prize for Economics.
The Star Tribune says agencies were paying a sex offender as an informant.
The Star Tribune has a story on Gov. Pawlenty's climate change advisory group.
AP says Rushford is recovering slowly from the flooding.
The Star Tribune writes about the downside to ticket scalping
The Brainerd Dispatch writes on school funding.
Gov. Pawlenty urges Norway to keep the Norway consulate open.
KSTP says illegal immigrants are bringing meth into Minnesota.
I-35W Bridge
The Transportation Contigent Appropriation Group meets again today. ECM Publishers says there have been plenty of interim committee meetings this year.
This is the first full week of construction on t new I-35W bridge. Here are some of the things you don't know about the construction.
KARE-11 says a ceremonial ground breaking is slated for today but I was told on Friday that those plans have been scrapped.
Some of the bridge collapse survivors are still trying to cope.
The second opinion on causes of the bridge collapse will be kept secret. Public money for an investigation will be kept secret? Sounds more like the state is preparing for a lawsuit instead of finding out what happened.
Conde Naste's Portfolio says the feds learned a lesson from Hurricane Katrina and worked quickly to give aid for the I-35W bridge.
Congress
AP says the federal government had concerns that foot and mouth disease could hit the Midwest this summer.
The U.S. Senate is scheduled to take up the Farm Bill on October 23rd. Klobuchar is mentioned in this story.
But permanent farm disaster funding is dividing the Senate. DFL Rep. Collin Peterson is mentioned.
GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann writes an op-ed on why she opposes SCHIP expansion.
The op-ed comes on the eve of an attempted veto override.
DFL Rep. Tim Walz holds several Iraq forums around the state. The Rochester Post Bulletin and KEYC have stories.
DFL Rep. Keith Ellison declines to be a part of a coloring book titled "I Don't Want to Blow You Up!" Others have filed cease and desist letters to the author.
Forum Communications says a court ruling could add to construction costs in St. Louis County. DFL Rep. Jim Oberstar is mentioned.
The FAA is faulted for the way it handled maintenance concerns during the mechanics strike.
Idaho Senator Larry Craig is expected to file an appeal.
2008
The Star Tribune details the money race.
DFL U.S. Senate candidate Mike Ciresi is way behind in the money race. The Star Tribune and AP have stories.
GOP Rep. John Kline has $312 thousand in the bank.
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