Polinaut: June 12, 2009 Archive

The Daily Digest: 6-12-09

Posted at 7:30 AM on June 12, 2009 by Tom Scheck (0 Comments)
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The Pi Press says drug companies spent less on doctors in Minnesota last year.

There is a hearing today to determine the scope of the I-35W bridge lawsuit.

DFL House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher is questioning Gov. Pawlenty's unallotment authority. The Star Tribune story followed a MinnPost article posted yesterday.

For the record, Steve Perry reported these meetings a few weeks ago.

Regions Hospital puts a face on the cuts.

The U of M may ban booze at the new football stadium and arenas.

The Minnesota Supreme Court approves Instant Runoff Voting in Minneapolis. MPR, the Star Tribune and AP have stories.

The state's unemployment fund is running dangerously low.

A report says green jobs are surging in Minnesota.

Gov. Pawlenty sat down with Fox 9 news and Capitol Report.

Secretary of State Mark Ritchie says he wants to tweak the voter registration system.

The state says H1N1 cases have doubled.

The Bell Museum won't be in the U of M's bonding bill request next year.

2010

Six DFL or possible candidates for governor attended a forum on environmental issues. The Minnesota Environmental Partnership invited 17 Republican and DFL candidates.

You can follow my tweets from the forum (and why the Orlando Magic lost last night) here.

Republican businessman Brian Sullivan announced that he won't run for governor. The Pi Press, MPR and AP have stories.

D.C.

President Obama visited Green Bay, WI and said the time to fix health care is now.

He also wrote a note to excuse a ten year old for missing class.

The Senate passed a bill that would give the FDA more power over tobacco.

DFL Sen. Amy Klobuchar introduces Medicare legislation.

Klobuchar says she's impressed the high court nominee.

The head of the USDA says the climate change bill needs some improvement. DFL Rep. Collin Peterson is mentioned.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has contacted DFL Rep. Collin Peterson to see why he's holding up the climate change bill. The report also said Democrats want to know where DFL Rep. Tim Walz stands on the bill.

Walz also told Politico that he doesn't think the Senate is going to do anything on the issue.

The New York Times, however, reports that Speaker Pelosi said there will be a climate bill.

GOP Rep. John Kline is in line to be the top Republican on the Education and Labor Committee.

DFL Rep. Keith Ellison condemns the Holocaust Museum attack.

Ellison will also attend the opening of a new Mosque in Boston.

GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann stands up for an auto dealer who donated $100,000 to GOP candidates.

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For your viewing pleasure...

Posted at 4:02 PM on June 12, 2009 by Tom Scheck (0 Comments)

Here's a list of who's on the public affairs show this weekend. Gov. Pawlenty told reporters earlier this week that he was scheduled to appear on Fox News Sunday but an AP rundown and the show's website don't list him.

TPT's Alamanac:

We preview the big Vietnam Vets event at the State Capitol tomorrow with Veterans Affairs Commissioner Clark Dyrud, take a look at a documentary on the life of Governor Elmer L. Andersen and Republican Brian Sullivan joins our political panel this week.; We'll ask him why he is not running for Governor.

Capitol Report: (which airs on these PBS stations: Appleton - Sundays, 12:00 pm, Channel 10.4 Austin - Sundays, 11:30 a.m., Channel 15.1 Bemidji - Sundays, 10:00 a.m., Channel 9.1 Brainerd - Sundays, 10:00 a.m., Channel 22.1 Duluth - Sundays, 12:00 p.m., Channel 8.1 Statewide - Sundays, 6:00 p.m., Minnesota Channel):

An interview with Gov. Pawlenty, Senator Sandy Rummel, DFL - White Bear Lake, discusses the new "sippy cup" law, and Senator Scott Dibble, DFL-Mpls., expresses his displeasure over the governor's veto of the "anti-bullying" bill.

WCCO's Sunday Morning:

We have confirmed DFL Sen. Amy Klobuchar, GOP Rep. Erik Paulsen, U of M Solar car students and an artist Leo Stans.

KSTP's At Issue:

They didn't get back to me yet...

ABC's THIS WEEK WITH GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOUS - Topics: health care reform, with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, and former Massachusetts Governor and Republican Presidential hopeful Matt Romney.

C-SPAN's NEWSMAKERS - Interview with Sen. John Kyl, R-Ariz.

CBS FACE THE NATION WITH BOB SCHIEFFER - Topics: Health care, Guantanamo Bay, Sotomayor nomination, and GOP politics, with Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill.

CNN's STATE OF THE UNION WITH JOHN KING - Topics: Health care debate, H1N1 flu, with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius; health care, with Sens. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., Kent Conrad, D-N.D., and Susan Collins, R-Maine; economic stimulus, health care, energy, with Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind.

FOX NEWS SUNDAY - Topics: health care reform, with Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., and Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa; administration's "pay czar" proposal, with U.S. Chamber of Commerce CEO Thomas Donohue.

NBC's MEET THE PRESS - Topics: the Obama administration agenda, the economy, foreign policy, health care and the Supreme Court, with Vice President Joe Biden.

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