The Daily Digest
Posted at 7:40 AM on September 17, 2009
by Tom Scheck
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Minnesota's job numbers for August are released this morning.
Slow job growth is the next worry for economists.
An official with the Minnesota School Boards Association says "We're at the bake sale level" when it comes to funding.
Gov. Pawlenty wants to prevent state money from going to ACORN even though it appears no state money is going to ACORN. MPR, AP, the Pi Press, the Star Tribune, the Rochester Post-Bulletin and MinnPost have stories.
ACORN announced a hiring freeze and new training for employees on a national level.
State senators visit a technical college in Worthington.
Health Care
Doctors and lawyers say medical malpractice reform is not needed in Minnesota.
Minnesota companies are not happy with the health reform bill put forward in the U.S. Senate.
DFL Sen. Amy Klobuchar said the proposal is a good start.
60 is the magic number in the U.S. Senate.
The Senate bill also requires drug and medical device companies to disclose consulting agreements with doctors.
Coborn's is urging employees to oppose the health care reform bill.
Flu
Health officials say the flu is widespread in Minnesota.
2010
MPR says eight of the nine GOP candidates for governor reject global warming science.
Margaret Anderson Kelliher officially entered the race for governor. MPR, the Rochester Post-Bulletin, AP, the Pi Press, the Mankato Free Press and the Star Tribune have stories.
You can listen to her speech here.
Congress
The U.S. plans to scrap the missile shield.
President Obama says there are no plans for additional troop increase in Afghanistan.
The EPA agrees with a Great Lakes cleanup report.
DFL Rep. Tim Walz says he's been working a lot over the last six months.
A House bill would kill subsidized student loans. GOP Rep. John Kline opposes the effort.
DFL Rep. Keith Ellison wants to increase eligibility for school lunches.
Ellison and GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann tweet off.
Bachmann also suggests that President Obama could work to starve the nation.
The feds keep little used airports in business. DFL Rep. Jim Oberstar is mentioned.
2012
Gov. Pawlenty will speak at the Values Voter summit on Friday. He's also scheduled to speak in Ohio on Saturday.
Pawlenty's chief 2012 rival, Mitt Romney, also has a busy weekend schedule on tap.
Comments (3)
The MPR piece on the science-denying gubernatorial candidates is worthy of a time capsule. Imagine the amazement of 22nd Century historians at this sort of mass delusion.
How do you get "Doctors ... say medical malpractice reform is not needed in Minnesota" from that article?
1) Dr. Hasti is not quoted as saying that medical malpractice reform is not needed in Minnesota. It is stated (without quotes) that she thinks things are better in Minnesota than in Connecticut, but that doesn't mean that reform is not needed here.
2) The article itself says that Dr. Peterson, the only other doctor quoted, "supports malpractice reform"!
3) The headline implies that at least most doctors in MN think that reform is not needed, but absolutely no evidence for that is provided.
A more accurate headline would say "One doctor doesn't directly comment on the need for malpractice reform, another thinks it is needed."
As for the lawyers (and I am one), asking a lawyer for his opinion on this is like asking an oil well owner for his opinion on global warming.
The letter to Coborn's employees is dishonest, and an attempt to scare its employees with layoffs. There is no "current federal legislation" that "promotes a huge shift from private sector coverage to government run health care."
The current proposals do not call for government-run health care. A public option is not government-run health care. It is government-run insurance, similar to Medicare.
I am surprised that the article by MPR does not reference this misrepresentation in the letter.
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