BEST OF THE BLOGS

• Tony Hernandez: Five Paths To Congress, Shot in the Dark
• Ventura offers to campaign against marriage amendment, Political Notebook
• Clark releases first TV ad, Capitol View
• The Straw Teacher, Shot in the Dark
• DFL frustration boiling over, Let Freedom Ring
• DFL statewide media campaign needed: ‘Replace The Worst Legislature Ever.’, Wry Wing Politics
  
• Photo ID amendment wouldn’t have stopped the 0.011% vote fraud in Ramsey County, MN Progressive Project
• France awards Oberstar its ‘Order of Merit’, Hot Dish Politics
• Short memory: Washington Republicans forget that Walz favored choice, all families in 2006, Bluestem Prairie
  

BUSINESS / ECONOMY

• Despite advances, senior housing remains tricky pitch, Finance and Commerce 6/18/12 5:15 p.m.
• Mayo Clinic growth boosts Rochester’s boom, MPR
• More fuel plants are eyeing isobutanol, Star Tribune 6/18/12 9:08 p.m.
• Minnesota Power sticks up for old coal-burners, Star Tribune 6/18/12 9:38 p.m.
  

CAMPAIGNS

• Election confusion — signs of the times, Star Tribune 6/18/12 8:37 p.m.
  

CONGRESS – HOUSE

• House agrees to pay Minnesota tribes $28 million, Star Tribune 6/18/12 9:27 p.m.
• Observers: Rep. Tim Walz positioned well despite GOP criticism, MPR
  

EDUCATION

• Josh Reimnitz: from TFA to nonprofit to school-board hopeful, MinnPost 6/18/12 8:45 a.m.
• No cuts coming at Marshall Schools, Marshall Independent
  

ELECTIONS

• St. Paul files brief in suit challenging Voter ID amendment, wants measure kept off ballot, Pioneer Press 6/18/12 11:30 p.m.
  

ENVIRONMENT

• DNR: Invasive species violation rates unacceptable, AP
• Actions praised in 2011 BWCA wildfire, Star Tribune 6/19/12 7:38 a.m.
• Cell tower near BWCA gets OK from appeals court, Star Tribune 6/18/12 10:26 p.m.
• Court allows AT&T cell tower near BWCA, MPR
  

GOVERNMENT – LOCAL

• Health on the horizon – Douglas County participating in five-county plan, Alexandria Echo Press 6/18/12 4:13 p.m.
• Anoka County gun owners pay less thanks to budget surplus, KSTP 6/18/12 11:23 p.m.
  

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