• DFLers file to run in competitive Minnesota congressional races 6/4/12 4:12 p.m.
• GOP Rep. Crawford won’t seek re-election 6/4/12 2:20 p.m.
  

BEST OF THE BLOGS

• An open letter to Amy Klobuchar, MN Publius
• Clark files as third DFLer in 8th District race, Capitol View
• As Bills helps Walker in Wisconsin, Klobuchar courts female voters, Capitol View
• Crawford not running for re-election in House, Capitol View
• Will changes among religious Minnesotans make the difference in gay marriage vote?, Wry Wing Politics
• Researchers closer to report on rare lung disease among Range workers, Minnesota Brown
• Keith Elllison, spinmeister extraordinaire, Let Freedom Ring
• Whose party is it?, Shot in the Dark
• Steele yourself: Bemidji gadfly files in Minnesota’s Seventh Congressional District, Bluestem Prairie
  

BUSINESS / ECONOMY

• Pinnacle Airlines wooed to move its HQ to Minnesota, Star Tribune 6/4/12 10:39 p.m.
• New farm in St. Paul to fast-track local food, Star Tribune 6/4/12 7:44 p.m.
• Cub Foods in joint venture of urban hydroponic greenhouse in St. Paul, Pioneer Press 6/4/12 9:57 p.m.
• Canterbury Park and tribe cut deal on gambling, Star Tribune 6/4/12 9:49 p.m.
  
• Canterbury Park, Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community nose out competitors, MPR
• Canterbury, tribe in no-racino agreement; Running Aces track unaware of deal, AP 6/4/12 10:21 p.m.
• ATK wins big contract from U.S. Army, Star Tribune 6/4/12 10:53 p.m.
• Vikings stadium taxes worry charities, Star Tribune 6/4/12 11:30 p.m.
  

CAMPAIGNS

• Tarryl Clark files to complete expected DFL field, Duluth News Tribune 6/5/12 12:00 a.m.
• Oberstar endorses Nolan in 8th District, MPR
• Oberstar endorses Nolan in the crowded 8th District DFL congressional field, MinnPost
• Minnesota DFLers head to Wisconsin to help improve turnout in Walker recall election, MinnPost
• Rosen gets opponent from Eagle Lake, Mankato Free Press
• The DFL convenes amid lots of loathing but maybe not enough fear, MinnPost
  

DAYTON

• Dayton rips Republicans over civic center funding, Rochester Post-Bulletin
  

EDUCATION

• Advocates: Charter schools still growing, MPR
  

GOVERNMENT – LOCAL

• Council upholds frac sand permit, Winona Daily News
  
• Mankato council to consider abolishing civil service commission, Mankato Free Press
• Ramsey County retains AAA bond rating, Pioneer Press 6/4/12 6:26 p.m.
• Kiscaden joins Olmsted County commissioner race, Rochester Post-Bulletin 6/4/12 4:36 p.m.
  

HEALTH CARE

• Minnesota seeks to limit psych drugs for kids, Star Tribune 6/4/12 9:52 p.m.
  

JUDICIAL

• Appeals court throws out 19 of 20 contempt counts against Minn. woman convicted in terror case, AP 6/4/12 2:58 p.m.
  

LABOR

• Crystal Sugar, union returning to bargaining table, AP
  

OPINION – COMMENTARY

• Michael Martin: Taxpayers are on a $56 million hook for the Lake County fiber project, Duluth News Tribune 6/5/12 12:00 a.m.
  

PUBLIC HEALTH / SAFETY

• Lino Lakes residents told not to drink city water, Star Tribune 6/4/12 11:15 p.m.
• Device to purify water led to terminal evacuation, AP 6/4/12 4:21 p.m.
• Unemployment benefits cut to 46 weeks, MPR
  

SAINT PAUL / MINNEAPOLIS

• New grocery store proposed for north Minneapolis, Finance and Commerce 6/4/12 4:18 p.m.
• Payments to Minneapolis digital fund dry up, MPR
• Ethanol producers gather in Minneapolis, Pioneer Press 6/4/12 12:01 a.m.
  

TRANSPORTATION

• ‘Interchange to nowhere’ could get arterial road, Finance and Commerce 6/5/12 7:30 a.m.
• Public transit use gains in U.S. cities, Finance and Commerce 6/4/12 5:06 p.m.
• URS must wait on $94M bid for light-rail contract, Star Tribune 6/4/12 11:09 p.m.
  

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