Morning Report 7/6/2012

 

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BEST OF THE BLOGS

• Train in vain, Mr. Dilettante’s Neighborhood
• Gimse likes dropping of federal earmarks, Capitol Chatter
• Emmer: Minnesota can and should refuse to create a health care exchange, True North
  
• Pawlenty stepmother dies at 87, Capitol Chatter
  
• Independent group set up for MN Rep. Steve Smith, Hot Dish Politics
• Austin-tatiously disingenuous, Shot in the Dark
  
• NEA gives Gov. Dayton meaningless award, Let Freedom Ring
• The scope of his expertise is, ahem, quite limited, LeftMN
  
• Tea Party ATM machine Michele Bachmann to fundraise for Allen Quist in Rochester, Bluestem Prairie
  

 

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BUSINESS / ECONOMY

• Farmers’ safety net is now a money bag, Star Tribune 7/5/12 6:44 p.m.
• Study shows Rochester has highest job growth in Minnesota; 66th in nation, MinnPost 7/5/12 11:58 a.m.
  

 

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CAMPAIGNS

• Minnesota campaigners say the economy — not health care — will be the big election issue, MinnPost 7/5/12 9:44 p.m.
  

 

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ELECTIONS

• Secretary of State Mark Ritchie announces absentee balloting period, Alexandria Echo Press 7/6/12 12:00 a.m.
• ThreeSixty: A lot hangs on voter ID question, Star Tribune 7/5/12 10:00 a.m.
  

 

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ENVIRONMENT

• DNR officials: Bears have been roaming Rochester area, AP
• Broken pipe spews sewage into river, MPR
• Double trouble for those spreading milfoil, zebras, Alexandria Echo Press 7/6/12 12:00 a.m.
  
• Ag department to do aerial treatments against gypsy moths, Alexandria Echo Press 7/5/12 11:49 a.m.
  

 

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GOVERNMENT – LOCAL

• Barbara Derus resigns from Three Rivers Park Board, Star Tribune 7/5/12 5:26 p.m.
  

 

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LABOR

• Benefits may end for some American Crystal workers, AP
  

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LEGISLATURE

• Election Trivia for a Summer Day, Legislative Reference Library
  

 

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OPINION – COMMENTARY

• Sen. Amy Klobuchar: Farm Bill provides much-needed continuity, Rochester Post-Bulletin 7/5/12 7:08 a.m.
  

 

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OPINION – EDITORIAL

• Editorial: Drug courts are proving their value, Star Tribune 7/5/12 6:24 p.m.
  

 

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PUBLIC HEALTH / SAFETY

• Drowning numbers in Minnesota almost at decade high, Star Tribune 7/5/12 5:32 p.m.
• Blaine hacker’s 18-year sentence upheld, Star Tribune 7/5/12 7:35 p.m.
• Minnesota: ‘Deadliest’ traffic day yields no deaths this 4th of July, Pioneer Press 7/5/12 7:18 p.m.
• Downed trees slow work to restore power, Duluth News Tribune 7/6/12 12:00 a.m.
• Firefighters show follow-through in Minnetonka, Star Tribune 7/5/12 9:24 p.m.
  

 

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SAINT PAUL / MINNEAPOLIS

• Arts luminaries critique Minnesota governors’ portraits, MinnPost 7/5/12 9:40 a.m.
  

 

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TRANSPORTATION

• Southwest LRT planners look to engage developers, Finance and Commerce 7/5/12 3:53 p.m.
• Northstar cuts fares by as much as 25% to lure more riders, Star Tribune 7/5/12 11:37 p.m.
  

 

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Z-FILE: IRRESISTIBLE STORIES BEYOND THE PURVIEW OF PIM

• Soccer’s governing body OKs goal-line technology, headscarves, AP