The Morning Report 2/25/08 - Daily Minnesota Political Stories

Top Stories: Defaults on loans surge in Minnesota, Does the DFL have the votes?, Gun debate will return to Capitol, 35W bridge construction may be well ahead of schedule, Pawlenty quizzed again on ambitions for V.P. post, St. Paul landlord files racial-bias suit, Molnau sold farm near road she pushed.



Agriculture:

• Farmers hope for record profits in 2008, MPR

Best of the Blogs and Think Tank Thoughts:

• Where are the hottest sources of info from the Legislature?, Politics in Minnesota. A myriad of handy links for our readers.
• Pawlenty is no Sherman, Truth vs. The Machine
• Jobs are at risk in Minnesota Legislature, Residual Forces
• The wages of staying home, Shot in the Dark
• Ron Erhardt feels the heat; responds with profanity, Carver County Republicans
• Getting to 90: House override of Pawlenty’s transportation bill veto unlikely, Smart Politics
• Molnau ensnared in another major scandal, MN Publius
• Rep. Kathy Tingelstad: Rational thought must be punished, mnpACT!
• Needs vs. wants, True North
• Al Frankenstein, American Spectator
  
• Pawlenty puts clean energy on national agenda while critics at home question commitment, MN Monitor
• Holding down public employment hurts Minnesota job growth, Across the Great Divide
  

Business/Economy:

• Defaults on loans surge in Minnesota, Star Tribune
• Steenland: Odd man out?, Star Tribune
• Rural cities seek LGA boost, Bemidji Pioneer
• Public sector cuts hurting state’s job growth, Ely Timberjay
  
• U negotiates food service contract, Minnesota Daily
• Governors hope for federal cash, AP
• Planning Commission to review Calhoun Square, Whole Foods projects, MSP Business Journal
  
• Closed down: Faced with tough economic times, are Hmong businesses in big trouble?, TC Daily Planet
  

Crime/Police:

• St. Louis County seeks to commit man arrested at university, AP
• Who is the other Alianiss Nunez Morales?, MPR
  

Education:

• New student IDs: their fingertips, Pioneer Press

Elections:

• A look at the regional presidential primaries proposal, AP
• McCain vs. Obama or Clinton in Minnesota, MinnPost
  

Environment:

• The case of the missing Minnesota moose, Star Tribune
• DNR’s big-dock rule makes waves, Star Tribune
• Slippery slope: Inventor wages war on rock salt, Wall Street Journal. In MN, ‘where overuse of salt has poisoned waterways like Shingle Creek near Minneapolis, transportation departments still mainly rely on it.’

Health Care:

• Dental plan to be offered to long-term-care residents, Rochester Post-Bulletin
• Mayo with everything, The Economist. ‘What happens when a clinic takes over a metropolis?’

I-35W Bridge Collapse:

• 35W bridge construction may be well ahead of schedule, KSTP

Labor:

• Twin Cities security officers prepare to strike , KSTP

Legislature:

• Does the DFL have the votes?, AP
• Gun debate will return to Capitol, Star Tribune
• Reducing sales tax could help transportation measure pass, AP
• Lobbying ramps up as override vote nears, Red Wing Republican Eagle
  

Opinion-Commentary:

• Lori Sturdevant: Providing for the public good needn’t be such a partisan fight, Star Tribune
• Chris Shorba: It’s time to fix our roads, bridges, St. Cloud Times
• George Will: The running mate McCain needs, Washington Post. ‘Pawlenty is a center-right politician in a center-right country, and the Minnesota Twins will open a new ballpark in 2010 because he helped to provide public funds, a practice that red-blooded Americans deplore in principle but enjoy in practice.’
• E.J. Dionne: Little-guy populism spoken here, Star Tribune
• Nick Coleman: The bus tragedy has turned into a political one, Star Tribune
• Jason Lewis: Pawlenty’s Record, Wall Street Journal. If McCain ‘wants to unite conservative Republicans behind him, there are better choices’ than Pawlenty.

Opinion-Editorial:

• Editorial: Settling differences and healing a city, Star Tribune
• Editorial: A reasonable piece of a responsible effort, Pioneer Press
• Editorial: Put politics aside for good of all Minnesotans, St. Cloud Times
• Editorial: Time to end the
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