The Morning Report 8/19/08 - Daily Minnesota Political Stories

Top Story: DFL proud of diverse delegate team it will send to Denver.

Best of the Blogs and Think Tank Thoughts:

• Live blogging the Klobuchar-Walz veterans meeting in St. Peter, Bluestem Prairie
• Obama campaign doubles efforts on the Iron Range, Minnesota Brown
• Joel Mowbray reports: Keen ideas for party building, True North
• Taking on the divine right, Defenestrator - The Rake
• Minnesota Lawyer unveils new site providing info on judicial candidates, Minnesota Lawyer Blog

Business/Economy:

• Shifting of St. Paul barge facility hits a few harbor snags, Star Tribune
• Mayo pledges $5 million to Hormel Institute’s cancer research, Rochester Post-Bulletin
• Mining project by the numbers, Mesabi Daily News
• Faegre sprouts agribusiness practice group, MSP Business Journal
• Target’s 2Q profit declines 7.6 percent, AP
• Fergus Falls council nixes movie, AP
• Duluth city employees union decries staff cuts, Duluth News Tribune
• Commissioners want bonds limited to steel plant, Hibbing Daily Tribune

Campaigns-Senate:

• Coleman favors wide-ranging energy plan that includes more oil drilling, Bemidji Pioneer
• Sen. Coleman visiting Duluth and Hibbing Tuesday, Duluth News Tribune

Campaigns:

• Ad critical of McCain doesn’t fly with NWA, Star Tribune
• Obama has slight edge over McCain in MN, KSTP

Congress-House:

• Oberstar praises downtown revitalization plan, Park Rapids Enterprise

Crime/Police:

• Minneapolis poised to pay both sides in police incident, Star Tribune
• St. Paul Police unhappy with mayor’s pay offer, WCCO

Education:

• Robbinsdale board puts additional school funds to the voters, Star Tribune
• Hit the snooze button! Several area schools change start times, KARE 11
• School referendum to be on November ballot, Bemidji Pioneer

Elections:

• Delegate profile: Sam Scott, News Cut - MPR
• DFL celebrates diversity of attendees, Pioneer Press
• MN DFL delegation to be one of the most diverse, KSTP

Environment:

• St. Paul recycler on track to burn bio-gas, MPR

Government-Local:

• Strong turnout at RCW public forum, West Central Tribune

Labor:

• Edwards won’t attend big St. Paul Labor Day event, Star Tribune

Opinion-Editorial:

• Editorial: A blast from a past Minnesota governor, Star Tribune

Other States:

• Denver’s DNC plans include homeless makeovers, WCCO

Pawlenty:

• Pawlenty derides Obama’s ‘minimalist’ energy plan, AP
• Pawlenty as VP draws doubt from political analysts, Minnesota News Network
• Veep Sheet: We have timetables!, Politico

People:

• Jesse the Judge may in the future, West Central Tribune

Public Health/Safety:

• Hennepin County touts initial success of DWI court, Star Tribune
• Could stagnant mileage deduction drive volunteers away?, MinnPost
• Re-enactment leads to protest, arrests, West Central Tribune
• City Council votes to establish task force to study flooding issues, West Central Tribune
• St. Paul tests 911 text messaging system, WCCO
• Third Bemidji pharmacist disciplined after drug overdose incident, Bemidji Pioneer

Republican National Convention:

• The RNC’s juggler in chief, Star Tribune
• The modern political convention exists to be seen, AP
• RNC location helps Coleman attend, MPR - Polinaut
• Will drama return to the political conventions?, Arizona Republic
• Meet the 51 corporations wining and dining GOP-convention media, MinnPost
• Big cash carries no convention clout, Politico

St. Paul/Minneapolis:

• August 20 public hearing on framework and funding of NRP, The Bridge

Transportation:

• Bus detours released for GOP convention Metro Transit: You’ll be on time, but you’ll have to walk, Pioneer Press
• Metro Transit to reroute buses during RNC, MPR

Z-File: Irresistible Stories Beyond the Purview of PIM

• Pabst serves up Schlitz beer on draft, MSP Business Journal