The Morning Report - 8/15/2008 - Daily Minnesota Political Stories
Top Story: Senate Republican Caucus will not accept Mark Olson; they endorse his primary opponent, Krueger.
Best of the Blogs and Think Tank Thoughts:
Health Care:
Legislature:
Z-File: Irresistible Stories Beyond the Purview of PIM
Best of the Blogs and Think Tank Thoughts:
- GOP moral outrage on Mark Olson? Maybe....maybe not, mnPACT!
- Coleman cold to Olson as well, True North
- Will GOP controversy put 16th Senate District in play for the DFL?, Smart Politics
- A New York state of mind, Power Line Blog
- Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation supports H.R. 6709, Bluestem Prairie
- Convention cops: Milwaukee, Cedar Rapids and Illinois to send officers, Minnesota Independent
- Excelsior dealt serious blow at PUC, Minnesota Brown
- Daily Liberal mapping project: Lessons for Franken, Twin Cities Daily Liberal
- Mayor Rybak grows city government to spend more taxpayer money, Urban Renaissance Coalition
- The Minnesota Senate race: The tax cheat vs. the rent cheat, The Political Animal
- Deaf by Muzak, The Same Rowdy Crowd
- Klobuchar on the stump, The Political Animal
- AG sues mortgage lender for misleading customers, MPR
- Attorney General sues mortgage firm for predatory practices, Finance and Commerce
- Inflation nears 4 percent for Minnesota consumers, Finance and Commerce
- Foreclosure pain rises, Star Tribune
- Hundreds more jobs will be cut, 3M says, Star Tribune
- State unemployment tops national rate in July, MSP Business Journal
- American ethanol industry improves product and PR efforts, AP
- Economic Lookouts aren't surprised by high unemployment numbers, MPR
- Foreclosures clogging metro housing market, Pioneer Press
- Business Journal names Best Places to Work, MSP Business Journal
- Not So Funny, Time
- New ad from Norm Coleman campaign [YouTube link]
- McCain, Obama heat up their battle for Minnesota, Star Tribune
- Obama campaign targets seniors, MPR
- Mondale makes pitch for Obama, Pioneer Press
- McCollum to hold rally during RNC, Polinaut - MPR
- Lakeville police move into bigger, better station, Pioneer Press
- MnSCU board chair lays out plans, West Central Tribune
Health Care:
- Is a hot line for chest pain a dangerous idea?, Star Tribune
- St. Luke's to halt oncology services on Range, Duluth News Tribune
Legislature:
- Minnesota Senate GOP doesn't want shunned lawmaker, Pioneer Press
- Senate Republicans turn on Big Lake GOP candidate, Star Tribune
- Senjem then vs. Senjem now, Polinaut - MPR
- Editorial: Web health records may save time, money, Star Tribune
- Editorial: Speak up for change in education, St. Cloud Times
- Legislators ignore e-mails, Fargo Forum
- Campaign 2008: Pawlenty hints state could face $500 million to $1.5 billion deficit next year, Bemidji Pioneer
- Pawlenty puts Minnesota in the spotlight, Red Wing Republican Eagle
- David Carr Q & A: To hell and back, then back to hell, then to the New York Times, The Blotter - City Pages
- Duluth housing advocates proclaim early success, Duluth News Tribune
- U study: Frequent ear infections linked to childhood obesity, Pioneer Press
- For those Republicans about to rock, we welcome you, Star Tribune
- RNC podium is built ... and will stay that way, Pioneer Press
- Stage? Check. Signs? Check. Lighting? Check. Xcel makeover for GOP takes shape, MinnPost
- Car rental? Larry Craig's restroom? Airport volunteers gear up to direct RNC visitors, Pioneer Press
- RNC begins training volunteers, MPR
- Come 3 a.m., the real Grand Ole Party won't be at the bar, Star Tribune
- Small platform means a closer convention audience, AP
- Boosting cell service for RNC, WCCO
- Huge protests expected at political conventions, Reuters
- Rybak's 2009 budget plan includes big chunk to beef up public works, Star Tribune
- Rybak's budget proposal: Fixing potholes back in fashion, MinnPost
Z-File: Irresistible Stories Beyond the Purview of PIM
- Measuring the 'Colbert Bump,' American Political Science Association. Democrats get sizeable spike in fundraising after appearances on "The Colbert Report."
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