The Daily Digest: 4-24-07
Several conferences committees start work this week. The strib and Forum Communications have stories.
DFLers in the Minnesota House released their tax bill yesterday and there are plenty of different story angles. There's the straight ahead story on the bill. There's the income tax hike vs. the property tax reduction angle. There's the end of session story. There's the story on whether it has the votes to pass it into law. There's the FarmZ aspect and finally the whole kitchen sink story.
Check out MPR's series "Is the high school obsolete?"
The Star Tribune says Minneapoolis foreclosures rise. State Economist Tom Stinson takes note.
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The Senate tries to tighten road rules for teen drivers.
ECM Publishers has a story on medical marijuana
Assistant Senate Majority Leader Tarryl Clark takes over the Senate Education negotiations as a result of Sen. LeRoy Stumpf's health problems.
Congress
A study says federal workers are abusing transit vouchers. GOP Sen. Norm Coleman is mentioned.
Black Anthem Military News details Coleman's trip to Iraq.
WorkDay Minnesota says unions are encouraging Coleman to support the Employee Free Choice Act.
The site also says DFL Sen. Amy Klobuchar and DFL Rep. Keith Ellison meet with union members.
Klobuchar meets with Hutchinson leaders.
A study says the Ag Department unintentionally released 38,000 social security numbers but it's less than originally feared. DFL Rep. Collin Peterson is mentioned in the story.
MPR profiles Minnesota's U.S. Attorney Rachel Paulose. No comment from Paulose.
2008
The Hill says the National Association of Wholesaler Distributors is trying to get GOP Sen. Norm Coleman reelected.
DFLer Al Franken will campaign in St. Cloud on Thursday.
Franken and Ciresi (and others) appear at a forum in Granite Falls.
DFLer Mike Ciresi appears on At Issue.
Blog Watch
Smart Politics says a recent poll shows Republican id is at its lowest level in years. The poll also says 33% of the Minnesotans polled approve of President Bush's job.
MDE has a posting on radio ads released by The FreedomWorks New Majority Project. The group is run by Pat Shortridge, who was the campaign manager and chief of staff for Mark Kennedy. FreedomWorks is run by Dick Armey (who Shortridge used to work for).