The Daily Digest: 11-28-07
Gov. Pawlenty is in California today and tomorrow. He's attending the Republican Governor's Association Annual Conference. Pawlenty made a round of judicial appointments yesterday. He appointed Chris Dietzen, a Court of Appeals judge and Pawlenty's former campaign attorney, for the Minnesota Supreme Court. The Star Tribune, MPR, AP and the Pi Press have stories.
The governor will be back in town for Friday's February forecast. He is predicting that it will be "bad news."
The Legislative Auditor releases his investigative report this afternoon into the travel of MnDOT's emergency manager.
KARE-11 says MnDOT faces a fork in the road when it comes to funding.
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DFL Sen. Steve Murphy rails against some comments made by Transportation Commissioner Carol Molnau. Read the last line. I'm getting the feeling that he's not bluffing when it comes to bouncing her.
Fox9 has a story on the relationship between MnDOT and URS.
The Pi Press says MnDOT's building is crumbling but MnDOT says don't blame MnDOT.
Congress
Forum Communications says the global warming fight in Congress is uncertain.
KTTC does a story on the Wellstone Mental Health parity act. DFL Sen. Amy Klobuchar is mentioned.
GOP Sen. Norm Coleman talked health care in Fergus Falls.
DFL Rep. Betty McCollum is in Syria to stress U.S. concern about the welfare of displaced Iraqis in Syria and Jordan. The visit comes at a time when hundreds of Iraqis are being bussed back to their homes from Syria.
GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann presented a check to the Sauk Rapids fire department.
DFL Rep. Collin Peterson says it may be more difficult to extend the current Farm Bill than pass a new one.
2008
DFL U.S. Senate candidates debate. The Star Tribune, Eric Black and MNBlue have a roundup.
One of the candidates, Jim Cohen, wants to see greater cooperation.
MNGOP Chair Ron Carey takes issue with a comment Al Franken made to the Rochester Post Bulletin. Carey says Franken did make a joke regarding Bob Dole.
Women for Obama form a Minnesota committee.
Finally
The Rochester Post-Bulletin writes about the Hillary nutcracker.