The Daily Digest: 5-28-09
The FBI will investigate the Metro Gang Strike Force. MPR, the Star Tribune and the Pi Press have stories.
DFLers say Pawlenty's call for budget ideas is too late.
Gov. Pawlenty also calls out Albert Lea city leaders.
Chaska teachers and the city of St. Paul are worried about state budget cuts.
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WCCO takes a look at what budget cuts could mean to local parks.
The Army Corps of Engineers declares the Ford Dam as unsafe or potentially unsafe.
Medical marijuana supporters say they intend to put the issue on the 2010 ballot.
Whistle blowers get a cut of any recouped funds under a new law.
Update:
Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson wrote an op-ed that criticized Gov. Pawlenty's veto of a bill that would head off foreclosures.
GOP Rep. Dean Urdahl wants to repeal tribal banishment.
GOP Rep. Randy Demmer is not convinced of a Rochester Rail bypass.
DFL Sen. Steve Murphy says GOP Rep. Steve Drazkowski is to blame for not getting more aid to St. Charles.
D.C.
President Obama selects a St. John's professor to be his ambassador to the Vatican.
Republicans will not wage a fierce confirmation battle over Obama's Supreme Court pick.
Minnesota Lawyer says B. Todd Jones is the leading candidate to be Minnesota's U.S. Attorney but the magazine writer wonders whether the GOP will fight the nomination.
DFL Sen. Amy Klobuchar hears about the impact of tourism during a meeting in Duluth.
DFL Rep. Jim Oberstar is going to push to finish a $450 billion transportation bill by September.
DFL Rep. Tim Walz is reportedly in Syria.
DFL Rep. Keith Ellison calls for Gaza crossings to be opened. He made the comments during a trip to Lebanon.
DFL Rep. Betty McCollum will discuss the first time homebuyer fund with a new homebuyer and bank officials.
Minnesota GM dealers brace for bankruptcy.
UnitedHealth Group suggests ways to save the federal government $500 billion.
2010
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak is in China.