The Daily Digest
Twin Cities hospitals and the nurses union are preparing for Thursday's one day strike. Hospitals say they're ready. Nurses are questioning staffing levels.
Gov. Pawlenty told reporters on Tuesday that he won't get involved in the negotiations.
Pawlenty has a news conference scheduled for today with Minnesota National Guard Adjutant General Larry Shellito.
Gov. Pawlenty and U.S. Steel executives signed a deal securing 3,000 acres in land for a new state park in northern Minnesota. The Duluth News Tribune says not everyone is happy about the new park.
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The Minnesota Court of Appeals backs a plan for a huge power line expansion.
Tuition at the U of M is headed up again.
Dakota County is doing financial screenings to make sure only the truly poor qualify for a free lawyer.
2010
There were a ton of primaries last night. The Washington Post's Dan Balz has an interesting recap.
Mark your calendar, Republican Tom Emmer will be on MPR's Midmorning tomorrow at 9am.
Mississippi reporters are questioning how Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Matt Entenza was "run out of Mississippi" when he spent time there. The story comes after Entenza ripped the state.
The MNGOP filed a complaint against Republican Tom Horner.
MinnPost examines how Horner is bragging about a poll done by one of his supporters.
Several candidates for governor will appear at a forum on Sunday.
GOP Lt. Gov. candidate Annette Meeks talked crime during a town hall in Mankato.
Democrats point out in a video that the Emmer campaign's Prosperity Tour stop in Rochester was closed to the public. Emmer repeatedly said when he announced the tour that it would be open to the public, press and Ted, the DFL tracker. An Emmer staffer says an individual was asked to leave because
he was "disruptive."
"the host had reason to believe was intent on disrupting the meeting
Congress
An anti-crime group wants Congress to step up ways to keep kids out of trouble in a school reform bill. GOP Rep. John Kline is mentioned.
The budget and politics prompt early work on the Farm Bill. DFL Rep. Collin Peterson is mentioned.
Pawlenty for Prez Watch
Pawlenty says he won't try to be funnier than Jon Stewart during his Daily Show appearance.
WCCO checks Pawlenty's past funny lines.
The Fix says the early endorsements in Iowa and South Carolina by Sarah Palin and Mitt Romney will help in 2012.