The Daily Digest
DFL Party leaders in Senate District 50 have stripped the party endorsement from DFL Sen. Satveer Chaudhary. They then awarded party backing to former DFL Rep. Barb Goodwin. Chaudhary vows to fight on in the DFL Primary. MPR, the Pi Press, the Star Tribune and PIM have stories.
Mike Hatch, the 2006 DFL endorsed candidate for governor, is backing former U.S. Sen. Mark Dayton for governor.
Rob Hahn, an I-P candidate for governor, says he wants changes to the state's family law.
The GOP candidates will hit the road tomorrow.
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The Rochester Post-Bulletin takes a look at where the candidates in MN's 1st Congressional District stand on oil drilling.
Under the Dome
The Pi Press says Newly revealed documents suggest the consultants the state hired to make sure the I-35W bridge was safe actually feared it would collapse nearly a year before the disaster.
The victims of the 35W bridge collapse are seeking punitive damages.
Repairs are set to begin on the Winona Bridge.
Twin Cities hospitals are preparing for the nurses strike by lining up thousands of replacement nurses.
Meanwhile, rural hospitals are struggling to deal with rapidly changing health care.
Congress
The U.S. Supreme Court strikes down local gun ban cases.
President Obama's Supreme Court pick, Elena Kagan, told the Senate Judiciary Committee she would be unbiased and deferential to Congress.
The hearings started yesterday and featured DFL Sen. Amy Klobuchar and DFL Sen. Al Franken.
You can listen Klobuchar's statement on Kagan here.
You can listen Franken's statement on Kagan here.
The Fix says Franken is one of the six senators to watch during the Kagan hearings.
DFL Rep. Collin Peterson talked with MPR about the Wall St. reform bill.
GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann will address a group that is at the Capitol to "press for prescription drug monitoring and higher reimbursement rates.
Bachmann will keynote World Net Daily's "Taking Back America" national conference in September.
Supporters of a measure to build a Red River diversion are hearing mixed messages. DFL Rep. Collin Peterson is mentioned.
Pawlenty for Prez Watch
Gov. Pawlenty will be in South Carolina tonight and tomorrow.
Mitt Romney doubles down on Terry Branstad in Iowa.
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour pleads for federal help to clean up the oil spill.