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Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development Commissioner Dan McElroy is on a 10-city tour of Minnesota, talking about the economy. The Strib has a story. Farmfest opens today. Congressman Tim Walz, Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken and Governor Tim Pawlenty are scheduled to appear. The annual farm exposition near Redwood Falls draws about…
We say Minnesconsin, you say Wissota. Let's call the whole thing off.
I neglected to mention in the Daily Digest that Midday will broadcast Gov. Tim Palwenty’s speech to the RNC at noon today. It was relatively short, about 25 minutes or so, so they’ll round out the hour with some remarks he made at an education panel in Aspen a few weeks ago.
Daily Digest
2012 Gov. Tim Pawlenty sounds like a candidate at the RNC summer meeting in San Diego. Take your pick of coverage from MPR, the Star Tribune, the Pioneer Press, and many others. The Minnesota DFL issued a strongly worded response to the governor’s speech, ripping him for the state’s job losses, cuts in health care…