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Minnesota's 2010 Primary leads the Digest today. However, we're not exactly sure which day will be Primary Day since a federal Defense Authorization bill may make the date at least a month earlier.
Meanwhile, a primary fight for the DFL nomination for governor has gotten more interesting. That's because the state's largest public employee union, AFSCME Council 5, is backing former U.S. Sen. Mark Dayton for governor. MPR, AP, the Star Tribune and the Pi Press have stories.
Dayton said the endorsement gives "enormous political strength" to his campaign.
The Star Tribune says the Republican candidates for governor share one thing in common: less government.
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GOP Rep. Paul Kohls tells KARE he will not support public funding for a new Vikings stadium. DFL Rep. Paul Thissen, another gov candidate, also said there isn't momentum for a stadium this year. Thissen didn't completely rule out some sort of help for a new stadium.
Here's a list of where the candidates will be this week.
The DFL organized a debate in Moorhead next Sunday.
Congress
President Obama declared H1N1 a national emergency.
Is Obama running a boy's club White House?
He also wants lenders to give to small businesses.
The White House has plenty of Minnesotans as staffers.
Democrats sound more confident that a public option will be approved.
The New York Times says small businesses are seeing an increase in health care premiums.
Health insurance profits are not as robust as Democrats claim.
DFL Reps. Tim Walz, Betty McCollum, Keith Ellison and Jim Oberstar want non-profit employers to be a part of the health insurance package.
MPR says fighting health care fraud is a difficult battle.
Twin suicide bombings kill 155 people in Iraq.
Fourteen Americans die in helicopter crashes in Afghanistan.
Thousands of demonstrations were held on Saturday to urge a cap on greenhouse gas emissions. Several hundred rallied at the State Capitol.
The EPA says the climate change bill would add $100 a year to heating bill costs for each household.
Republicans may block markup of the climate change bill.
The feds interview the crew that overshot MSP.
DFL Sen. Amy Klobuchar holds a hearing this morning on Minnesota's exports.
Klobuchar will also attend a St. Cloud bridge dedication ceremony. GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann will also be there.
Klobuchar attended a breast cancer event at the White House.
DFL Sen. Al Franken wants answers about the airliner that overshot MSP.
GOP Rep. Erik Paulsen gets a slight change to the Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009.
DFL Rep. Keith Ellison will speak at an interfaith council in Chicago.
Conservative columnist George Will writes about GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann.
Farmers are not happy about a proposed flood diversion plan. DFL Rep. Collin Peterson is mentioned.
An Obama Administration official says they "will push Congress to require that all financial derivatives that can go through clearinghouses need to be forced to go through them to avoid another breakdown of the financial system even though two House committees have rejected that approach." Peterson is mentioned.
An auto parts business is overwhelmed with cash for clunkers.
The conservative Freedom Foundation of Minnesota raises some questions about some stimulus requests.
Under the Dome
State Demographer Tom Gilaspy talks about the census count with WCCO.
Gov. Pawlenty says he's sending the TVs from a sex offender treatment facility to Vet homes. But DFL Sen. Linda Berglin said the TVs are the tiniest of ills at the Moose Lake facility.
Minnesota colleges are making efforts to prevent dropouts.
GOP Rep. Tim Kelly of Red Wing says he supports Pawlenty's decision to terminate a reciprocity agreement with Wisconsin. He disagrees with a bipartisan group of lawmakers who are urging the deal stay in place.
GOP Rep. Steve Drazkowski wrote an op-ed criticizing government subsidies for wind energy.
Minnesota will have a surplus auction.
Pawlenty for Prez Watch
The Fix says Gov. Pawlenty is the second most influential Republican.
When pushed, Gov. Pawlenty says he'd opt out of federal health care.
Pawlenty now expresses concern about the GOP endorsed candidate in New York after declining to weigh in on the race on Thursday night.
The NRCC will spend several hundred thousand backing the GOP candidate.
Marc Ambinder speculates further on Pawlenty's Iowa strategy.
MinnPost says watch Vin Weber if you want to watch Pawlenty.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says he'll decide in early 2011 if he'll run for president.
2009 Local races
St. Paul voters will decide Instant Runoff Voting.
2010 Race for Congress
A DFLer is set to take challenge GOP Rep. John Kline.
GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann didn't receive as much in PAC money as she has in the past.