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[Politics in Minnesota - Minnesota's Public Affairs News Service] Capitol Notepad: March 27, 2009 | Politics in Minnesota: State and Local Government Operations and Oversight has a big docket, including the autism spectrum disorder task force, electric vehicle infrastructure, omnibus pre-K-12 education policy, medical assistance, MinnesotaCare and GAMC eligibility, sentencing guidelines reporting, charter schools, county offices consolidation, health insurance for domestic partners, the "Feeding Minnesota" task force, e-mail notification for Department of Administration rules and hearings, runoff elections, a presidential primary, parks and trails legacy grants for local governments, a transportation access council, joint venture establishment between Chisago City and Lindstrom, and noxious weeds.

[Bemidji Pioneer | Bemidji, Minnesota] Proposal to merge state departments clears committee | Bemidji ...: “The bill doesn’t lay out, nor could I possibly simply lay out exactly how we would get there, but what it will do is provide a couple of years’ process to work through this and then it creates a committee that will work with the agencies and local government to determine how this effectively this should be accomplished,” Olson said last week.

[Politics in Minnesota - Minnesota's Public Affairs News Service] Capitol Notepad: March 25, 2009 | Politics in Minnesota: Business, Industry and Jobs is hearing about unemployment, shared work plans, medical gas systems, unlicensed contractors, neighborhood revitalization, MinnesotaCare for the unemployed, MFIP assistance, the pharma and medical device gift ban and other unemployment benefit policies.

[Bleeding Heartland - Front Page] Bleeding Heartland:: Events coming up this weekend and next week: What: In response the passage of SF 432, a bill that undercuts the Iowa Department of Natural Resources' (DNR) authority and would leave the door wide open for factory farms to dump manure on frozen and snow-covered ground in all areas of the state, Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement members will stand united with other environmental groups and those who care about water quality to hold a press conference and call on leadership to do the right thing and put people before polluters.

[Politics in Minnesota - Minnesota's Public Affairs News Service] Capitol Notepad: March 19, 2009 | Politics in Minnesota: Politics in Minnesota: Minnesota's Public Affairs News Service, provides daily Morning Reports with statewide political news, and Weekly Reports with insider news and analysis. Jean Wagenius' (DFL-Minneapolis) Environment and Natural Resources Finance Division is hearing a budget presentation from the Board of Water and Soil Resources.

[Market Headlines from CNBC] My Interview with Alaska Governor Sarah Palin - Money and Politics ...: In fact, on the world’s largest pay-to-play prediction market, betting parlor, called InTrade, you are in third place with a 20 percent support probability behind former Governor Romney and present Governor of Minnesota Pawlenty. Is this police flap, state investigation, going to disqualify you from becoming Senator McCain’s vice-presidential candidate?

[FarmPolicy.com] FarmPolicy.com » Blog Archives » Agriculture and Climate Change ...: Chairman Peterson stated that, “We have undertaken an effort to define how agriculture could fit into whatever kind of climate change bill ends up coming out. And we feel like we need to get ahead of this and layout how agriculture can contribute to reducing our carbon footprint, which we think there is a lot that we could do, and are doing currently that is not being recognized”¦[w]hatever ends happening here, I think there is a very good possibility that agriculture will come out neutral or may even actually benefit from a system like this.”

[The Urethane Blog] The Urethane Blog: Carbon Tax is About Political Power: The European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme is the world’s largest carbon market, with projected trades of $57 billion this year, according to estimates from consulting firm Point Carbon in Oslo. The Brussels-based European Commission regulates the market, and each of the EU governments has a role.

[The Daily PCIJ] The Daily PCIJ » Blog Archive » An orgy of denials: The request to secure Lozada came from Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Lito Atienza, who said that he called Philippine National Police chief Avelino Razon Jr. Police Security and Protection Office (PSPO) .

[Don Irvine Blog - Accuracy In Media] Singer: MSNBC Should Take Matthews Off the Air: Matthews has the same opportunity to run for the Senate representing Pennsylvania as does anyone else in Pennsylvania - and whether or not he is qualified for the office, whether or not his political philosophy is acceptable, and whether or not he is liked or approved by his constituents - is SINGULARLY the business ONLY of the voters of Pennsylvania. So, the opinion of people from other states is irrelevant.

[TOP 10 Blogs] Glenn Thrush's Blog: Sell, sell, sell, Pelosi says - POLITICO.com: That's why it enhances America's competitiveness by reducing our dependence on foreign oil and building a clean energy economy." Obama's $3.6 trillion budget for the 2010 fiscal year beginning Oct. 1 contains ambitious programs to overhaul the U.S. health care system and initiate new "cap-and-trade" rules to combat global warming.

[Loon Commons: Dedicated to Protecting and Restoring Minnesota’s Environment] Loon Commons: Dedicated to Protecting and Restoring Minnesota’s ...: For the first 14 years of his legislative service as a minority member, Jack learned how to become a savvy coalition builder succeeding where lesser senators would fail.  Fortunately, fate smiled on Senator Davies and the Minnesota Senate became a partisan body controlled under the DFL by the early 1970s.  He quickly became a key leader in the Senate.  He was the driving force behind some of the nationally recognized education and judicial reforms that came to distinguish Minnesota as a leader.  In part due to his excellent grasp of the process, he was elected President of the Senate in his last term which ended in 1982.  He went on from there to serve as a Justice of the Minnesota Court of Appeals.

[The Daily PCIJ] The Daily PCIJ » Blog Archive » CBCP: Impeachment not the means ...: But the CBCP says the Church has her role to play in promoting justice, to form the social conscience of her members, to provide a moral light .

[Hot Air » Top Picks] Hot Air » Blog Archive » Minnesota Recount: Reid still not going ...: Addendum: Eric writes for the center-left MinnPost after a long career in traditional journalism, last at the Star-Tribune as an editor.  I’ve known Eric for a few years, and while he and I don’t agree on politics, he’s worth reading on a regular basis.  He’s a gracious and generous friend who has often challenged and encouraged me, and his explicitly non-objective work is fairer than most of what we see from supposedly objective reporters.

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