Congratulation to Minnesota bloggers Robin and Steve Marty (Power Liberal) on the birth of their first child, Violet Jane. Cute baby pictures here.
Back in the First, KEYC-TV reports Walz, Kline Amendments Make It Into Defense bill:
The National Defense Authorization Act passes in the U.S. House today with a little help from Congressman Tim Walz.Walz authored three provisions to the bill: helping V-A and military health care facilities share medical records, return more control of National Guard forces to the nation's governors, and help soldiers access federal tuition assistance.And with soldiers in our area, including the Red Bulls, being deployed for extended stays overseas, Walz says the current state of assistance for vets needs a change.Tim Walz says, "To me that's not a good situation, especially now that we have the need still there to recruit our best and brightest and one of the lures of allowing people to do that is understanding if they serve their nation we help them with their education. So we think this will help fix some of those problems." The bill would also establish a national troop reintegration program for National Guard and reserve soldiers modeled on Minnesota's ``beyond the yellow ribbon.''That provision was offered by Republican John Kline.
Minnesota Monitor looks at Mark Meyer's withdrawal from the pursuit of the GOP endorsement in CD-1 in Campaign Notebook: Republican Field Shrinks in CD1 Of all the assessments we've read about Meyer quitting, we think Dick Day was being a straight shooter when he told the Post Bulletin:
"I don't think it's a factor at all, because I don't know if he had over two delegates in the entire district that were for him," Day said this morning. "On the polling that was done, from what we gathered, he just didn't have any support."
Bill Prendergast compares and contrasts Walz's fundraising with that of the gentlewoman from Minnesota's Sixth in Why is Bachmann having trouble raising money?.
Once more: Bush Vetoes Children's Health Bill.
In news about the state legislature, the Bluff Country News Group reports Greg Davids announces bid for District 31B seat. Oh, good. The St. Peter Herald looks at the State Senate race in SD 25 (a tiny sliver of LeSueur County is in CD 1) in Field Whittled to Five. Republicans Keith Swenson of Henderson and Rod Tietz are challenging GOP endorsed candidate Ray Cox of Northfield.
Local coverage of the brew that New Ulm made famous in the Mankato Free Press (wonderful photo essay by John Cross) and the New Ulm Journal.
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