Bribes, booze and baiting
I don't ask much from this life. Only that Minnesota be blessed with the kind of political corruption roiling the waters around Manhattan this week, as Sheldon Silver, speaker of the New York Assembly since 1994 (!), was arrested and charged by tough guy prosecutor Preet Bharara for allegedly racking up millions in bribes and kickbacks.
The best we can do is the mayor of Stillwater.
For now.
Meanwhile, in the land of good government…
High of 36 today and no legislative activities, but a busy news day, so let's get to it.
Gov. Mark Dayton is at the 2015 Children and Youth Briefing (Crowne Plaza Riverfront Hotel, Great River Ballroom, Saint Paul at 9). Open press. He's with Lt. Gov. Tina Smith, commissioners, legislators, and staff throughout the day. Closed press. In the evening, he'll drop the puck at the North Star College Cup game between the U and Minnesota State University Mankato (Xcel Energy Center.) Open press. Smith has no public events.
Liquor and learning
The push for Sunday liquor sales has a new intensity, Abby Simons reports.
Tribal school, in need of fixing, caught between state and federal efforts to fix it, reports Ricardo Lopez.
The deal on the renovated Capitol is in place, with the Senate giving up a lot, Pat Condon reports. Sen. Tom Bakk used the occasion to give a full-throated defense of the new Senate office building.
