Today’s topics: Member News, Agriculture, Development, Energy, Great Lakes, Health, Pesticides and Water.

Member News

• Star Tribune Editorial: Sawyer’s LWV story can be a model
  (The Minnesota League of Women Voters is a MEP member)

Agriculture

• Red Wing Republican Eagle Opinion: Now is the time to modernize America’s farm safety net
• AgriNews: High-quality pastures share common characteristics

Development

• Star Tribune Editorial: Met Council unprepared for future

Energy

• Star Tribune Opinion: Minnesota’s energy legislation strikes just the right wattage
• Bemidji Pioneer: High-voltage transmission line draws interest
• Marshall Independent: YMC wind turbine project approved
• St. Cloud Times Opinion: Nuclear power is what U.S. needs
• Press Newspapers: Weaving together our energy options

Great Lakes

• Duluth News Tribune: Tough Great Lakes ballast standards make it into House bill

Health

• KARE: Health commissioner grilled by lawmakers
• Minnesota Public Radio: Health commissioner faces hard questions at hearing
• Pioneer Press: Told to quit, health chief apologizes
• Star Tribune: Health chief is grilled for four hours
• Forum Newspapers: Health commissioner’s apology not accepted
• FOX9: Miner Lung Cancer Hearings at State Capitol
• Mesabi Daily News Editorial: Legislature comes to Iron Range

Pesticides

• Winona Daily News: Highway crews, landowners clash over weed killer

Water

• Minnesota Public Radio: Agencies wrestle with phosphorus control
  (MEP member group Cannon River Watershed Partnership is referenced)

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