Pawlenty, lawmakers eye flood-funding session

This week's Federal Emergency Management Agency study of the flooded areas in southern Minnesota will result in a damage estimate. If it exceeds $6.4 million, as state officials expect, Pawlenty will ask President Barack Obama to issue a presidential disaster declaration to authorize federal spending. The special legislative session will follow the initial federal damage assessment to authorize spending to repair damage.

By: Don Davis/MN State Capitol Bureau, Pine Journal