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Capitol View®
Mike Mulcahy

Daily Digest (increasing the budget reserve, driver’s licence delay, the president’s appointments)

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Friday already? Here's the Digest:

Minnesota:

With the sun shining on the state budget, some DFL lawmakers say it's time to add to Minnesota's rainy day fund. (MPR News)

The Minnesota Department of Public Safety is postponing for two months the elimination of bulk sales of driver's license and vehicle records. Insurance companies and other  businesses that use the information are irked by the pending change because they say it will drive up costs for consumers. The department says it needs more control over the confidential information. (AP via MPR News)

A bipartisan group of lawmakers will push a package of legislation during the upcoming session designed to prevent insurance fraud. (AP via Pioneer Press)

The Minnesota branch of the group founded by the Koch brothers is distributing literature in some state House districts criticizing incumbent Democrats on MNsure. (MPR News)

Some Iron Range Democrats say they're upset with Gov. Dayton's choice of Tina Smith as a running mate because there is no one from outside the Twin Cities on the ticket. (Politics in Minnesota)

Minnesota's new U.S. Attorney grew up in New York. Andy Luger took a stab at politics, but it didn't work out.  Then he set his eye on the U.S. Attorney's office. (Star Tribune)

Washington:

More than a dozen current and former Republican senators are planning a Washington D.C. fundraiser next month for Mike McFadden, who hopes to win the GOP nomination to run against DFL incumbent Al Franken. (Star Tribune)

Minnesota's two U.S. senators are raising concerns about the proposed merger between cable TV companies Comcast and Time Warner.  (MPR News)

President Obama has named a higher percentage of political appointees as ambassadors than his predecessors. (NPR)