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Catharine Richert

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Minnesota:

A new KSTP/Survey USA poll shows DFL Sen. Al Franken leading his two closest challengers by 8 points. It comes a day after the same poll showed DFL Gov. Mark Dayton with a double-digit lead over his GOP challengers. (KSTP-TV)

Social conservatives are wary of a bill introduced this week that would prevent bullying in schools. (MPR News)

There's support in the state Senate to raise the minimum wage to $9.50 an hour (it was a sticking point for the chamber in the past). (The Star Tribune)

Tax subsides may be offered to people who grew frustrated with MNsure, the state's health insurance exchange, and bought a policy directly from an insurance company (thereby forgoing government assistance to pay for a plan). (The Star Tribune)

Seven companies are seeking to win a new contract to manage the state's health insurance exchange. (MPR News)

The University of Minnesota made its case for capital funding at the Legislature. (Pioneer Press)

Washington:

President Barack Obama releases his annual budget proposal today, and it will include a $60 billion tax credit expansion. (Reuters)

The standoff in Ukraine continued and intensified Monday. (The New York Times and The Washington Post)

Republican hawks are blaming the situation in Ukraine on Obama. (Politico)

Republicans in Congress and Attorney General Eric Holder see eye-to-eye on getting rid of mandatory-minimum prison sentences for nonviolent drug offenders. (The New York Times)