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Catharine Richert

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Minnesota: 

A coalition of groups want the state to allow convicted felons to vote in Minnesota as soon as they're out of prison. (MPR News)

Despite partisan differences a state Senate committee has approved an anti-bullying bill. (Star Tribune)

An effort to toughen campaign finance disclosure rules faces hurdles. (MPR News)

Lawmakers are considering scrapping a test that Minnesota teachers are required to take before they get their teaching license. (MPR News)

Medical marijuana talks are at a stalemate. (AP via MPR News)

A former state senator says he wants to be Secretary of State. (MPR News)

Minnesota lawmakers debated privacy bills Tuesday. (AP via Star Tribune)

Critics of the PolyMet mine want more time to critique the project's environmental study. (MPR News)

Washington:

Here's a story that won't be going away any time soon: A top U.S. Senator says the CIA secretly removed documents from her committee's computers. (The Washington Post)

Roughly 4.2 million people have signed up for health insurance through the new insurance exchanges, well below what the Obama administration had hoped for . (The New York Times)

Republican David Jolly has won a special congressional election in Florida to represent a swing district. The race is viewed as a bellwether for the upcoming battle for control of Congress, with outside groups pouring money into the race and Republicans testing messages about the Affordable Care Act that are certain to crop up again in the general election. (The New York Times)

Rep. Michele Bachmann isn't running for office again, but she's still keeping a busy schedule. (MPR News)

President Barack Obama gets the Galifianakis bump.