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Catharine Richert

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Welcome to the Daily Digest. Busy times at the Capitol!

Minnesota:

Gov. Mark Dayton hasn't backed a plan to expand broadband in rural areas. (MPR News)

A bill to treat e-cigarettes like regular cigarettes advanced in the Senate. (MPR News)

House Democrats want answers about a new Senate office building. (MPR News)

A Senate panel cleared a bill that would require legislators to say more about their personal finances. (MPR News)

A house panel approved a bill that would remove what's known as "legislative immunity" from DWI offenses. (Pioneer Press)

MNsure, the state's health insurance website, is facing a $5 million shortfall next year, but officials say they can make up for it with federal dollars. (MPR News)

Eighth Congressional District Rep. Rick Nolan has chosen a union lobbyist to run his campaign. (MPR News)

A Republican Party poll shows 51 percent of Minnesotans want to reelect Gov. Mark Dayton and 48 percent want to reelect Sen. Al Franken. (Pioneer Press)

Washington:

President Barack Obama is issuing an executive order to expand overtime pay. (The Washington Post)

Hillary Clinton may be mulling a run for president. But a super PAC backing her candidacy is focusing on local elections to lay the groundwork for 2016. (National Journal)

U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison and fellow members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus he co-chairs have introduced a budget that would raise taxes on those making more than $250,000 a year, among other things. (MPR News)

Republicans won a special election in Florida this week, linking the Democratic candidate there to the Affordable Care Act. The White House is pushing back, saying the law isn't to blame for the Democrat's loss there. (The Hill)

Thank goodness there is still some sanity in Washington. Every year, despite their political differences, Minnesota's delegation comes together over hotdish. For the second year in a row, First Congressional District Rep. Tim Walz won. But personally, I think Sen. Amy Klobuchar's dessert hotdish sounds awesome. (MPR News)