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Catharine Richert

The Daily Digest (infant blood, Peterson plans, Crimea)

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Welcome to the Daily Digest. Here's what you may have missed over the weekend.

Minnesota:

State legislators are poised to consider a bill that would allow the state to store newborn blood samples indefinitely. The debate comes of the heels of a court case that required the Minnesota Department of Health to destroy 1.1 million newborn screening cards. (MPR News)

The House DFL caucus released its budget outline for 2014. (MPR News)

PoliGraph says a DFL claim about the minimum wage is accurate. (MPR News)

Eighth Congressional District Rep. Rick Nolan says he wants the PolyMet mine permitted. (Mesabi Daily News)

Minnesota's Legislative Auditor is critical of the state's four minority councils. (MPR News)

DFL Congressman Collin Peterson plans to announce his re-election plans today. (Star Tribune)

The GOP endorsement contest to run against 1st Congressional District Rep. Tim Walz is heating up. (Mankato Free Press)

Washington:

People living in the Crimea region of Ukraine voted to join Russia. (NPR via MPR News)

Democrats are looking at President Barack Obama's approval ratings are starting to worry about their prospects for the 2014 midterm elections. (The New York Times)

Republican National Committee chair Reince Priebus says his party has made progress and made some changes after the 2012 elections. (Politico)

Because we're always on the lookout for interesting campaign messages over at PoliGraph, this article about what happens to campaign ads when people stop watching TV piqued our interest. (The Washington Post)

The saga of the missing Malaysian flight got even weirder over the weekend. (The News York Times)