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The Daily Digest (taxes, Mills, drug offenders)

Minnesota:

Legislators are back, and taxes are on their agenda. (MPR News)

A House committee will vet three people Gov. Mark Dayton has appointed to the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board. (Star Tribune)

Rep. Rick Nolan challenger Stewart Mills says he views himself as an accidental candidate. (The Brainerd Dispatch)

The bonding bill legislators will debate has real world consequences. (Star Tribune)

A new report says if you're black you're much more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession. (Pioneer Press)

Washington:

President Barack Obama wants to pardon more drug offenders. (NPR via MPR News)

Vice President Joe Biden is in Kiev. (The New York Times)

Retired Supreme Court justice John Paul Stevens has some ideas to change the Constitution. (The New York Times)

There's a class war within the GOP. (The Atlantic)

In Tennessee:

Lawmakers are considering a bill that would charge women who use illegal drugs while pregnant. (Nashville Public Radio via MPR News)

And this must be a hoax, right?