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Brett Neely

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In Minnesota

All three candidates for governor debated transportation and other policy issues in Moorhead last night. (MPR News)

A look at how Gov. Mark Dayton and his Republican opponent, Jeff Johnson, differ on education. (MPR News)

Minnesotans who have their general election ballots already cast and accepted tend to be from Democratic areas of the state. (Star Tribune)

Two organizations on opposing sides of gun policy are running ads in the Twin Cities market. (MPR News)

The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee has named three Minnesota House races to its watch list. (MPR News)

Top Minnesota government officials as well as airport managers are meeting to discuss how to prevent Ebola from entering the state and what to do if it does. (AP via WCCO)

The results of a statewide survey released show most Minnesota business leaders are opposed to new transportation funding sources. (MPR News)

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike McFadden said Wednesday that in his first 100 days in office he would sponsor or co-sponsor legislation to amend the U.S. Constitution to require the federal budget be balanced. (MPR News)

National Politics

Leading opponents of same-sex marriage vowed to push ahead with their legal fight, noting that several federal appeals courts had not yet ruled on the issue and that the Supreme Court could still decide to leave it up to the states. (New York Times)

The federal government's budget deficit has fallen to $486 billion, the smallest pool of red ink of President Barack Obama's six-year span in office, a new report said Wednesday. (AP via Pioneer Press)

Amidst falling deficits, President Obama is again pushing Congress for a longer-term budget deal to head off automatic budget cuts that could have a big impact on the military. (Politico)

Many re-election ads this year feature testimonials about the candidate by constituents as politicians try to prove they're worth another term. (New York Times)

On that note, here's your depressing statistic of the day: $1 out of every $5 spent on cable TV commercials was a political ad. (Washington Post)