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Good morning and welcome back from the long Thanksgiving weekend.

In Minnesota

Later this week, the state's revenue forecast is due, driving decisions by both lawmakers and Gov. Mark Dayton about how to shuffle the state's various spending priorities. (Pioneer Press)

Expect plenty of disruption at the Minnesota Capitol when the new session opens next month with renovations closing off large parts of the building. (AP via Star Tribune)

State legislators likely will have to go back to the drawing board to adjust the financing plan for Mayo Clinic's expansion, one of the biggest economic development projects in Minnesota's history. (MPR News)

After two years of vilifying the federal health overhaul and the state's health insurance exchange, Minnesota Republicans face Democratic opposition in the Senate and governor's office that will scale back their hopes for a wholesale makeover. (AP via Pioneer Press)

A look at some of the Republicans who might run for governor in 2018. (Star Tribune)

The Republican Party county chairman who came under fire for comments about Muslims on his Facebook page has resigned. (AP via Pioneer Press)

National Politics

As Congress returns from recess on Monday facing a Dec. 11 deadline for funding the government, Speaker John Boehner are trying to persuade rank and file lawmakers that engaging in a spending confrontation over immigration is the wrong way to counter the White House. (New York Times)

1st District Rep. Tim Walz is becoming one of the Democrats' top voices on veterans issues, even if his party leadership didn't want to give him the top slot on the VA committee. (MinnPost)

As Republicans took control of an unprecedented 69 of 99 statehouse chambers in the midterm elections, they did not rely solely on a bench of older white men. Key races hinged on the strategic recruitment of women and minorities, many of them first-time candidates who are now learning the ropes and joining the pool of prospects for higher office. (New York Times)

Republican presidential prospects like Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and Marco Rubio have tapped the tech industry’s fat wallets and mined its big-data expertise — but these 2016 hopefuls couldn’t be further from Silicon Valley when it comes to policy. (Politico)

Secret money groups spent at least $170 million on last month's midterm elections. (Washington Post)