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Catharine Richert

The Daily Digest: Pay raise edition

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Another Monday, another Daily Digest. Here's what you may have missed in Minnesota politics over the weekend.

Minnesota:

Gov. Mark Dayton defended pay raises for his cabinet. (MPR News)

He also blasted a bill to ban some lottery sales. (MPR News)

After weeks of blowback, Sen. David Tomassoni, DFL-Chisholm, said he’s not taking a job with the Range Association of Municipalities and Schools. (MPR News)

No TurboTax for your 2015 filing? Scratch that. (MPR News)

Senate Higher Education Committee chair Terri Bonoff is asking to delay selection of U of M regents until next month's state review of the university's drug-trial program. (MPR News)

The Associated Press profiles state Supreme Court Justice Alan Page. (AP via MPR News)

DFL party chair Ken Martin was re-elected to a third term. (AP via The Star Tribune)

Washington:

Members of Minnesota's congressional delegation want to meet with administration officials to discuss an emergency plan to restore money transfers to Somalia. (MPR News)

Potential presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is walking a fine line on economic policy. (The New York Times)

President Barack Obama's approval rating is on the rise. (AP via MPR News)

R.I.P.

...Former UNC Tarheels basketball coach Dean Smith. Here are a few things you may not have known about the basketball legend.