The Daily Digest
12,000 nurses are set to go on strike today. Hospitals have hired 2,800 replacement nurses to replace them on the one-day strike.
The Star Tribune takes a look at where the candidates for governor stand on the strike.
2010
Republican Tom Emmer will appear on MPR's Midmorning at 9am.
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The latest PoliGraph says Democrat Margaret Anderson Kelliher's claims on early MA are in a grey area.
Taxes are at the heart of a DFL fight for the nomination.
The MNGOP says it will file a complaint against I-P candidate Tom Horner with the Office of Administrative Hearings after the MN Campaign Finance Board said it didn't have jurisdiction.
Democrat Margaret Anderson Kelliher has embarked on a jobs tour in rural Minnesota.
Democrat Mark Dayton picks up some more union support.
I-P candidate Rob Hahn wants to mediate the nurses strike himself.
Democrat Tarryl Clark takes aim at GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann in Minnesota's 6th.
ACORN plans to come back with a different name.
Under the Dome
Medical technology continues to help Minnesota's economy.
Larry Shellito, Adjutant General of the MN National Guard, will retire on October 31st.
Congress
President Obama vows $400 million for Gaza and wants a review of the Israeli blockade. He made the comments after meeting with Palestine's leader.
There are new U.N. sanctions against Iran.
Several Minnesota lawmakers are calling for BP's hide but can they really do anything?
DFL Sen. Al Franken urges input on health care from rural Minnesota.
DFL Reps. Betty McCollum and Keith Ellison introduce a resolution for Peter Erlinder's release.
Muslims in America profiles Keith Ellison.
GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann met with the Greater Stillwater Chamber of Commerce.
DFL Rep. Collin Peterson is named to the conference committee on Wall Street reform.
DFL Rep. Jim Oberstar says the Coast Guard is running out of money because the agency is working around the clock on the oil spill.
Oberstar is also criticizing a delay in anti-pilot fatigue rules.
Pawlenty for Prez Watch
A poll of Republicans in New Hampshire puts Pawlenty at 5 percent. He's behind Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee.
Gov. Pawlenty is in New York today and tomorrow. He hits the national stage with an appearance on The Daily Show. He will also raise some New York money during the trip and appear on Good Morning America on Friday.
Pawlenty says he's surprised by the new Pawlenty book.
Mitt Romney is headed to South Carolina to help gubernatorial hopeful Nikki Haley.
Sarah Palin brags to Time about her endorsements.
New Hampshire will keep the nation's first presidential primary.