The Daily Digest
Welcome to the Daily Digest, where it's election day. There are a few important things to watch for, but chief among them is a ballot issue in Ohio that would repeal a bill that would limit unions. Polls show unions are on track for a win. In any event, the outcome may foreshadow the tone of the 2012 election. One of my favorite morning (and afternoon) reads, The Fix, has a few others to watch.
A third of Minnesota's school districts will vote on school levies.
Around Minnesota
The Metropolitan Council is joining the state of Minnesota's lawsuit against 3M.
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Some pictures of the potential new stadium.
MPR News will host an online debate today from 11:30 to 12:30 featuring the DFL candidates looking to challenge Rep. Chip Cravaack next fall. You can follow the debate and submit your own questions here.
Minnesotans are split on a marriage amendment, according to a Star Tribune poll.
A citizens committee will be formed to help oversee Legacy Amendment spending for the state's parks and trails.
Margaret Anderson Kelliher will lead Gov. Mark Dayton's task force on expanding broadband in the state.
Martin, Faribault, Jackson and Watonwan counties have lost their last full-time public attorney.
DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz will hold a press conference today in Minneapolis with Mayor R.T. Rybak and Rep. Keith Ellison about President Barack Obama's jobs plan.
In Washington
Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken, and Rep. Erik Paulsen are among a bipartisan group asking the FDA to speed-up medical device approval.
According to the Associated Press: "The State Department's inspector general will conduct a special investigation of the handling of the pending decision on the proposed Keystone XL pipeline in response to reports of improper pressure on policy makers and possible conflicts of interest, according to documents released on Monday."
Remember: some Minnesota businesses are campaigning in support of the pipeline.
A new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll shows that voters are divided over whether the next president can end our economic slump.
Bill Daley, Obama's chief of staff, is handing over his responsibilities to long-time Obama aide Pete Rouse.
On the Campaign Trail
Obama has for months been Rep. Michele Bachmann's target of criticism on the campaign trail. Now, she's intensifying her attacks on the rest of the GOP candidates.
She called them "frugal socialists."
Bachmann wants everyone to pay taxes.
A fourth woman, Sharon Bialek, has accused Herman Cain of unwanted sexual advances.
Conservatives are split on the veracity of her accusations, reports the Washington Post.
Meanwhile, Politico reports Cain sought dinner with a fifth woman.
Cain is holding a press conference today to address the accusations.
Former Sen. Rick Santorum has scored a few important endorsements in Iowa.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry is getting support from an unlikely source: former President Bill Clinton, who praised Perry for allowing children of illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition at the state's public universities.
He is buying more ads in Iowa, according to Politico.
The Associated Press looks at Perry's record on tort reform.
AP also has a crib sheet on where the GOP presidential candidates stand on the issues.
And for All Ya'll Sports Fans
The Minnesota Twins have fired general manager Bill Smith and have temporarily replaced him with Terry Ryan.