The Daily Digest (70% of districts approve levies, Dayton says GOP needs Vikings plan, Tobacco bond sale approaching)
Voters approved 70 percent of the school referenda posed in yesterday's election; many raised their own taxes. MPR has a breakdown of which communities approved or rejected the levy questions.
National Elections
AP says Mississippi rejected a "personhood amendment." Ohio overturned an anti-union law.
The Washington Post says Virginia's election may be a warning sign for President Obama.
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Vikings
Gov. Dayton increases pressure on GOP legislative leaders to take some action on the Vikings stadium issue.
Under the Dome
AP says Minnesota is set to finalize a bond sale late next week that leverages a portion of Minnesota's 1998 tobacco lawsuit settlement. The measure was a part of a budget solution between the GOP controlled Legislature and Gov. Dayton.
A new Minnesota poll says 53% of those polled approve of the job Dayton is doing.
Dayton says GOP Sen. David Hann is imperiling several federal health grants earmarked to the state of Minnesota. Hann says he wants to know how the money is being spent.
Minnesota also started shaping the state's health exchange.
The DNR Commissioner removed the top two forestry officials.
The state may sell or trade land within the Boundary Waters.
OccupyMN
Hennepin County toughens rules on OccupyMN.
Economy
The Minneapolis Fed Chief wants an economic contingency plan from the federal government.
Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says he will resign after the country passed a budget that includes austerity measures.
Congress
The U.S. and Europe are pushing sanctions against Iran after that country shows work on an atom bomb.
A conservative leaning Appeals Court upheld President Obama's health care law.
GOP Aides say Republicans on the Super Committee are open to tax increases.
DFL Rep. Tim Walz talks one-on-one with constituents in Winona.
MinnPost says GOP Rep. John Kline wades into a growing labor spat.
Race for Senate
A KSTP/Survey USA poll says DFL Sen. Amy Klobuchar is crushing the Republican candidates who announced a run for Senate but she's more vulnerable among GOP heavyweights.
Race for Congress
MPR hosted a debate among the Democrats running in Minnesota's 8th Congressional District.
Republican Tom Emmer leaves the door open for a run.
Race for President
Herman Cain says he won't drop out of the race.
As Cain explains. Romney sets his campaign on cruise control.
GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann wants President Obama to apologize to Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu.
DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and DFL Rep. Keith Ellison touted President Obama's jobs bill at an event in Minnesota.