The Daily Digest: Gov race turns to unions
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In Minnesota
DFL Gov. Mark Dayton’s Republican challenger Jeff Johnson is accusing him of “messing with the livelihood” of the state-subsidized child care providers who oppose joining a union. (MPR News)
Is Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike McFadden's business experience an asset or a liability? (MinnPost)
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Republicans have made 7th District Congressman Collin Peterson a top target this election season. (MPR News)
The Department of Human Services will undertake an overall review of the state's child-protection system, including the processes for investigating abuse reports and referring cases to police. (Pioneer Press)
The University of Minnesota is offering to freeze tuition for Minnesota residents for two more years as part of a proposed deal to restore its state funding to 2008 levels. (Star Tribune)
Although her term won't expire until early January, congressional Republicans held a sendoff for 6th District Rep. Michele Bachmann in Washington this week. (Roll Call)
National Politics
Several Minnesotans and as many as 100 Americans appear to have traveled to Syria and fought for the Islamic State and the Obama Administration says it's watching the situation closely and trying to prevent them from returning. (MPR News)
How to handle the Islamic State has become a campaign issue in the 8th Congressional District. (MPR News)
The U.S. government threatened to fine Yahoo $250,000 a day in 2008 if it failed to comply with a broad demand to hand over user communications — a request the company believed was unconstitutional. (Washington Post)
The Republican-controlled Missouri legislature has enacted one of the most stringent waiting periods for women seeking abortions. (New York Times)
Filibuster this: two Senators pair up for a week of survival on a deserted island as part of a reality show. Seriously. (AP via Pioneer Press)