Daily Digest: Taxes on the rise

Good morning. We've made it to Friday again. Here's your Digest.

1. The state has put out its list of maximum local tax levies, and they're going up. (MPR News)

2. At least 3,500 rape kits are sitting untested across Minnesota. (MPR News)

3. State Senate Republicans say they won't move into offices in the new building designed to house the Senate. (Grand Forks Herald)

4. An official with the VA based in St. Paul got a bonus as she was being investigated for using her office for personal gain. (Star Tribune)

5. Gov. Mark Dayton wants a special session of the Legislature again, this time to help miners whose unemployment benefits are running out. (Pioneer Press)

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