The Daily Digest: new polls, voter registration, SCOTUS ruling
Good morning, politicos. Here's your Daily Digest.
Minnesota:
Gov. Mark Dayton's State of the State speech tonight may mark the unofficial kickoff to his campaign. (MPR News)
By the way, at 7 tonight MPR News will broadcast the governor's speech live, as it does every State of the State speech.
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A new poll shows Sen. Al Franken and Dayton with comfortable leads against their challengers. (MPR News)
Even though a court threw out a new online voter registration system, legislation passed by the House and Senate will allow it to continue. (MPR News)
A medical marijuana bill is moving in the Senate. (MPR News)
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling that upheld an Environmental Protection Agency rule on cross-state air pollution won't have an immediate impact on Minnesota. (MPR News)
A federal judge struck down Wisconsin's voter ID law. (AP via Star Tribune)
A bill that requires motorists to stop when they think they hit something is on its way to the governor. (Star Tribune)
The state argues that opponents who filed suit to stop a new Senate office building should have to put some cash on the line in case they're wrong. (AP via Pioneer Press)
Washington:
Here are two charts that show how influential outside political groups have become. (The Washington Post)
A new poll shows that Democrats may be vulnerable this fall. (The Washington Post/ABC)
Politico explains why Dems should be worried about the poll. (Politico)