The Daily Digest: MNsure audit, Weber to Bush
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In Minnesota
Minnesota Legislative Auditor Jim Nobles ripped MNsure and its leadership for bungling the launch of the health insurance exchange. (MPR News)
In an attempt to increase public support for his transportation proposal, Gov. Mark Dayton released a list of 600 state road and bridge projects that he says won’t happen unless his plan is passed into law. (MPR News)
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A bill that would end seniority protections for teachers during layoffs cleared a critical House committee on a party line vote, 13-7, and will head to the House floor next. (Star Tribune)
Legislation to roll back DFL Gov. Mark Dayton’s recent pay raises for commissioners is on its way to a vote in the Minnesota House after a single committee hearing. (MPR News)
The squabble over pay raises between Gov. Mark Dayton and Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk likely won't be their last. (MinnPost)
National Politics
Along with the immigration action, the fate of two of Obama’s other signature initiatives — a landmark health-care law and a series of aggressive executive actions on climate change — now rests in the hands of federal judges. (Washington Post)
Even though consumers had a largely smooth enrollment experience this year, behind the scenes, HealthCare.gov is still a mess. (Politico)
The United States must ensure that immigrants are fully included in the fabric of American society to prevent violent ideologies from taking root at home, Vice President Joe Biden said as he opened a White House summit on countering extremism and radicalization. (AP via Pioneer Press)
Vin Weber, a former Minnesota congressman and top policy adviser on Mitt Romney’s 2012 campaign, is assisting Jeb Bush’s all-but-certain bid for the Republican presidential nomination, adding yet another high-powered strategist to the former Florida governor’s political circle. (Washington Post)
Two Minnesota Democrats are pushing for improved trade relations between the United States and Cuba on separate missions to Havana this week. (MPR News)