Daily Digest: Wake me up when September ends

Good morning and welcome to the last Friday of September. Let's take a look at the Digest.

1. There may finally be an end in sight for the Allina nurses' strike. After three days of negotiations, the Minnesota Nurses Association said it would let its members decide whether to approve Allina Health's latest contract proposal. Union negotiators said in a statement that they are "not making a recommendation" on the offer. The rank and file will vote Monday on the three-year package, which would be retroactive to June 1. (MPR News)

2.  In Rochester a political novice is battling a former lawmaker in one of the most competitive state House races of the year. Democrat Duane Sauke and Republican Fran Bradley are competing to succeed longtime Rep. Kim Norton, DFL-Rochester, who announced last year she would step down. The winner  could help determine which party controls the Minnesota House next year. Not too long ago Republicans could count on winning the district.  But since 2004, the district has moved steadily toward Democrats. In recent years, voters in there have favored Democratic candidates, voting for President Obama and DFL Gov. Mark Dayton. (Rochester Post Bulletin)

3. Here's more on a story I mentioned yesterday. This week a super PAC that’s fighting to flip control of the U.S. House from Republicans to Democrats cancelled hundreds of thousands of dollars in planned TV advertising against Minnesota Republican Congressman Erik Paulsen. Since Donald Trump’s rise to the top of the Republican ticket, Democrats have been unrelenting in their effort to tie Paulsen to Trump. The House Majority PAC’s move could be a sign the strategy is not working. (MPR News)

4. A day after Congress overrode President Obama's veto of a bill that would allow 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia, top leaders in Congress backpedaled and were expressing doubts about the law. “We want to make sure that the 9/11 victims and their families have their day in court,” House Speaker Paul Ryan told reporters Thursday. “At the same time, I would like to think there may be some work to be done to protect our service members overseas from any kind of -- any kind of legal ensnarements that could occur, any kind of retribution.” That same concern was a big reason Obama vetoed the bill in the first place. (Bloomberg Politics)

5. Hillary Clinton is caught on tape that was apparently hacked and leaked talking about nuclear weapons and punishing countries that hack into secret information. In remarks at a fundraiser in February she voiced opposition to a plan to modernize nuclear weapons and build nuclear-equipped cruise missiles. She also indicated she would be tougher than President Obama on nations that hack into U.S. computer networks. (New York Times)

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