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 says a majority of Minnesotans aren't happy with the budget deal that ended the state government shutdown.  A large number of Minnesotans also say their quality of lives is getting worse and a majority of those polled say they think the state is on the wrong track.  The poll was conducted by the Bush Foundation.

 snags an interview with Gov. Dayton regarding his jobs tour.

 Dayton rescheduled his first jobs event.  It will be next Wednesday instead of Friday.  Dayton is attending a funeral on Friday.

Republicans in the Minnesota House are scheduled to hold a news conference on Thursday morning to discuss what they have characterized as "the start of the 'Reform 2.0' agenda for the 2012 legislative session."

 says more of the state's kids are in poverty.

Iron ore shipments on the Great Lakes are 

Constitutional Amendment to ban same-sex marriage

 that some political ads are not subject to campaign law.  The ads in question were financed by the National Organization for Marriage during the 2010 election and dealt with the same-sex marriage issue.

 says Minnesotans should get ready for a 15 month brawl over the issue.

 says stadium tax foes are plotting a vote strategy to sink the proposal.

 says President Obama will present a jobs plan in September that includes "tax cuts for companies that hire workers, new spending for roads and construction, and other measures that would target the long-term unemployed."

 S&P for improperly rating dozens of mortgage securities.

 to an allegation that America's top financial regulator has destroyed thousands of preliminary investigation records.

 finds that the Army improperly tested body armor plates.

 on Friday.  DFL Sen. Amy Klobuchar is mentioned.

A group that includes organized labor and Take Action Minnesota 

 Speaker John Boehner's fundraiser in Wayzata.

"I don't know what I will be doing next,"

"However, I will not be running against Amy in 2012."

The Family Research Council says GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann has confirmed for the Values Voters Summit in October.

 says Bachmann's staffers are roughing up reporters on a daily basis.

A New Hampshire poll finds that Bachmann 

 in that state after she won the Iowa Straw Poll.

 on a terrorism charge in Uganda in 2006.

 takes a look at how Texas Gov. Rick Perry aggressively pursued federal aid he now criticizes.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie continues to 

 says bashing the EPA is a new GOP theme.

The Daily Digest (MN doesn’t like budget deal, no Senate run for Pawlenty, Bachmann staffers get rough)

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