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Minnesota

All of the U.S. Senate candidates, including current Sen. Al Franken, were on stage at FarmFest for a debate about agriculture and energy policy. (MPR News)

Gov. Mark Dayton wants state agencies to hire more disabled workers. (Star Tribune)

After a change in the law, candidates want Minnesotans to vote early with absentee ballots. (MPR News)

The anti-tax group Americans for Tax Reform is criticizing Hennepin County Commissioner Jeff Johnson for not signing the group’s pledge to not raise taxes if he’s elected governor. (MPR News)

MPR's PoliGraph checks out some claims made in a Freedom Club ad about the new Senate office building. (MPR News)

Despite getting pulled from two Hubbard stations, Democratic groups have upped their spending on an ad critical of Republican Stewart Mills who's running for the U.S. House in the 8th District. (Star Tribune)

With the primary less than a week away, candidates are buying extra air time. (MPR News)

Republican state Rep. Jenifer Loon is getting eleventh-hour help from a handful of well-known DFL donors. (MPR News)

MPR's Tom Crann interviewed Kurt Zellers about why he thinks he's the best Republican candidate for governor. (MPR News)

National Politics

The Democrats' theme for 2014: the kitchen sink. (The Hill)

Four years and $11 billion later, President Obama's high speed rail initiative hasn't gone very far. (New York Times)

Obama said Wednesday that he hopes to act soon to stem the wave of U.S. companies moving their headquarters overseas to reduce their tax bill. (Politico)

Faced with migrants crossing the border, Texas is using its own law enforcement personnel to fashion a border patrol separate from the federal service. (New York Times)