Good morning, and happy Thursday. Here’s the Digest.

1. Craig undecided on impeachment.  Minnesota freshman Democratic Congresswoman Angie Craig said she will spend the weekend poring over testimony, reports and the articles of impeachment against Republican President Trump before deciding on how she’ll cast her vote. Craig said she’s read both articles from the U.S. House Judiciary Committee and plans to compare them to the testimony from the House Intelligence Committee and the committee’s final report. “I’ve said from the beginning, no one is above the law. If the facts support a yes vote, that’s how I will vote,” said Craig. “But at the end of the day, I want to be thoughtful and disciplined and fair and objective, and that’s what I intend to do.” She backed the impeachment inquiry in September after the transcription of Trump’s July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was released. “I wanted it to be an open thoughtful process here from the House Intelligence Committee with public hearings,” she said. “All of that has happened.” Craig is walking a fine line on impeachment in her district, which elected her by more than 5 percentage points last fall after swinging narrowly for Trump in 2016. The 2nd District covers Democratic-friendly suburbs southeast of the Twin Cities, as well as more conservative towns nearly 100 miles south. MPR News

2. Longest serving legislator to hang it up. Veteran state Rep. Lyndon Carlson, DFL-Crystal, says he will not run for reelection in 2020. Carlson has served a record-setting 47 years in the Minnesota House. He was first elected in 1972 and is currently in his 24th two-year term. Carlson, 79, did not offer a specific reason for retiring. “This decision was made after a lot of thought and conversation with my wife Carole who has been my number one supporter since the two of us made the decision that I would run for the Minnesota House in July 1972,” Carlson said. Carlson is chair of the House Ways and Means Committee. He says his time in office has been exceptionally fulfilling, as he had the opportunity to be part of many important legislative accomplishments. “I have played a role in many of the key issues in health care and prescription drugs, the environment, jobs and economic development, transportation, and education at all levels — in addition to many other issues,” Carlson said. Among current legislators, Rep. Mary Murphy, DFL-Hermantown, is next on the longevity list. She was first elected in 1977. MPR News

3. Klobuchar promises foreign policy reset.  Democratic presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar pledged Wednesday to repair the damage she says President Donald Trump has done in the international community, saying that — if elected — she would negotiate a new nuclear agreement with Iran, rejoin a global climate pact and rebuild America’s diplomatic corps and its relationships with U.S. allies. “The Trump administration’s withdrawal from international agreements has been one of America’s biggest foreign policy blunders,” the three-term Minnesota senator said during a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington. “President Trump has made us less safe and squandered America’s leadership abroad.” Klobuchar also criticized Trump for cutting short his time at NATO’s 70th anniversary celebration in England this month after other world leaders were caught on video gossiping about him. “I’ve heard worse on the Senate floor,” she said. The Associated Press

4. 8th District contenders spar over insulin. The 2020 campaign in Minnesota’s 8th Congressional District may have begun in earnest this week, when Rep. Pete Stauber seemed to undercut his Democratic opponent by announcing he’d penned insulin cost-reduction language onto Democratic legislation that would lower prescription drug costs. The legislative maneuver addresses one of the core platform issues for leading Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party contender Quinn Nystrom, a lifelong diabetes advocate from Baxter, Minn. "It's clear that all he cares about is trying to score political points and help his corporate donors," Nystrom told the News Tribune. Stauber's office denied the claim, saying, "Congressman Stauber introduced this amendment because it was the right thing to do." Insulin prices have soared in the United States over the past 20 years, with the out-of-pocket expense for a vial of insulin costing more than $300 — one of the highest figures in the world. “Too often, I hear from Minnesotans who are struggling to cover the rising cost of insulin, which can be hundreds or even thousands of dollars a month,” Stauber, R-Hermantown, said in a news release on Tuesday. “As more and more individuals across the nation die from rationing insulin, I believe Members of Congress have a moral responsibility to act.” Stauber’s amendment onto the Lower Drug Costs Now Act that was introduced this fall would pass insulin rebates, generally soaked up by middlemen, he said, onto Medicare customers. Were it to pass into legislation, Stauber’s amendment would take effect in 2022 and later study the impact of the legislative changes. Nystrom, 33, criticized the timing of Stauber’s amendment. “It’s sad that Congressman Pete Stauber needs someone to run against him to start looking into this issue,” Nystrom said. “It's clear that Pete never called anyone on the front lines of this epidemic before writing a bill for his buddies in the health insurance industry. His amendment only addresses people on Medicare. What about the people on high-deductible plans and the uninsured?” Duluth News Tribune

5. Walz wants state to be 'age friendly.'  Minnesota soon will have more residents over 65 than under 18, and Gov. Tim Walz wants to make the state a more welcoming place for older people to live. The Democratic governor on Wednesday announced the creation of a Council on an Age Friendly Minnesota — a move Walz said fulfilled a campaign promise. “Everyone wants to live in a community that is respectful, inclusive and supportive of our contributions and needs,” Walz said in a statement announcing the council. “This executive order coordinates efforts across agencies and sectors to move us all toward an age-friendly Minnesota.” The announcement came during the Minnesota Leadership Council on Aging Summit at the University of Minnesota in St. Paul. Walz hopes Minnesota will earn an “age-friendly” designation from the AARP. Hennepin County, Minneapolis and three other Minnesota cities already have made an age-friendly commitment through AARP. In a 2016 action plan, Minneapolis leaders pledged to become a “premier location for older residents” with “comprehensive housing options, easy access to all places and amenities, healthy and safe environments and opportunities for engagement, leisure, entertainment and lifelong learning.” Local AARP leaders said the council’s creation will be a good step toward addressing challenges Minnesota faces in helping seniors navigate their communities. Pioneer Press