The Daily Digest: session wrap, IP candidates
Welcome to the Daily Digest. The 2014 legislative session is done... and now election season really begins.
Minnesota:
At the end of session, another tax cut bill headed to Gov. Mark Dayton's desk. (MPR News)
Dayton also got a construction bill (MPR News) and a medical marijuana bill to sign (MPR News).
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Every seat in the 134-seat Minnesota House is up for re-election this year, and lawmakers are already crafting their talking points to voters. (MPR News)
Jim Hagedorn has re-entered Minnesota's 1st Congressional District race. (AP via MPR News)
The Independence Party of Minnesota endorsed statewide candidates, including one for governor and one for U.S. Senate. (MPR News)
Kevin Terrell, who won the IP endorsement for Senate, announced his candidacy last Friday. (MPR News)
GOP U.S. Rep. John Kline wants to slow down new school lunch rules. (Star Tribune)
A new ad says GOP gubernatorial hopeful Scott Honour is the only candidate who wants to scrap MNsure. That's not true, says PoliGraph. (MPR News)
Minnesota's construction industry is scrambling to fill jobs. (MPR News)
A new study says the University of Minnesota is top heavy with administrators. The U disagrees. (Star Tribune)
Minnesota state colleges and universities are freezing undergraduate tuition again next year. (MPR News)
Washington:
President Barack Obama is demanding the Veterans Department fix problems with long hospital wait times. (New York Times)
Republicans on the new House Select Committee on Benghazi insist their probe into what happened at the embassy there isn't political. (AP via MPR)