The Daily Digest: Fundraising edition
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Minnesota
Congressional candidates filed their fundraising numbers for the second quarter. Here's MPR's dashboard of where the candidates stand. (MPR News)
Minnesota House researchers released two new reports on local property taxes that show movement in different directions. (MPR News)
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Minnesota lawmakers say the highway funding fix that passed the U.S. House Tuesday is far from perfect. (MPR News)
Phyllis Kahn wins a round in her primary battle. (Star Tribune)
Whistleblower Jennifer Haselberger, whose revelations of a clergy sexual abuse cover-up have rocked the Twin Cities archdiocese for the past 10 months, disputed the sworn testimony of Archbishop John Nienstedt in a damning 107-page affidavit filed as part of an abuse lawsuit Tuesday. (MPR News)
National Politics
Initial reports show many states ended Fiscal Year 2014 with budget surpluses, thanks to growing tax revenue collections. (Washington Post)
Senior House Republicans are privately discussing a bill that would provide roughly half of the $3.7 billion that President Barack Obama has requested to combat an influx of migrants at the Texas border. (Politico)
Jose Antonio Vargas, an undocumented Filipino immigrant who is arguably the most high-profile leader of the immigrants’ rights movement, was detained Tuesday morning. (New York Times)
Who says bipartisanship is dead? Liberals and libertarians are teaming up in Congress and getting results on amendments to spending bills. (New York Times)