The Daily Digest: Light rail deal, border crisis
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Minnesota
A deal has been reached to allow the Southwest Light Rail project to proceed. (MPR News)
The GOP's candidates for governor have ideas about how to overhaul the education system to close the achievement gap. (MPR News)
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Minnesota home health care workers filed the paperwork to trigger a union election that they say will be the largest in Minnesota history but a recent Supreme Court decision may make the outcome moot. (MPR News)
Hillary Clinton is coming to St. Paul to sell books. (MPR News)
National Politics
The White House is asking Congress for almost $4 billion to address the crisis of unaccompanied migrant children crossing the border. (Washington Post)
Senate Democrats have already drafted legislation to overturn last week's Supreme Court decision on contraceptive insurance coverage. (New York Times)
Sarah Palin has called for President Obama's impeachment, a move that could complicate the GOP's message ahead of midterm elections. (Washington Post)
And mark your calendars and make your hotel reservations now...Cleveland will host the 2016 Republican convention. (AP via MPR News)