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In Minnesota
The Minnesota Senate DFL proposal for universal, all-day preschool would cost nearly $417 million over its first two years and significantly more in the future. (MPR News)
Lawmakers are working to overhaul child protection laws. (Star Tribune)
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The PoliGraph looks at claims on how much childcare in Minnesota actually costs. (MPR News)
Gov. Mark Dayton wants to fund the hiring of 50 researchers for the University of Minnesota Medical School over the next eight years as part of a $30 million proposal aimed at restoring the medical school to national prominence. (MPR News)
St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman will participate in a White House panel Friday on expanding paid sick leave and raising the minimum wage to support families. (Pioneer Press)
Gov. Mark Dayton is expected to include more money for schools when he releases his budget plan next week and a portion would boost funding for school counselors. (MPR News)
National Politics
Republicans on delivered a swift and bold response to President Obama’s exuberant State of the Union address and took direct aim at the administration’s foreign policy authority by inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress without notifying the White House in advance. (Washington Post)
Faced with a recovering economy and Democrats' focus on the issue, Republicans are beginning to talk about income inequality and stagnant wages. (New York Times)
The House Homeland Security Committee kicked off the immigration debate with a $10 billion border security bill, but it is already under attack by conservatives who say it could be the first step toward giving legal status to undocumented immigrants. (USA Today)
House Republican leaders abruptly dropped plans to vote on an anti-abortion bill amid a revolt by female GOP lawmakers concerned that the legislation's restrictive language would once again spoil the party's chances of broadening its appeal to women and younger voters. (Washington Post)
The U.S. Senate took up the politically contentious issue of man-made climate change on with a duo of Democratic amendments asserting that climate change is real and caused by humans. (USA Today)
Nearly 32 million Americans watched President Barack Obama's 2015 State of the Union address on television, the lowest turnout since President Bill Clinton's final State of the Union address in 2000. (Politico)
Not the Onion: CNN is producing a new political game show hosted by Anderson Cooper. (Adweek)