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In Minnesota
Gov. Mark Dayton is siding with U.S. Steel on clean water standards. (MPR News)
Aiming to reduce labor costs for restaurants, the Republican-led House on Monday night approved a measure that would create a lower minimum wage for tipped employees. (Star Tribune)
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Minnesota House Republicans have unveiled a transportation funding proposal that they say would spend $7 billion over 10 years on roads and bridges without raising taxes. (MPR News)
An assisted suicide law for terminally ill adults has been introduced in the legislature. (Pioneer Press)
A labor union is lifting its objection to Sunday takeaway sales of 64-ounce beer growlers from craft breweries. (AP via MPR News)
National Politics
Ted Cruz’s splashy entry into the 2016 race intensifies the early battle to consolidate conservative voters who are intent on denying the Republican Party establishment yet another presidential nomination. (Washington Post)
One thing Cruz probably won't have a lot of: money. (Politico)
Soon after the U.S. and other major powers entered negotiations last year to curtail Iran’s nuclear program, senior White House officials learned Israel was spying on the closed-door talks. (Wall Street Journal)
The number of uninsured U.S. residents fell by more than 11 million since President Barack Obama signed the health care overhaul five years ago, according to a pair of reports from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (AP via USA Today)