The Daily Digest: Endgame for legislative session

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In Minnesota

Is Minnesota headed towards another government shutdown? (Pioneer Press)

The GOP's tax cut plans are hurting the party's other goal of trying to build support in outstate Minnesota. (Star Tribune)

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The Republican-controlled Minnesota House passed an education bill Saturday with a $157 million increase in the hopes that the additional funding is the key to a budget agreement with Democrats. (Pioneer Press)

With only a few weeks left in the legislative session and with no end in sight to a debate over transportation funding, the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce is raising new questions about how much money the state needs for road and bridge construction. (MPR News)

Democrats have beaten back Republican efforts to dismantle MNsure. (Pioneer Press)

The PoliGraph comes down hard on some claims about climate change made by a Republican lawmaker. (MPR News)

Michael Brodkorb is done with partisan politics. (MinnPost)

National Politics

The Clinton Foundation acknowledged making "mistakes" but says it's committed to transparency. (Washington Post)

Republicans are really struggling with how to handle gay marriage as a political issue. (New York Times)

Jeb Bush isn't an official presidential candidate yet, but he reportedly told donors to his super PAC that they're on track to raise $100 million for him by the end of May. (Washington Post)

Sen. Al Franken took a victory lap on MPR News to celebrate the end of the proposed merger between Comcast and Time Warner. (MPR News)

Franken played a key role in undermining the deal, says one outlet. (Roll Call)

And...Michele Bachmann was the butt of a joke made by President Obama during the White House Correspondents Association dinner over the weekend.  (NPR)