The Daily Digest: GOP tax cut detailes released

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In Minnesota

A $2 billion tax cut package by Minnesota House Republicans includes $538 million for a one-time income tax exemption and $450 million to begin phasing-out the statewide business property tax. (MPR News)

The Senate votes to bar public funds from subsidizing construction of the new Major League Soccer stadium in Minneapolis. (Star Tribune)

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Democrats in the Minnesota Senate released a plan to increase funding for health and human services by about $341 million compared as Republicans push a plan to cut the HHS budget by $1 billion. (MPR News)

Outstate nursing homes would benefit disproportionately from a new funding formula proposed in the House. (Pioneer Press)

4/20 was celebrated at the Capitol. (Star Tribune)

Meet the stone carver who's at work restoring the Minnesota Capitol. (MPR News)

National Politics

The Koch Brothers, major donors to conservative causes, have all but endorsed Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's bid to be the Republican presidential nominee. (New York Times)

A U.S. aircraft carrier is headed to the coast of Yemen as tensions increase in the region. (Washington Post)

Comcast is having trouble selling its proposed merger with Time Warner to regulators in Washington. Sen. Al Franken's been one of the deal's biggest opponents though he's not declaring victory and dancing in the end zone quite yet. (TechCrunch)

...and last, but not least, a big congratulations to our colleagues who won a Peabody Award for their work on the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis child sexual abuse scandal. (MPR News)