Daily Digest: Which way forward?

Good morning, and welcome to Wednesday. House Republicans are going to be talking today about the need to improve Highway 12. Gov. Mark Dayton is going to talk about a clean water effort with Land O' Lakes.  But plans for a special session are still up in the air. Here's the Digest.

1. Gov. Dayton has begun looking at the tax and spending bills passed by the Legislature in the closing hours of the session on Sunday. The governor is still undecided on a special session, but he told MPR News Tuesday that he is doubtful a transportation funding package could be negotiated during a special session. He said the focus would likely be on bonding if he were to call lawmakers back to St. Paul. (MPR News)

2. Now that the Legislature has failed to find a way to pay the final $135 million in local funding for the Southwest Light Rail line there are big questions about the future of the project, which was designed to run between Eden Prairie and Minneapolis. Without the money $895 in federal funding is likely to go elsewhere. (Star Tribune)

3.  U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer has endorsed Jason Lewis for Congress in Minnesota's 2nd District. Lewis won the Republican Party endorsement for the seat a few weeks ago, but Darlene Miller and John Howe are challenging him in in a primary. Miller has the backing of John Kline, who is retiring from the seat. (Pioneer Press)

4. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., hasn't taken sides in the campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, but a speech she gave Tuesday sounded a lot like Hillary Clinton. Warren is attacking Donald Trump and seems poised to try to help unify the Democratic Party. (Washington Post)

5. Donald Trump suggested to the Washington Post this week that he thinks Hillary Clinton was involved in the murder of Vince Foster, a White House aide who died as a result of suicide in the 1993.  It's not the first time Trump has embraced a conspiracy theory. (NPR)

Finally, I will be away the next few days, so look for the Daily Digest to resume on Tuesday. Have a great Memorial Day weekend.

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