Daily Digest: Dayton heads out

Good morning, and happy Tuesday.  Here's the Digest:

1. Gov. Mark Dayton leaves for a trip to Croatia today and won't be back until Sunday. That would seem to put a special legislative session out of reach, since Dayton said earlier that if there were no agreement by the end of June there would probably be no session. Dayton is marking the 20th anniversary of a partnership between Minnesota and Croatia. Before he leaves the governor is expected to name a new Minnesota Supreme Court justice.  (MPR News)

2. People who support a $15 per hour minimum wage in Minneapolis say they have collected 20,000 signatures, more than enough to put the measure on the ballot this fall. But the groups behind the effort also have to convince the Minneapolis City Council that it has the legal authority to do it. The city attorney hasn't weighed in yet. (Star Tribune)

3. The Supreme Court issued the final rulings of its term Monday. The court said people convicted of domestic violence can be banned from owning firearms, and it overturned the corruption conviction of former Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell. But the biggest decision struck down a Texas law that the court said restricted women from exercising their right to abortion. That decision could have an impact on similar laws in two dozen other states. (NPR)

4. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren campaigned with Hillary Clinton in Cincinnati Monday. The two tag-teamed to insult Donald Trump. “When Donald Trump says he'll make America great, he means make it even greater for rich guys just like Donald Trump,” Warren said. (Politico)

5.  House Republicans plan to release a report today on the attacks in Benghazi that killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three colleagues on September 11, 2012. The report faults Clinton, who was then secretary of state, and President Obama for ignoring security risks. Meanwhile two top Republicans on the house committee investigating Benghazi are more critical of Clinton for what they call a "tragic failure of leadership." (CNN)

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