The Daily Digest: campaign cash limits, Mills ad
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Minnesota:
A federal judge suspended a state limit on how much candidates can take from certain types of donors, including lobbyists. (MPR News)
The bonding bill gives a big boost to housing. (MPR News)
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The bill also includes money for something the Shakopee women's prison has never had: a fence. (MPR News)
Minnesota makes a bid for the 2018 Super Bowl today. (MPR News)
Former President Bill Clinton will be in Minnesota next month to get an award and give a speech. (Star Tribune)
Several updates to the state's campaign finance laws were left on the Legislature's cutting room floor. (MPR News)
Eighth Congressional District GOP candidate Stewart Mills launched his first ad this week. (MPR News)
Former state Rep. Tom Rukavina will make a run for the St. Louis County Board. (Duluth News Tribune)
In Washington and Nationally:
On the Daily Circuit, Sen. Al Franken warned that a merger between AT&T and DirecTV would be bad for consumers and cost Minnesotans more money. (MPR News)
The U.S. charged members of China's army with cyberspying. (The New York Times)
An Oregon judge struck down the state's same-sex marriage ban. (NPR via MPR News)
A new poll shows Democrats are in danger this election season. (Politico)