The Daily Digest: Daudt profile, pot prices and Bush “explores”
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In Minnesota
A look at how Kurt Daudt became one of the youngest and least experienced Speakers in Minnesota House history. (MPR News)
Minnesota patients seeking medical marijuana come July 1 can expect monthly bills of $100 to $500 for their treatment, according to estimates from the state's manufacturers. (AP via Pioneer Press)
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Minneapolis Public Schools' superintendent Bernadeia Johnson is stepping down from the job she has held for more than four years, creating more turmoil in the district at a time when it faces tough challenges. (MPR News)
Incoming state lawmakers go to school to learn procedure, give speeches and not take any of the rough and tumble personally. (AP via MPR News)
National Politics
Jeb Bush announced that he has decided to “actively explore the possibility” of a run for president in 2016. Bush is the former Republican governor of Florida, son of President George H.W. Bush and brother of President George W. Bush. (Politico)
Meanwhile. in an interview with MSNBC, DFL Sen. Al Franken said he plans to support former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's likely bid for the White House. (MPR News)
Ride-sharing service Uber has responded to inquiries from Franken about its privacy and data-handling practices, but he said the company's reply is alarmingly light on specifics. (Pioneer Press)
The least-productive Congress in modern history drew to an abrupt close late Tuesday after the U.S. Senate confirmed scores of Obama Administration nominees whose nominations had languished for months. (Washington Post)
President Obama has issued a form of executive action known as the presidential memorandum more often than any other president in history — using it to take unilateral action even as he has signed fewer executive orders. (USA Today)
RIP Alpha House, the real one, not the TV show (which isn't that good). (New York Times)