Daily Digest: Four days to go
Good morning. The Legislature must complete its work by 12:01 a.m. Monday, and frankly, things aren't looking good. Let's take a look at the Digest.
1. Transportation funding, tax cuts, public works. Those are just some of the major unresolved issues as the clock ticks toward the end of the session. The House will debate an $800 million public works bonding bill today, even though it looks like it won't get the required three-fifths support needed to pass. (MPR News)
2. That bill that would have protected Prince's image from unauthorized profitable use now appears dead for the session. Even supporters say there were too many questions about how it would work, and that there wasn't enough time to give it proper consideration this year. But they say they will try again next session. (MPR News)
3. In Minneapolis more than 70 people testified for and against a proposal to mandate paid sick time for most workers in the city. Most of the people at the city council hearing spoke in favor of the change, saying it would help those who are struggling the most and that it would make people healthier. Business owners said it would cost too much and they're already overregulated. The council is scheduled to vote next week. (Star Tribune)
4. Bernie Sanders is poised to open a more aggressive phase of his campaign against Hillary Clinton. His campaign manager told CNN that Nevada Democratic Party leaders hijacked the process last weekend at the state convention and rammed through whatever they wanted, presumably to help Hillary Clinton. But did they? Not according to this fact check. (Politifact)
5. When he was running in the primary campaign Donald Trump was highly critical of big Republican donors, comparing them to puppet masters. But now that he has the nomination all but in hand, he has entered into fundraising agreements that will allow his campaign to take big checks from many of those same donors. (NPR)
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