Daily Digest: First Fair Friday edition
Good morning, and welcome to the first Friday of the Minnesota State Fair. Whether or not you like the Fair, at least it's Friday. Here's the Digest:
1. Gov. Mark Dayton endorsed a plan to line up funding for a local share of the proposed Southwest Light Rail line. The stopgap plan calls for the Metropolitan Council to borrow more than $90 million and for Hennepin and other metro counties to kick in more money. One Republican lawmaker called the plan an "end-run" around the legislative process. (MPR News)
2. Donald Trump's name will be on the Minnesota ballot in November. So will Mike Pence's. Until Thursday they weren't on the ballot, because the state Republican Party missed a step in the required process. But the party fixed the problem Wednesday night, days before the deadline to get the Republican nominee on the ballot. (MPR News)
3. In an interview with CNN Trump walked back earlier comments that signaled he might be changing his mind on a path to citizenship for people in the country illegally. But he didn't make it clear whether he still intends to deport the 11 million people who are here illegally. (CNN)
4. Trump's earlier signal that he might soften his hard-line stance on immigration wasn't pleasing anyone. During a taped appearance that was broadcast Wednesday night he seemed to suggest that he was open to a path to citizenship for otherwise law-abiding people who were in the country illegally. In fact, he sounded a bit like some of the other Republican candidates he vanquished during primary season, notably Jeb Bush. (New York Times)
5. Hillary Clinton says Trump is turning over the Republican Party to a "radical fringe." In a speech that appeared aimed at moderate Republicans, Clinton again used Trump's own words to try to disqualify him for the presidency. She accused Trump and some of his new campaign staff of being racists. It was an allegation that Trump disputed. (NPR)
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