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In Minnesota

Gov. Mark Dayton says Minnesota will fall behind economically and demographically if legislators don’t approve his sweeping $10 billion transportation revenue package. (MPR News)

The Legislature gave final approval to $17 million in recovery dollars for 47 Minnesota counties and three American Indian reservations that suffered damages and expense from flooding in June 2014.  (MPR News)

Environmental laws are facing fresh scrutiny at the Capitol as a new Republican majority in the House and the sway of Iron Range DFLers in the Senate make their power felt. (Star Tribune)

Gun owners gathered outside the Minnesota Capitol to tell state lawmakers that they plan to be “appropriately aggressive” in protecting their Second Amendment rights during the 2015 legislative session. (MPR News)

National Politics

The federal government's 2015 budget deficit will fall slightly this year to $468 billion, the lowest since President Obama took office, according to the annual budget outlook released by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. (USA Today)

The Koch brothers’ operation intends to spend $889 million in the run-up to the 2016 elections — potentially on the same scale as the formal institutions of the Republican Party. (Politico)

The Obama administration announced an ambitious goal to overhaul the way doctors are paid, tying their fees more closely to the quality of care rather than the quantity. (Washington Post)

Angie Craig, a vice president at a medical device company, announced Monday she was planning to run against GOP Rep. John Kline in the Second Congressional District next year. (Star Tribune)