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Brett Neely

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In Minnesota

As the state's economy recovers from the economic downturn of the past six years, Gov. Mark Dayton, the Legislature and business leaders are shifting their focus from creating jobs to helping workers. (MPR News)

With two months left in the legislative session, Democrats who control the Minnesota Senate and Republicans who control the House are starting to fight over spending and taxes. (MPR News)

The first of many anticipated reforms to the state’s child protection system is headed to Gov. Mark Dayton’s desk for signature after it unanimously passed in the Senate. (Star Tribune)

The MNsure board approved a three-year financial plan that cuts spending by more than $2.5 million over three years. (MPR News)

A proposal at the state Capitol to change how local phone companies are regulated would lead to higher prices and reduced service in rural areas, Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson said. (Pioneer Press)

A House committee approved a bill that would allow gun owners to carry firearms in the State Capitol without first notifying state officials. (MPR News)

Laying the blame for many of the state's polluted waters squarely at the feet of agriculture, Gov. Mark Dayton asked Minnesota farmers to "look into their souls" and support his proposal to buffer nearly every public water in the state from row crops and their associated runoff. (Pioneer Press)

Rep. Erin Murphy, DFL-St. Paul, says she’s considering a run for St. Paul Mayor in 2017. (MPR News)

National Politics

A bill to address sex trafficking is set to go down in a partisan firefight because Democrats didn’t read the 68-page bill to discover its provisions dealing with abortion, and Republicans didn’t disclose the abortion language when Democratic staffers asked them for a summary of the legislation. (Politico)

Sens. Klobuchar and Franken had been big supporters of the bill until they realized the abortion language was in it. (Star Tribune)

Congressional Republicans and the Obama Administration want to pass a major trade deal but the biggest obstacle is from the president's own party, including nearly all of the Minnesota Democrats in Congress. (MPR News)

Just days before her nomination as attorney general goes to the Senate floor, Loretta Lynch is stubbornly stuck right around 50 votes — suggesting a confirmation fight the Obama administration once seemed certain to win with relative ease will go down to the wire. (Politico)

It's not just Republicans and journalists who are upset that Hillary Clinton set up an email system that could avoid some federal archiving requirements. Historians are, too. (New York Times)