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Brett Neely

The Daily Digest: Ag lobby goes big

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In Minnesota

Months after rural voters helped Republicans reclaim the majority in the Minnesota House, lawmakers in both parties are looking to weaken environmental laws tied to agriculture. (MPR News)

As Minnesota lawmakers debate major transportation funding this spring, support for roads and bridges is nearly unanimous. Mass transit isn't nearly as lucky. (Pioneer Press)

There's a big fight in the legislature over the state's rules around landline telephones. (MinnPost)

Even after lawmakers stopped hefty raises for members of Gov. Mark Dayton's cabinet, the chairman of the Metropolitan Council's salary still doubled to nearly $123,000, according to state salary documents. (AP via MPR News)

The U.S. Department of Education has granted Minnesota a new four-year waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind law. (MPR News)

Two words I never thought I'd see side by side: innovative paving. (Pioneer Press)

National Politics

The national debate over an Indiana religious-liberties law seen as anti-gay has drawn the entire field of Republican presidential contenders into the divisive culture wars, which badly damaged Mitt Romney in 2012 and which GOP leaders eagerly sought to avoid in the 2016 race. (Washington Post)

Despite intensifying criticism from business leaders both within and outside of Arkansas, the state legislature passed its version of a measure billed as a religious freedom law, joining Indiana in a swirl of controversy that shows little sign of calming. (New York Times)

Nuclear talks between world powers and Iran resumed Wednesday, after being extended past Tuesday's deadline. (USA Today)

The Obama administration formally pledged Tuesday that the U.S. will cut its greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 28 percent over the next decade — the opening salvo in an eight-month sprint toward reaching an international climate change deal. (Politico)