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Brett Neely

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In Minnesota

The owners of the Minnesota United soccer club are asking state officials for $3 million worth of tax breaks to help build a new stadium in downtown Minneapolis. (MPR News)

The Federal Election Commission is not very happy with the Minnesota Republican Party. (Star Tribune)

The new Senate office building is on time and on budget, so far. (Pioneer Press)

Ignoring Gov. Mark Dayton's $348 million funding proposal for universal pre-K, a Republican bill would boost spending on scholarships by $30 million to allow parents to avoid school-based programs by using state money to send their children to other preschools or church schools. (MPR News)

National Politics

As part of a thaw in relations between the two countries, President Obama has lifted Cuba's designation as a state sponsor of terrorism, opening the way for diplomatic relations. (Washington Post)

The Senate is close to passing legislation that would require a limited congressional role in approving a nuclear deal with Iran. Obama has reluctantly agreed to sign the bill into law if it passes. (New York Times)

Hillary Clinton kicked off her first full day of campaigning for president in Iowa. (Politico)

In Minnesota, DFL party leaders think Clinton's path to the Democratic nomination is so clear that they are recruiting female candidates for state and local offices, hopeful that the excitement around Clinton will spread their way. (MPR News)

Voyageurs National Park and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness would be protected from some mining under legislation being introduced in Congress this week. (MPR News)