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Catharine Richert

The Daily Digest (Obama visit, FitzSimmons ends campaign, Zellers in DC)

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Welcome to the Daily Digest. Here's what you may have missed over the weekend.

Minnesota:

President Obama will speak at Union Depot Wednesday about encouraging investment in job creation. (AP via MPR News)

GOP Rep. David FitzSimmons of Albertville ended his re-election campaign Saturday and party delegates endorsed Eric Lucero. Lucero was harshly critical of FitzSimmons’ 2013 vote in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage. (MPR News)

Also on Saturday, Republican Rep. Liz Holberg of Lakeville announced she would retire. (Star Tribune)

The Target data breach will be the topic of discussion at a Minnesota House committee meeting Tuesday. (MPR News)

When Minnesota legislators head back into session Tuesday, a few lawmakers plan to introduce a bill that would create a corporate structure for Minnesota that benefits society as well as investors. (MPR News)

The Minnesota Milk Producers Association is part of a new effort by the American Farm Bureau Federation to make changes to the country's immigration rules. (MPR News)

Rep. Kurt Zellers, R-Maple Grove, held a fundraiser for his gubernatorial campaign in Washington, D.C., Friday night. (MPR News)

After a long hiatus, PoliGraph is back, and it found that a Republican Party of Minnesota claim targeted at Sen. Al Franken about the Affordable Care Act is misleading. (MPR News)

Washington:

Obama is proposing changes to wildfire funding (New York Times)

Democrats have a "meh" attitude about the midterm elections, and that might be trouble for the party. (The Washington Post)

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is going to take up some bipartisan issues this election year, like a manufacturing bill and a prison reform measure that Republicans support. (Politico)