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The Daily Digest (medical pot, LRT delay, group targets Franken)

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Minnesota:

Parents who have disabled children are accusing Gov. Mark Dayton of standing in the way of legislation that would legalize medical marijuana. (MPR News)

A House committee has approved a bill that would compensate people who have been wrongly imprisoned. (MPR News)

PoliGraph looks at claims about the proposed Senate Office Building. (MPR News)

Critics and supporters of MNsure are fighting over enrollment numbers. (The Star Tribune)

The Minnesota House is considering a bill that spends $15 million to fix potholes (Pioneer Press)

The ongoing dispute over the Southwest light rail line has delayed its opening and added hundreds of millions of dollars to its cost (Star Tribune)

Washington:

The NRCC has added Stewart Mills to its "Young Guns" campaign. (MPR News)

A national conservative group is targeting Sen. Al Franken. (MPR News)

Franken is backing a bill aimed at "stalking aps." (MPR News)