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Minnesota:

Minnesota's health insurance website signed up nearly 169,000 people by the March 31 deadline to get coverage. (MPR News)

Republicans are calling Gov. Mark Dayton a flip-flopper on legalizing medical marijuana and a host of other issues. (MPR News)

House Democrats released details of their bonding bill. The Bell Museum and the U of M planetarium are big winners. (MPR News)

The U.S. Attorney says state Sen. Sean Nienow, R-Cambridge,  owes the government $747,937.62 because for a government small business loan. (MPR News)

Bills that would restrict the use of drones appear unlikely to pass this year. (MPR News)

Gov. Mark Dayton promised to undo the state's most irrelevant and duplicative laws. Many of those proposals are closer to being done. (The Star Tribune)

State leaders are unwilling to exempt player salaries from the income tax to attract the Super Bowl. (Pioneer Press)

Washington:

U.S. House Republicans released their annual budget. (The New York  Times)

Democrats vulnerable in this year's mid-term elections are lukewarm about the Affordable Care Act. (Politico)

Seven million people signed up for health care on the new insurance exchange. The White House says that the Affordable Care Act is "here to stay." (The Washington Post)