| Good morning! Partly sunny with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid-60s. It was a plan that was too "gouda" to fail. Sorry, we had to. The Wisconsin Legislature agreed Tuesday to make cheese the official dairy product of the dairy-obsessed state, which produces more than 3 billion pounds of cheese per year. That's more than any other U.S. state. | Forecast | |
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| A government-wide spending bill that President Trump seemed to criticize Tuesday morning but now calls "a clear win for the American people" is headed for a House vote. |
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| As legislative Republicans try to free up money for a big tax cut, school funding and road construction, they're looking to cut projected spending increases in other places, including subsidized health care programs. | As House GOP struggles with health care bill, Republican options narrow |
| The federal government says Minnesota, among states with the lowest reimbursement rates, is failing to provide adequate dental care to low-income children and risks losing funding. |
| St. Paul officials say the budget shortfall is due in part to declines in enrollment and inflation costs. |
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| Balch Springs Police Chief Jonathan Haber has dismissed the police officer who shot and killed Jordan Edwards, 15, while he was riding in a car that was leaving a house party on Saturday. | Sources: No federal charges for Baton Rouge officers |
| The power plant in Benson has been burning turkey litter since 2007 and selling the electricity to Xcel, but the utility says the plant isn't cost effective. | Earlier: Minn. power plant that burns turkey poop faces closure |
| The archbishop said he is troubled by materials that highlight the roles of women such as birth control activist Margaret Sanger and feminists Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem. |
| Edina is believed to be the first in Minnesota to raise the age to buy tobacco from 18 to 21. The ordinance takes effect July 1. A handful of students from the region are preparing for an international robotics competition this summer. Some three dozen goats took to the bluffs at Indian Mounds Regional Park on Tuesday where they'll start chomping down on invasive plants like buckthorn. | NewsCut: You get a goat, and you get a goat, and you get a goat |
