Good morning. A whole lot of soccer is ahead as the World Cup kicks off this week.

A notable sculpture at the state Capitol will get another touch-up this summer. Starting today, scaffolding will be set up around the Quadriga — the golden horses pulling two female figures atop the Capitol building — as the sculpture is repaired and restored. That’s according to the Department of Administration. All told, the work is expected to take about a month to complete. It’s been there for almost as long as the Capitol has been in its current location and last got considerable attention about a decade ago . The sculpture periodically undergoes repairs or touch-ups. 

More third-party hopefuls have had their candidacies certified for November’s ballot. The process can go on for several days after the end of the filing period because ballot petitions must be examined before the secretary of state’s office includes the candidates on the filing list. Unlike the two major parties, any third or minor party candidates must have collected signatures during a specified period. It can range from 2,000 signatures for U.S. Senate to 500 for legislative office. The latest U.S. Senate candidate in the mix is Rebecca Whiting. There is also a Green Party candidate for secretary of state in Seth Kuhl-Stennes. Jay Reeves qualified as the Forward Independence Party candidate for state auditor. This year we have yet to see any marijuana party candidates make the ballot.

Parents of children who were killed and injured in last year’s shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church and School say they will continue their efforts to press for gun restrictions at the Minnesota Capitol. MPR News reporter Feven Gerezgiher touched base with Annunciation parents , who say they’re proud of their advocacy efforts this past legislative session — and they are determined to press forward. “We didn't get everything that we were looking for, so that's disappointing but doesn't slow us down,” Mike Moyski said. “We're happy with some of what was accomplished this year.” Moyski’s 10-year old daughter, Harper, was killed in the shooting. The House never voted on a gun bill passed by the Senate, but some of the parents say they will try again next year.

Minnesota wants an ICE agent returned from Texas. Gov. Tim Walz has requested the extradition of a Texas ICE agent to Minnesota to face assault charges related to the shooting of a man in Minneapolis during the federal enforcement surge. Christian Castro was charged in Minnesota in May with four counts of second-degree assault and one count of falsely reporting a crime. Since his arrest, Castro has been in Texas.  Our colleague Kyra Miles reports that Walz’s team sent a letter to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott earlier this week requesting Castro's return to Minnesota. “We do this all the time,” Walz said Friday. “It doesn't get in the news. This one's a little more high profile. Our expectation is they will follow through. There'd be no reason not to.” There's no word on when Castro might be returned to Minnesota if the extradition request is granted.

Angie Craig says AI deepfake campaign ads should be banned after a PAC backing her campaign for U.S. Senate used AI in an attack ad. U.S. Rep. Angie Craig has faced criticism after a political action committee North Star Dawn launched an ad against Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, which featured what appears to be an AI version of Flanagan. “I oppose any AI in any political ads. In fact, I have co-sponsored a bill in the Congress that would ban at the federal level any deepfake ads,” Craig said after a campaign event with Minneapolis seniors on Friday. “If, in fact, the outside group that is running this has used AI, I would say they should remove the AI from the ad.” Flanagan’s campaign has drawn attention to the ad by Craig allies as “deceptive tactics designed to misinform voters by blurring the line between fact and fiction.”

An ICE detention center could be coming to Minnesota. At the moment, immigrant detainees are held in jails or sent to detention centers in other states. They have also been held in Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building. But Jon Collins reports that a contract posted Thursday shows the federal government is considering using a private prison facility in western Minnesota to hold up to 1,600 detainees. The contract says the facility is needed to “increase bed capacity to meet the administration’s interior enforcement and border compression goals.” Check out the developing story here.

A Burnsville woman was released after four months in ICE detention without access to necessary surgery. Andrea Pedro-Francisco is an asylum seeker from Guatemala who has lived with her family in Burnsville since 2019. She was detained by ICE on her way to work in February and sent to a detention center in Texas, just days before a scheduled surgery to remove a large, painful and potentially life-threatening ovarian cyst. Her lawyers have said she was not provided adequate medical care while in detention. Instead of surgery she was given various painkillers, birth control and laxatives. After months of pressure from advocates, her lawyers and lawmakers she was released Wednesday. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said in a statement they will continue to pursue her deportation. Cait explains the lead up to Pedro-Francisco’s release and her next steps.

Gov. Tim Walz gave final signoff to a return of 3,400 acres of tribal land. Last month, Gov. Tim Walz signed legislation that clears the way for the return of approximately 3,400 acres of land to the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa — land that sits entirely within the band's reservation. The land has been held by the University of Minnesota for more than a century. Melissa Olson explains how the Fond du Lac Band lost control of the land, despite it being guaranteed to them in an 1854 treaty, and what the law means for the land, the university and the tribe moving forward.