Minnesota Lawyer

Discipline appears to have paid off for GOP caucus.

The most important priorities, including transportation, local government aid, workforce housing and broadband infrastructure were either ignored or inadequately funded.

A belated capital investment package will direct $370 million to various projects throughout Minnesota, but lots of projects were left off the final bill.

Gov. Mark Dayton approved the measure as part of a reworked jobs bill that emerged in the special session.

U.S. District Judge Donovan Frank largely sided with the more than 700 residents who were civilly committed to the Minnesota Sex Offender Program.

The provision was the last remaining question mark in the financing plan for a $10 million effort to build out a 60,000-square-foot aircraft painting facility in Duluth.

Fully six bills will be taken up during Friday’s session -- four budget bills, a $180 million capital investment bill and a technical and clerical correction bill -- and legislators will have no surprises about their content.

The liberal wing of the DFL caucus complains about process as well as policy.

Changing the start of construction from June to September prompted some questions about the project’s status, but U of M officials emphasize that all is well.

The city of Minneapolis has completed Historic Reviews for three of the seven municipal buildings spanning multiple blocks.