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Oct 2, 2015

$141.5M sought for prison expansion

Just 15 years after the Rush City Correctional Facility’s highly secure doors opened for the first time, the state prison is up for a major expansion. The Minnesota Department of Corrections wants the 2016 Legislature to approve $141.5 million in state bonding money for a 167,000-square-foot expansion project that would add 500 beds and support ...

May 16, 2014

Legislators pass $1 billion infrastructure package as end of session nears

Just 15 years after the Rush City Correctional Facility’s highly secure doors opened for the first time, the state prison is up for a major expansion. The Minnesota Department of Corrections wants the 2016 Legislature to approve $141.5 million in state bonding money for a 167,000-square-foot expansion project that would add 500 beds and support ...

May 16, 2014

The Capitol Note: House passes bonding bill 92-40

Just 15 years after the Rush City Correctional Facility’s highly secure doors opened for the first time, the state prison is up for a major expansion. The Minnesota Department of Corrections wants the 2016 Legislature to approve $141.5 million in state bonding money for a 167,000-square-foot expansion project that would add 500 beds and support ...

May 16, 2014

Exhale, everybody: House passes bonding, cash packages

Lawmakers in the lower chamber passed the infrastructure package – plus $200 million more in supplemental cash appropriations for construction projects – early Friday morning with relatively little debate and strong bipartisan support.

May 15, 2014

The Capitol Note: DFL bonding plan greeted with little Republican support

House and Senate Democrats agreed to a bonding deal on Wednesday that includes $850 million of borrowing and $200 million of cash for public infrastructure, but Republicans necessary to pass the measure objected late into the night. The House is expected to take up the bill on Thursday.

May 14, 2014

After strange interlude, sprinklers apparently out of bonding bill

House Capital Investment Chair Alice Hausman told reporters on Wednesday that the sprinkler provision would not be included in either chamber’s final bonding package.

May 7, 2014

The Capitol Note: House and Senate moving on borrowing bills

The Senate passed its bonding plan -- like the House it also includes $200 million in cash projects -- onto the Finance Committee, which will hear the bill on Wednesday. Sen. LeRoy Stumpf, DFL-Plummer, said he was pleased with the strong support his bill received in the Senate Capital Investment Committee on Tuesday.

May 2, 2014

Bonding: The hour grows late

A Senate bonding bill represents the session’s last major fiscal domino. As the end of session approaches, DFL leaders have been laboring in private to complete a framework that will guide their final deliberations on tax relief, supplemental spending and a capital investment package.

Apr 18, 2014

The Capitol Note: GOP won’t budge on bonding limit

Hann says the idea is "off the table, frankly," and insists his caucus will stick to the deal.

Apr 3, 2014

The Capitol Note: Dayton wants a larger bonding bill

Just 15 years after the Rush City Correctional Facility’s highly secure doors opened for the first time, the state prison is up for a major expansion. The Minnesota Department of Corrections wants the 2016 Legislature to approve $141.5 million in state bonding money for a 167,000-square-foot expansion project that would add 500 beds and support ...

Apr 3, 2014

Bonding: House borrowing, cash bills pass committee vote

House Republicans gave some indication of their own priorities during the committee meeting.

Apr 2, 2014

The Capitol Note: House bonding bill supports higher ed, short on Capitol

Rep. Alice Hausman, DFL-St. Paul, proposed $850 million in capital investment projects that include $370 million for higher ed, investments in public safety and infrastructure and roughly $150 million for local projects.

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