After weeks of committee hearings, each one bearing new amendments and surprises, the already-dramatically divergent House and Senate stadium proposals faced an onslaught of on-the-fly amendments on the floor this week, and some major changes were adopted.A conference committee made up of six legislators is expected to meet sometime on Wednesday.
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Vikings stadium proposal clears Senate, headed to conference committee
Following a contentious 10-plus-hour debate, the Senate passed legislation authorizing construction of a $975 million stadium for the Minnesota Vikings on Tuesday evening. The proposal cleared the chamber by a 38-28 vote margin.
Read More »DeKruif doesn’t deny reconsidering retirement, Rosen challenge
"It's something I want to lay low on right now," DeKruif said Saturday morning. "I'm not going to comment on that at this moment."
Read More »Vikings bill passes Taxes committee by a single vote
The Senate Taxes Committee passed the Minnesota Vikings stadium bill 7-6 after an intense hearing that lasted well into Friday evening. The panel removed the racino provision from an earlier committee that was believed to have put the bill in jeopardy. The stadium legislation is now on the floor of both the House and Senate.
Read More »The 10 days that upended the stadium debate
When the sun rose on Tuesday, April 17, the slow death of the Minnesota Vikings stadium bill appeared complete at last.
Read More »Racino gets amended into Vikings stadium bill
The Senate Finance Committee turned the Vikings stadium political situation upside down by inserting the controversial revenue source of allowing slot machines at two Minnesota racetracks. The Senate's chief author immediately vowed to have the so-called racino removed from the bill tomorrow in the Taxes committee.
Read More »Vikings stadium: A reversal of fortune?
The swift pace at which the Minnesota Vikings stadium bill advanced through the House and Senate this week amounted to nothing short of a legislative resurrection.
Read More »Senate committee advances Vikings bill
The publicly subsidized Minnesota Vikings stadium proposed for downtown Minneapolis survived a Senate committee on Friday evening with more DFLers than Republicans voting for it.
Read More »Global deal or no, some bills are moving late in session
With momentum building to finish off the 2012 legislative session, the House and Senate spent hours on the floor last week debating bills.
Read More »Vikings Stadium: The long goodbye
Barring some unlikely resurrection as part of a close-of-session grand bargain, the long-troubled Vikings stadium bill has apparently drawn its last breath of 2012.
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