The Senate Capital Investment Committee is in the middle of the second leg of its four-part tour of state project ideas.
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Legislators pass $1 billion infrastructure package as end of session nears
This session’s $850 million bonding bill and a $200 million in cash spending is on its way to Gov. Mark Dayton’s desk. It’s unclear if Dayton will ...
Read More »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.
Read More »$293M supplemental spending deal at hand
Final sector-by-sector targets should ease quick agreement.
Read More »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.
Read More »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.
Read More »Bonding: And Senate makes three
The looming release of the Senate bill launches dickering season at the Legislature.
Read More »The Capitol Note: Dayton ups his budget offer by $100 million
1) Gov. Mark Dayton has offered to spend roughly $262 million in his supplemental budget proposal, up roughly $100 million from his original plan, as ...
Read More »The Capitol Note: Senate committee hears medical marijuana
1) A key Senate committee Thursday morning will hear a proposal that would allow severely ill patients to access medical marijuana, marking the first movement ...
Read More »Anti-bullying bill passes Senate vote
The approval sends the bill to the House, where House Speaker Paul Thissen has said his caucus intends to adopt the Senate language.
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