Some of the greatest potential noise impacts will be near the 21st Street station in the Kenilworth area, which the project considers a “park-like” setting.

The four gubernatorial hopefuls shed some of their characteristic restraint, breathing a little life into a race that has generated little excitement with the general public.

Cristine Almeida brings a packed quiver of arrows to the Capitol as her firm juggles the needs of a dozen and a half clients during a typical legislative session.

For five months DFL Gov. Mark Dayton and the GOP-controlled Legislature sparred at the Capitol over how to eliminate the state’s $5 billion budget deficit. But with the legislative session concluded and no end to the budget impasse in sight, the debate will now move beyond St. Paul as legislators face constituents in their home districts.

There's one stark difference in recent polls that will likely be the key to Tuesday's vote: the makeup of the electorate in each. The disparate top line results can almost solely be laid at the feet of this key difference.

The latest poll on the Minnesota governor's race shows former Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Dayton and GOP state Rep. Tom Emmer running neck and neck.