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Zelle floats bonding for transportation

Gov. Mark Dayton’s administration on Thursday for the first time floated an idea to House and Senate transportation negotiators for funding highway construction.

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Guest column: Legislature missed transportation opportunities

Minnesota’s transportation infrastructure will simply continue to deteriorate while opportunities to attract new businesses and create more jobs in the construction industry in the coming years were lost.

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2013 Minnesota legislative session leaves unfinished business

While many DFL priorities were achieved at the end of the five-month session, a handful of high-priority issues were shelved in the hustle and bustle of crafting a $38 billion budget.

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Audit finds deficiencies in DBE oversight

An audit of the MnDOT’s Office of Civil Rights found a wide range of deficiencies related its oversight of a program designed to oversee contracting opportunities for disadvantaged businesses.

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MnDOT’s shutdown bill comes to $25,545,897 so far

Nearly two years after a budget impasse halted state government services for three weeks in July 2011, the Minnesota Department of Transportation has paid or is in the process of paying $25.5 million...

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MnDOT boss: DBE issues need work

Minnesota Department of Transportation officials are considering changes within the Office of Civil Rights to avoid potential conflicts of interest after a recent internal audit found deficiencies.

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Transportation funding headed for ‘cliff’

Minnesota lawmakers and transportation advocates have their summer homework cut out for them in addressing a projected $20 billion shortfall in the state’s transportation funding over the next two...

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Key agency tees off on Southwest LRT costs

Several members of the Counties Transit Improvement Board expressed frustration at a public meeting Wednesday with the project’s rising cost and the politics weighing it down.

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In Minnesota, a serious push to tackle problem bridges

More than most places, Minnesota has a heightened vigilance around bridge conditions since the I-35W bridge buckled during an August 2007 rush hour — a disaster that killed 13 people.

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Transportation chairs see room for compromise

BY JANICE BITTERS | Staff Writer The transportation committee chairs in the Minnesota Senate and House said Friday they are confident they can get a comprehensive funding bill passed in the next...

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