When the Twin Cities missed the cut for Amazon’s second headquarters, the response here was mostly Minnesota Nice — but not so nice from a guy in New Jersey who advises companies where to move.

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Three of the area’s most prolific highway contractors are poised to team up on the Interstate 35W and Lake Street access project in Minneapolis, an ambitious and complicated overhaul designed to improve safety, traffic control and transit service in the I-35W corridor in the city.

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Bridges spanning the Midtown Greenway will get a closer look as they approach the century mark, and the findings could help determine whether a streetcar line is built in the historic freight rail corridor.

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Republican leaders in the state House helped retool a Vikings stadium bill that was scheduled for its first committee vote Monday, a new signal of support for a proposal that's struggled at the Capitol.

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A variety of stakeholders are pushing a proposal to put a state-run casino in downtown Minneapolis. Rep. John Kriesel, a Republican from Cottage Grove, is sponsoring legislation to authorize the project at the struggling Block E site. ...

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Minneapolis (AP) — A study commissioned by the real estate investor who envisioned Target Field on a scrubby downtown Minneapolis parking lot has concluded that the nearby Farmers Market would be the best place for a new Vikings stadium. The ...

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By Brian Johnson Dolan Newswires A busy corridor in south Minneapolis was rocked Thursday morning by a natural gas explosion that shot flames high into the air. The explosion at around 8:30 a.m. on 60th Street just east of Nicollet ...

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By Burl Gilyard Dolan Media Newswires MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Ted Mondale and Lester Bagley are seeing a lot of each other these days. Mondale is the newly appointed chairman of the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission. Bagley is the vice president ...

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By Bob Geiger Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — M.A. Mortenson Co., Minneapolis, has declared the wind energy industry “challenging and uncertain” after developing 100 wind farms in the United States and Canada. Mortenson’s assessment is part of a new 20-page ...

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By Burl Gilyard Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — It sounds like a horror movie. In other parts of the country, commercial real estate pros have started to use the term “zombie buildings” to describe structures that sit empty or are ...

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