Experts agree that the construction industry has bounced back from the Great Recession much faster in Minnesota than in Wisconsin, but not everyone has the same explanation for that difference.

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Fresh off approval by Minnesota regulators, the parent company of Enbridge Energy says it's on track to finish building its Line 3 replacement pipeline and put it into service by the second half of next year.

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A crowd of people lining up for an important hearing on a Minnesota pipeline project appears about evenly divided between supporters and opponents.

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Dan Emerson BridgeTower Media Newswires MINNEAPOLIS, MN – As Wisconsin officials look to bring more people into the construction industry to help build Foxconn’s new plant in Mount Pleasant and other projects, their counterparts in Minnesota are trying to do ...

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Minnesota Senate Republicans released a $825 million bonding bill on Wednesday, matching the amount proposed by the House last week but falling well short of the $1.5 billion sought by Gov. Mark Dayton.

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A day after the Minnesota House passed a bill that would provide more than $350 million for transportation projects, the Transportation Finance Committee chairman who backed the bill wasn’t in a mood to celebrate.

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Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton proposed $21 million in new funding for security and mental-health projects in schools in his state on Wednesday, as thousands of high school students converged on the Capitol to call for stronger gun laws in the wake of the recent shooting in Florida.

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Minnesota is giving up efforts to reach a tax-reciprocity agreement with Wisconsin.

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Across the Mississippi River from Wisconsin’s Hagar City, the Minnesota city of Red Wing is seeking to become Minnesota’s top historic river-town destination.

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Three historic bridges spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis are due for repairs in the next five years, and officials say the cost could top $130 million.

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