The Minnesota Department of Transportation this week wrapped up work on the first project it has delivered using the construction manager-general contractor system: the $145.9 million Winona Bridge rehabilitation and construction project.

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Developers of a proposed copper-nickel mine in northern Minnesota are courting bankers for $950 million in financing, even as environmental groups push back against the project over fears of water pollution.

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Minnesota transportation advocates and supporters of an off-year bonding bill are in wait-until-next-year mode after walking away from their state's 2019 legislative session empty-handed.

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Even as Wisconsin lawmakers struggle to break out of an impasse on the state's next budget, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and legislative leaders found a way to work together on a deal that avoids an increase in gas taxes.

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With less than two weeks remaining in Minnesota's 2019 legislative session, competing plans to improve Minnesota’s transportation system are stuck in traffic as rival factions within the Legislature remain far apart on how to pay for projects.

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said earlier this week that his administration has renewed its challenge of a regulatory panel’s approval of Enbridge Energy’s plan to replace its aging Line 3 crude-oil pipeline across northern Minnesota, saying he wants to let the legal process play out.

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Even though the largest minority-owned contractor in Minnesota is struggling with cash-flow troubles, the founder and chairman of the company says he’s “bullish” about the future, hinting that now might be time for a new business plan.

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Opponents of Enbridge Energy's proposed replacement of its Line 3 crude-oil pipeline may turn their attention to fighting the project on other fronts as a Minnesota regulatory panel prepares to take one of its final steps to allow it to proceed.

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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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