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Downtown bikes
People worried about getting around the Twin Cities during the Republican National Convention may have an answer - free bike use. (05/08/2008)
Pawlenty signs bridge fund
Pawlenty signed the bill in his office with dozens of victims on hand, some of them with tears in their eyes. (05/08/2008)
Road in central MN
The backers of a transportation policy bill have dropped their plans to require that children between four and eight be strapped into a booster seat after Gov. Pawlenty expressed concerns that the measure was "legislative overreach." (05/08/2008)
Northwest and Delta Airlines are offering firmer and more detailed commitments about what their combination would mean for Minnesota. (05/07/2008)
Hennepin County Commissioner Peter McLaughlin will chair a board that will decide how to spend about $1 billion over the next 10 years. (05/07/2008)
The rising price of oil is making it more expensive for MnDOT to fix the state's roads. Oil is used in the asphalt for resurfacing roads and patching potholes. The price for the bituminous mixture has gone up eight percent in the last month. (05/07/2008)
MnDOT has shut down two lanes on one of the major bridges between Duluth and Superior Wisconsin. (05/06/2008)
Construction of a Northstar commuter rail station in Big Lake begins today. By the fall of 2009, commuters will be able to hop on a train in Big Lake and be in downtown Minneapolis in about 40 minutes. (05/06/2008)
The president and chief financial officer of Delta Airlines is telling Minnesota lawmakers there's nothing they can do that would keep a merged Delta-Northwest headquarters in Minnesota. (05/05/2008)
Delta Airlines' President and CFO Ed Bastian is scheduled to appear at the State Capitol this morning to field questions about his company's planned acquisition of Northwest. Minnesota lawmakers complained that Delta was ignoring requests to send an executive. (05/05/2008)
Some victims of the 35W bridge collapse have already stepped forward to praise an agreement on state aid and say they plan to accept a state settlement. (05/02/2008)
For the second weekend in a row, motorists in the south metro will face a major construction-related detour. 35W in Richfield will be closed in both directions between I494 and Crosstown Hwy 62 as crews demolish the 76th Street bridge. (05/02/2008)
2nd Lt. Nathan Lund received the Soldier's Medal during a ceremony Thursday at the University of Minnesota. (05/01/2008)
A national survey out this week shows the top economic concern for Americans is the price of gasoline. For some, driving is a necessary part of their job and the pressure at the pump is eating into their paycheck. (05/01/2008)
Northwest Airlines CEO Doug Steenland currently stands to receive about 18.3 million dollars in severance after Delta Air Lines acquires the company. (04/30/2008)

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