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Minnesota Zoo looks to Legislature for help

by Art Hughes, Minnesota Public Radio
January 4, 2005

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The Minnesota Zoo is returning to the Legislature again this year for money to expand repair its Apple Valley grounds. Gov. Pawlenty has included more than $34 million in his bonding proposal for the zoo. But MPR's Art Hughes reports the money is a tougher sell for many legislators.

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