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• No takers on Crosstown highway reconstruction
  There's another delay in relieving congestion on Minnesota's biggest traffic bottleneck. Minnesota Department of Transportation officials said Friday construction on the Crosstown interchange in south Minneapolis and Richfield, scheduled to start this summer, has been put off indefinitely.June 16, 2006
• Bergson says he won't run again
  Duluth Mayor Herb Bergson says he won't run for re-election. Bergson says he's doing it to remove himself as a political obstacle in the city's fight over pension benefits.June 14, 2006
• Minneapolis may subsidize Target Center losses
  The Minneapolis City Council could vote Friday to subsidize some operating expenses for the Target Center. A council committee has recommended the plan, which would cover up to half the losses incurred from hosting non-basketball events at the arena, estimated at $1 million to $2 million.June 13, 2006
• Outdoors amendment dead for this session
  The prospects of the state lawmakers taking up a constitutional amendment on natural resources during a summer special session are over. DFL Senate Majority Leader Dean Johnson Thursday rejected the latest Republican House offer to raise the state sales tax by one-eighth of 1 percent for hunting and fishing habitats.June 8, 2006
• Bogged down in wetlands
  It's hard to please everybody, even when you try to give them a wetland at no charge. PolyMet Mining will need to replace more than 1,000 acres of wetlands it expects to fill for a mining operation near Hoyt Lakes. PolyMet's plans worry some St. Louis County residents.June 5, 2006
• Fifty years of "The Singing Wilderness"
  There's a piece of paradise in northeastern Minnesota, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, the BWCA. Admirers credit a book published 50 years as part of the inspiration for creating the wilderness area. And they credit the author, the late Sigurd Olson, for putting into words the reasons humans need wilderness.June 5, 2006
• NorShor strip club plan raises hackles in Duluth
  Duluth's historic downtown theater is being turned into a strip club. After years of trying, the owner says he's finally found something that will pay the bills. But some of his downtown neighbors, including the mayor, are really upset.June 1, 2006
• Pawlenty signs $1 billion bonding bill
  Construction crews, start your engines. Gov. Tim Pawlenty on Thursday signed a $999.9 million public works bill into law, giving the thumbs-up to projects ranging from new university buildings to local bridge repairs.June 1, 2006
• Mercury concerns on the Range
  New industries proposed for the Iron Range are stirring an old concern. Mercury pollution has already forced fish consumption advisories in area lakes including Lake Superior. Now, stringent mercury emission laws are making it tough for new industries to meet the standards.May 26, 2006
• The debate over sulfide mining
  A new copper/nickel mine could bring 400 direct jobs to the Iron Range. But some people worry that copper/nickel mining will poison the environment.May 25, 2006
• Making transit work
  What should Minnesota do to improve the metro area's mass transit system?Midday, May 24, 2006
• Duluth looks for an investigator
  Officials in Duluth are trying to find someone to investigate Mayor Herb Bergson. Last year, the mayor gave a classified report to the publisher of the Duluth News-Tribune. The report's author, Legislative Auditor Jim Nobles, says that was illegal. But so far he hasn't been able to find anyone to investigate he matter. Now, the Duluth city council has instructed the city's purchasing agent to hire someone to conduct an investigation.May 23, 2006
• Central corridor hearing draws light rail supporters
  The first public hearing on transit plans for the central corridor yielded a number of enthusiastic comments in favor of building light rail along University Ave.May 23, 2006
• Accusations fly over Duluth Entertainment Center money
  Some journalists are calling this "the stadium session," but the only sports facility which had already received public support in a referendum got skunked at the Capitol.May 22, 2006
• Will LRT and change come to central corridor neighborhoods?
  There's wide agreement that building a nearly $1 billion light rail line between St. Paul and Minneapolis will affect surrounding neighborhoods. The disagreement is over whether the effects will be good or bad.May 22, 2006

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