Legislature passes $825 million bonding bill as clock winds down
While the 2018 Minnesota Legislature accomplished few major goals, lawmakers did set aside their partisan differences in the final hour of the session Sunday night to pass an $825 million public works construction bill.
The 11th-hour deal would fund hundreds of projects ranging from repairs to aging state buildings to constructing roads and bridges and upgrading sewer and water systems.
It also will create thousands of jobs across the state this construction season, said Capital Investment Committee Chairman David Senjem, R-Rochester. “This is a jobs bill.”
Facing a midnight deadline, the Senate passed the bonding bill at 11:30 p.m. on a 42-25 vote — one more than the three-fifths super majority required. It then sailed through the House on a 113-13 vote at 11:40 p.m.
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