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Gov. Mark Dayton has signed an executive order requiring the Minnesota Department of Transportation to reinstate missing umlauts on city limit signs in Lindström. If the department doesn't do it, Dayton says he'll paint them on himself.
The state of Minnesota would begin paying for the new legislative office building under construction next door to the Capitol, as well as its annual operational costs, under legislation moving through the Minnesota Senate.
Bakk: Soccer stadium wouldn’t get one vote
A day before a private meeting with the head of Minnesota’s new pro soccer franchise, Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk threw more cold water on the idea of a state subsidized stadium.