Minnesota Legislature path forward unclear after bonding defeat

ST. PAUL -- The Minnesota Legislature is in limbo after Thursday's narrow defeat of a major issue on the table this year.

"I think for those Republicans who want to have a do-nothing session, they don't feel we should spend any money, they may get their way," Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk, D-Cook, said after a Democratic public works funding bill failed by a single vote.

The public works bill, to be financed by the state selling bonds, was written to include projects in both Democratic and Republican districts, a way that usually attracts votes from both parties, Bakk said.

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