MN House passes $1.9 billion infrastructure bill

The Minnesota House voted Monday to spend more than $300 million to repair and improve state college and university facilities, $250 million to fix the state’s aging local roads and bridges and $174 million for state parks, trails and other natural resource infrastructure. Overall, the House approved a total of $1.9 billion for infrastructure improvements — by borrowing $1.53 billion through the sale of bonds and spending another $393 million in cash for the projects. The House had to pass two separate infrastructure bills because it takes a 60 percent...