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    May 17, 2012
    Commentary: Explaining our stadium vote
    Sometimes we need to step back from a legislative issue to look at the big picture. The recent stadium issue is a prime example. It is important...
    opinion/columnsMay 17, 2012 - 12:00am
    May 14, 2012
    Vikings owners and politicians watch Gov. Mark Dayton sign a bill Monday authorizing a $975 million downtown Minneapolis stadium. (Don Davis?Forum Communications Co.)
    Dayton signs stadium bill
    ST. PAUL -- Rep. Morrie Lanning summed up a stadium bill signing in three words: "We did it." That pretty much was the attitude of a couple...
    newsMay 14, 2012 - 1:15pm
    May 12, 2012
    Horns on the head of a Vikings fan frame debate Thursday in the Minnesota House to build a stadium. The stadium, which ultimately was approved, drained the energy to accomplish much else in the Legislature this session, some lawmakers say. (Don Davis/Forum Communications Co.)
    Vikings stadium debate loomed over session
    ST. PAUL -- Democrats' term for the just-completed Minnesota legislative session is "do nothing," but if that is true, the House speaker said...
    newsMay 12, 2012 - 12:00am
    May 11, 2012
    Minnesota Vikings fan David Gunderson, in face paint, on Thursday em-braces fellow fan Larry Spooner in the hallway of the Capitol in St. Paul after the Vikings stadium bill passed in the Senate. Lawmakers approved a nearly $1 billion plan to construct the stadium in downtown Minneapolis. AP photo/Renee Jones Schneider
    Lawmakers agree on funding plan, clearing way for Vikings to construct stadium
    ST. PAUL -- The Minnesota Vikings and their fans have something to cheer about. And they did cheer and sang "Skol, Vikings," the team's fight...
    sportsMay 11, 2012 - 12:00am
    May 10, 2012
    How area west central Minn. area lawmakers voted on Vikings stadium
    Lawmakers in west central Minnesota split on their votes on legislation to construct a Vikings stadium. Here is how the four west central Minnesota area state representatives voted on a bill to construct a Vikings stadium: Paul Anderson, R-Starbuck, yes Andrew Falk, DFL-Murdock,...
    newsMay 10, 2012 - 5:22pm
    Legislature approves stadium bill, sent to governor for signature
    ST. PAUL - Lawmakers approved the final version of a Vikings stadium construction plan Thursday, sending it to the governor's desk for approval. The new stadium would make Minnesota "a better place to live," Rep. Morrie Lanning, R-Moorhead, said shortly after the House approved...
    newsMay 10, 2012 - 2:05pm
    Vikings stadium passes House, on to Senate; House adjourned
    ST. PAUL -- The Minnesota Vikings are close to a new stadium after the House early today approved a construction plan 71-60. Representatives debated the stadium bill an hour and 50 minutes after day-long negotiations produced a compromise bill after the House and Senate passed differing...
    newsMay 10, 2012 - 7:52am
    Vikings stadium passes House, on to Senate
    ST. PAUL -- The Minnesota Vikings are close to a new stadium after the House early today approved a construction plan 71-60. Representatives debated the stadium bill an hour and 50 minutes after day-long negotiations produced a compromise bill after the House and Senate passed differing...
    newsMay 10, 2012 - 5:50am
    May 9, 2012
    Vikings stadium bill pressed for time as it moves forward at Minnesota Legislature
    ST. PAUL - The task of finding a way to build a Vikings stadium falls to six legislative negotiators after the House and Senate passed different plans. The stadium half dozen will negotiate to find compromises that the Legislature can accept when the bill returns for full House and...
    newsMay 9, 2012 - 8:37am
    How area senators from west central Minnesota voted on Vikings stadium
    One of four area senators cast a note vote against the Vikings stadium plan Tuesday. Here is how four area senators from west central Minnesota voted on the Vikings stadium construction plan: Michelle Fischbach, R-Paynesville, yes Joe Gimse, R-Willmar, yes Lyle Koenen, DFL-Clara...
    newsMay 9, 2012 - 5:56am
    Minn. Senate approves Vikings stadium plan
    ST. PAUL - The Minnesota Senate approved a Vikings stadium construction bill 38-28 late Tuesday night. Bill author Sen. Julie Rosen, R-Fairmont, said the bill was a compromise among the parties involved, and "there's a lot of win-win in it." "It's a great day for Vikings fans and...
    newsMay 9, 2012 - 5:50am
    May 8, 2012
    New Senate plan for Vikings stadium includes user fees
    ST. PAUL -- The Minnesota Senate is debating a Vikings stadium funding bill that mixes user fees with gambling taxes as a financing plan. Senators began the debate at 12:50 p.m., nearly four hours late. They planned to be at it for hours. "It is an issue that has been put on our...
    newsMay 8, 2012 - 2:14pm
    How the four area Minn. House members voted on stadium
    Members of the Minnesota House from west central Minnesota split on the Vikings stadium legislation that passed the House late Monday. Here is how the four area representatives voted on the Vikings bill: Paul Anderson, R-Starbuck, yes Andrew Falk, DFL-Murdock, no Dean Urdahl,...
    newsMay 8, 2012 - 6:15am
    Rep. Morrie Lanning defends his bill to fund a Vikings stadium with an expansion of charitable gambling. Tribune photo by Don Davis
    Stadium heads to Minn. Senate vote today
    ST. PAUL -- The largest single construction project Minnesota officials ever have considered goes in front of the state Senate today. A $975...
    newsMay 8, 2012 - 6:08am
    May 7, 2012
    House passes Vikings stadium bill
    ST. PAUL -- The Minnesota House approved a new Vikings stadium late Monday. The 73-58 vote sends it to the Senate, where it could be debated Tuesday or Wednesday. The $975 million proposal funded in part by charitable gambling taxes would be the largest single project the Legislature...
    sportsMay 7, 2012 - 10:35pm
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