In a 44-22 vote by Minnesota’s state Senate today, Lt. Gov. Carol Molnau was removed from her post as Commissioner of Transportation.
The Senate declined to confirm Molnau, who has been under fire for her response to the Interstate 35W…
Cartoonist Craig Livingstone depicted state Sen. Steve Murphy, D-Red Wing, in the uniform of a Nazi “brownshirt” saying, “Ve vill round…
Rep. Jim Oberstar, D- Minn., has delivered a strongly worded letter to National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Mark Rosenker for announcing the cause of the…
Before she was lieutenant governor and transportation commissioner, before she beat Jesse Ventura in a keg-tossing competition, and before she was a politician, Carol…
Now’s the time to buy earplugs if you live or work near the north end of the I-35W bridge construction site.
Workers will start drilling foundation shafts there…
Editor’s note: As we count down the final days of 2007, we look back at some of the most interesting or important stories of the past year. Here’s the third in this ongoing series.
The last year has been…
The Rules Committee of the Minnesota state Senate has approved $250,000 for a joint committee investigation of the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT). The House is expected to follow suit and approve an additional $250,000 for…
Embattled Transportation Commissioner Carol Molnau has responded to preliminary findings of the State House Commerce and Labor Committee’s investigation into the construction of the new Wakota Bridge. In a 14-page letter addressed to…
Anyone curious about construction of the Interstate 35W bridge replacement will have a chance to question officials at a series of weekly walking tours. Flatiron-Manson construction and the Minnesota Department of Transportation held the first of these “
Lt. Gov. Carol Molnau, who serves as commissioner of transportation, and Met Council Chair Peter Bell have recommended that “no further study” be done on adding a possible light rail extension to the new 35W bridge, a decision that’s drawing…
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