Senators takes up building plan

Published 10:35 am Wednesday, January 15, 2014

ST. PAUL — A Minnesota Senate committee is set to vote on a Capitol campus building project that’s become entangled in partisan politics.

The Senate Rules Committee meets Wednesday to approve design plans and sign off on cost estimates for a new office building for the state Senate. The building, next to the Capitol, is projected to cost $63 million plus $27 million for adjacent parking facilities.

Lawmakers authorized the construction last spring. But Republicans now say Democrats forwarded it without proper scrutiny, and say it should be delayed until a court hearing next week on a legal challenge.

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