SAINT PAUL, MINN—The Minnesota House adjourned sine die Sunday evening, officially concluding the 2016 legislative session. The House and Senate passed several bills, including a tax relief package of more than $800 million over the next three years. The bill – which passed on a 123-10 vote – includes more than half a billion in permanent tax breaks for middle-class Minnesotans.
In addition, the Minnesota House passed a bonding bill on Sunday with $696.5 million in funding for roads and bridges on a bipartisan vote of 91-39. In a political maneuver, the Senate Democrat majority failed to pass the bonding and transportation bill and prevented funding from going to the following local projects:
“Our tax bill helps give some of our $900 million surplus back to those who paid too much in the first place,” said Rep. Nels Pierson, R-Rochester. “The tax bill was a great first step, but I’m disappointed the Minnesota Senate blocked needed transportation funding for our area so they could advocate for another light rail train in Minneapolis.”
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