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From the legislative pay ballot initiative to the disappearing special session — the top Capitol stories of 2016.

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Breaking the Ice: Susan Lenczewski, executive director of the Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement, is grappling with the complex laws governing retirement benefits.

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Minnesota Department of Administration Commissioner Matt Massman describes the $310 million Minnesota State Capitol restoration as the “largest asset preservation project in state history,” but that tells only part of the story.

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"There is some sort of ancient Egyptian, Hindu and/or Martian curse on the Vikings and we just need to accept it and move on."

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When big reductions in sales tax projections through fiscal year 2019 were unveiled in the most recent state budget forecast, the House Ways and Means Committee chair wondered what it means for Legacy funds.

“It will be interesting — given the changes in sales tax — if there is enough money on the bottom line in these different Legacy accounts,” said Rep. Jim Knoblach, R-St. Cloud.

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To whom does an elector owe a duty of faithfulness? To his political party, to whom he pledged to vote for its presidential candidate, or to his conscience, which requires him not to? And when the elector votes against his oath, what role, if any, should the state play?

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Breaking the Ice: The Minnesota Department of Education's Hue Nguyen considers herself a "jack-of-all-trades."

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Minneapolis-based U.S. Bank will start building a $250 million data center in Chaska this spring to add information storage to the bank’s computer network.

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The dust had barely settled after a verbal sparring match between Gov. Mark Dayton and House Speaker Kurt Daudt, R-Crown, when the governor was asked how he sees the next legislative session playing out.

“Very difficult,” Dayton said. “Very, very contentious. Very charged with the politics of 2018 — people running for governor and wanting to stage confrontations and wanting to build their standing with their own party.”

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We asked our Capitol Retort panelists if Bob Dylan deserved his Nobel Prize in Literature.

"Absolutely. Just as I think that Keith Richards deserves the Nobel Prize for chemistry."

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A Fourth Amendment battle is brewing in the court and at the Capitol over a new technological mandate for the companies that provide ignition interlock devices to Minnesota motorists whose licenses have been revoked for drunken driving convictions.

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