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Nathaniel Minor

Graphic: How did Minn. lawmakers spend the state's $1.2B surplus?

 
  
 

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At the beginning of this year's legislative session, state lawmakers had a $1.2 billion surplus at their disposal.

As the graphic above shows, the biggest single chunk of that money went back to the state's taxpayers in the form of tax cuts.

Visit MPR News' politics page for more news from the state Capitol.