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Minnesota lawmakers reject all local sales tax requests, leaving local projects in limbo

A close-up of insulation that is breaking away from the wall.
Insulation pours out of a torn wall at the Audubon fire station on May 28. The town was hoping a sales tax initiative would help it pay for a new fire station. But it couldn't put the measure before voters without first getting approval from the state Legislature, which it did not get.
Harshawn Ratanpal | MPR News