The House spending bill contains funding for a number of projects in Minnesota. Here are highlights:
$195 million: Help rebuild the Interstate 35W bridge.
$55 million: The Northstar Corridor from Minneapolis to Big Lake.
$50 million: Security at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul in 2008.
$10 million: The planned Central Corridor light-rail line that would link downtowns in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
$2.9 million: Greater Minnesota transit bus system.
$1.1 million: St. Cloud airport land acquisition.
$850,000: Work on Hwy. 14 between Waseca and Owatonna and between North Mankato and New Ulm.
$800,000 : The St. Cloud Metrobus project in St. Cloud.