I didn’t get to the Minnesota legislative session analysis I had hoped to write today. Here’s the short version: despite the challenges, this was a good session for the Iron Range in general. Not perfect but pretty good considering.

Check out round-ups from the DNT. The Range papers have stuff, too, but it’s not posted online yet.

Meantime, notably, lawmakers approved the Vermilion State Park plan, creating a new state park on the east end of the Iron Range. Not bad. We didn’t ask for it, but okie-dokey.