A bipartisan group of legislators want to relax local zoning rules that currently block apartments from being built in many Minnesota cities. The bill would supersede local zoning rules, and require cities of 5,000 or more to legalize at least six types of homes from a menu that includes duplexes, cottage clusters, townhouses and small apartment buildings. Smaller cities would have to allow .
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A Minnesota State Auditor’s report states 129 local government entities directly employed lobbying staff or hired contract lobbyists in 2022, the year of the most recent data.