Laborers continue the $50 million renovation of the Orchestra Hall lobby in Minneapolis, but Minnesota Orchestra musicians are locked out because of a contract dispute. The average salary of performers could be cut by $46,000 a year. (The Star Tribune via Associated Press)
Rep. Keith Downey (left) talks to Rep. Branden Petersen on the house floor on June 30, 2011, as they await the government shutdown in the capitol in St. Paul, Minn. The Minnesota state government shutdown at 12:01 a.m. CDT on July 1, 2011. (Associated Press/Carlos Gonzalez/Star Tribune)
Demonstrators opposed to a state shutdown deliver signs to Sen. Amy T. Koch's office at the Capitol in St. Paul, Minn., on Thursday morning. A wide-ranging state government shutdown bore down on Minnesota on Thursday, threatening to shutter state parks on the brink of a holiday weekend and furlough thousands of workers if a budget deal wasn't struck by midnight. (Star Tribune via Associated Press)
Minnesota Lynx first-round draft picks Maya Moore, left, and Amber Harris talk to reporters Tuesday, April 12, 2011, in Minneapolis, the day after the WNBA basketball draft. (AP Photo/Star Tribune, Jerry Holt)
High winds blow snow along Highway 13 near Burnsville, Minn., on Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011. The heavy snow and high winds across southern Minnesota caused scores of accidents, grounded hundreds of flights and forced some businesses to close early. (AP Photo/Star Tribune, Brian Peterson)
