MAPLE GROVE, MN-A new hospital here is yet another major development project left in limbo by the expected quick adjournment this week of the Minnesota Legislature once it passes a $30-billion budget.

After a draining fight over the state budget, which resulting in a state shutdown this month, state legislators plan to pass the budget and go home for the summer. As GlobeSt.com reported earlier this week, that would put on hold proposals for a new ballpark for the Minnesota Twins and a new on campus football stadium for the University of Minnesota. There is talk of another special session to deal with these issues this fall, but nothing has been set.

Approval for a new hospital in Maple Grove, which is required because the state has a moratorium on new hospitals, also will be left hanging, perhaps a victim of the hot contention among the three hospital systems vying for the project. While there is little argument that a hospital is needed for the fast-growing area, the process by which a hospital operator would be selected has proved divisive.

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