Here’s the Friday, Nov. 17th edition of GV Wire’s News Minute.

A congressional investigation sharply criticized the federal government’s tepid response to the discovery of possible pathogens at an illegal bio-lab in Reedley earlier this year.

Other highlighted stories:

• The Fresno City Council is being sued by the ACLU for what it describes as secret negotiations over the city’s nearly $2 billion budget.
• A well-established local restaurant, The Standard, has reopened after a four-month renovation.
• 40 years after first envisioned, Fresno’s Veterans Boulevard is about to be fully open to traffic.