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Ingebrigtsen: DFL calling for $2 billion in tax increases
Editor's note: The following is a legislative update written by State Senator Bill Ingebrigtsen, R-Alexandria.
Friday, March, 22, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

1665674 Public Notice - Alexandria Township Road Maintenance

Friday, March, 22, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Public Notices

1662947 Sealed Bids - County Road Grading and Aggregate Base

Friday, March, 22, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Public Notices

1661581 Sealed Bids - Douglas County Highway Striping

Friday, March, 22, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Public Notices

1661579 Sealed Bids - Douglas County Liquid Calcium Chloride

Friday, March, 22, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Public Notices

Column - Who would oppose raising minimum wage?
Who but Scrooge himself could possibly oppose raising the federal minimum wage? President Obama called for raising the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $9 an hour. If anything in this world is reasonable, it’s that.
Friday, March, 22, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Opinion

Wolf advocates want hunting moratorium
Advocates could not prevent Minnesota’s first wolf hunting season, but they now are asking state lawmakers to put a stop to the hunt for at least five years.
Wednesday, March, 20, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Westrom: Bills heart to unionize day care, increase speed limi
Editor's note: The following is a Week in Review column provided by State Senator Torrey Westrom, R-Elbow Lake.
Monday, March, 18, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Ingebrigtsen: Two minimum wage bills advance
Editor's note: The following is a Week in Review column written by State Senator Bill Ingebrigtsen, R-Alexandria.
Monday, March, 18, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Minimum wage earners must work 89 hours per week to afford modest apartment
According to a national report released last week, a minimum wage earner in Minnesota would have to work 89 hours per week – or hold 2.2 full time jobs -- to afford a modest two-bedroom apartment. Of the twelve states in the Midwest, Minnesota has ranked the worst for affordability for minimum wage workers for three consecutive years.
Sunday, March, 17, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Changes proposed for school lunch programs
Proposed legislation moving through the state Legislature would require that students who qualify for reduced-price lunches be provided with lunch at school regardless of the status of their lunch account.
Friday, March, 15, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Same-sex marriage advances in Legislature
Legalizing same-sex marriage in Minnesota took a key step forward Tuesday but faces many hurdles to approval.
Friday, March, 15, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Letter - Pipeline needs action soon
The Keystone XL pipeline is one of the worst ideas the oil industry has ever tried to foist on the American people.
Friday, March, 15, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - Opinion

McNamar says Dayton's plan will bring property taxes down
State Representative Jay McNamar, DFL-Elbow Lake, released the following comment about Governor Mark Dayton's revised budget proposal from today:
Thursday, March, 14, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Dayton strikes out sales tax plan, keeps additional spending in plan
Gov. Mark Dayton scaled back his tax requests today after hearing from the public, businesses and legislators that they were not keen on expanding the sales tax to most goods and services.
Thursday, March, 14, 2013 - Forum News Service - News

Historical Society pitches Carnegie Library plea to commissioners
Alexandria City and Douglas County boundary lines continue to converge since the governing bodies first joint meeting on April 25, 2012. Now the two have been approached by the Douglas County Historical Society to unite in an effort to resurrect a historic property both the city and county once owned – the Raymar Building, a Carnegie Library.
Wednesday, March, 13, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Dayton drops parts of sales tax plan
It seemed as if pretty much no one liked Governor Mark Dayton’s proposal to tax business services, prompting him to overhaul a budget plan he presented six weeks ago.
Wednesday, March, 13, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Ingebrigtsen, Anderson and Franson discuss Dayton's plans
Douglas County residents, city council members and county commissioners congregated at the Broadway Ballroom in Alexandria to hear local Republican leaders’ takes on DFL Governor Mark Dayton’s plans for Minnesota. Senator Bill Ingebrigtsen and Representatives Paul Anderson and Mary Franson shared their perceptions of Dayton’s tax proposal for 2014-2015 and took questions from an audience of approximately 50 people.
Tuesday, March, 12, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Township elections are today; did you vote?
Grassroots government needs a little tending today. It’s township election time. Eighteen of the 20 townships in Douglas County will hold elections and annual meetings today, March 12.
Tuesday, March, 12, 2013 - Alexandria Echo Press - News

Capitol Chatter: Gay marriage set for Tuesday debates
Gay advocates have lobbied for allow same-sex marriages for years, but they made little progress.
Monday, March, 11, 2013 - Forum News Service - News

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