GOVERNMENT NEWS
Private money to help foot highway bills 
Minnesota transportation officials want more private companies to pay part of the construction bill for highway projects.
By Don Davis , October 28, 2009
State aid cuts hit city streets: List of roads needing reconstruction grows longer
State aid cuts to Alexandria are hitting the streets.
At Monday night’s meeting, the Alexandria City Council approved an engineering contract for next year’s local street overlay projects, which if not for the aid cuts, should have been done this year.
By Al Edenloff , October 28, 2009
City council items: airport agreement, YMCA street, new microphones and salary freezes
In other action from Monday night’s Alexandria City Council meeting:
Road to YMCA will be public
By Al Edenloff , October 28, 2009
State cuts hit Alexandria streets
State aid cuts to Alexandria are hitting the streets. At Monday night’s meeting, the Alexandria City Council approved an engineering contract for next year’s local street overlay projects, which if not for the aid cuts, should have been done this year.
By Al Edenloff , October 27, 2009
Baby boomers are a budget buster
Baby boomers are beginning to retire, and their need for more health care is a main reason Minnesota’s state budget looks bleak for years to come.
By By Don Davis, State Capitol Bureau , October 23, 2009
Pawlenty, leaders talk about 2010 session
Republican Governor Tim Pawlenty and leaders of the Democratic-dominated Minnesota Legislature got a head start on their 2010 work Tuesday, agreeing they would start work on issues such as public works projects and how to inject money into the economy.
October 20, 2009
Taxes take center stage at gubernatorial forum
Tom Rukavina did not mince words in Minnesota’s first gubernatorial forum featuring candidates from both major parties. “I am going to tax everybody in this room,” the Virginia Democratic state representative declared.
By Don Davis , October 17, 2009
City suspends license of body piercing business: It violated state law
The Alexandria City Council is slapping the wrist of a local tattoo and body piercing business for violating state law.
By Al Edenloff , October 16, 2009
County gets ready to be counted
Ten questions, 10 minutes. That’s all it takes to be counted for the 2010 census. At Tuesday’s Douglas County Board meeting, commissioners heard from Donna Hoffer, a partner specialist for the U.S. Census Bureau.
By Celeste Beam , October 16, 2009
Council suspends license of body piercing business
The Alexandria City Council is slapping the wrist of a local tattoo and body piercing business for violating state law.
By Al Edenloff , October 14, 2009
Minnesota students plead for college affordability
U.S. Senator Al Franken began a statewide tour of college campuses Monday to pick up ammunition to help him promote the Student Aid and Financial Responsibility Act. The bill, which the House passed last month, would kick banks out of the student loan business and force higher education institutions to provide the federally funded loans directly to students beginning next year.
By Don Davis , October 13, 2009
Mayors launch effort to hold governor candidates' 'feet to the fire' on city funding
Saying that the next governor will determine the fate of cities across the state, mayors announced at a State Capitol press conference that they are turning their attention to the 2010 governor’s race and will be traveling the state to call on candidates to address local government aid (LGA).
October 07, 2009
Seifert walks away with GOP poll
Marty Seifert took an early lead in the first statewide measure of Minnesota’s Republican 2010 governor race. The state representative from Marshall collected 37 percent of the vote in a GOP state convention straw poll, a convincing victory in a nine-candidate field.
By By Don Davis, State Capitol Bureau , October 07, 2009
Seifert walks away with GOP straw poll win
Marty Seifert took an early lead in the first statewide measure of Minnesota’s Republican 2010 governor race.
By Don Davis , October 05, 2009
Local forum will address health care issues
The Douglas County Democratic Farmer Labor Party (DFL) will sponsor an open forum on health care issues.
October 02, 2009
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