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ST. PAUL -- So-called assault weapons are nothing more than fancy hunting rifles, gun supporters told a Minnesota House committee Wednesday. A federal ban on the guns that expired in 2004 did not work, Chris Rager of the National Rifle Association told the House public safety co...

Minnesota voters will be asked in the November 6 election whether they want to amend the state Constitution to define a marriage as between a man and a woman, effectively outlawing gay marriages. Here is a look at the issues: PROCESS The Minnesota Constitution is amended when the...

Alexandria United Methodist Church and Minnesota Council of Churches invite the community to attend a respectful conversation on the marriage amendment on October 11 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Alexandria United Methodist Church. Join them to learn and practice how to respectfully...

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie uses state funds to campaign against a proposed constitutional amendment that would require voters to show photographic identification, two Republican state senators allege in a complaint filed Thursday. Sens. Scott Newman of...

Legislators have the duty to write ballot titles for proposed constitutional amendments, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled recently, eliminating those that Secretary of State Mark Ritchie rewrote earlier this year. The court also ruled that a proposal to require Minnesota voters...

Cornerstone Church of Alexandria and New Testament Church of Alexandria are sponsoring a lecture by Jay Howard of Focus on the Faulty Ministries, on the dangers of legalizing same-sex marriage, on Monday, September 10 at 7 p.m.

First Congregational Church of Alexandria and Minnesota Council of Churches invite the community to attend a respectful conversation on the marriage amendment on Saturday, September 8 at Douglas County Public Library in Alexandria from 9:30 a.m.

ST. PAUL -- The Minnesota attorney general's office says a case the state Supreme Court heard this morning could jeopardize constitutional amendments passed in the last 90 years. Solicitor General Alan Gilbert told justices that if they overturn Secretary of State Mark Ritchie's...

ST. PAUL -- The Minnesota Supreme Court is being asked to mediate battles over words in a pair of constitutional amendment proposals voters will decide Nov. 6. The latest squabble to land in the high court came Monday when Republicans sued Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie...

ST. PAUL -- Supporters of a constitutional amendment proposal to ban gay marriage are asking the Minnesota Supreme Court to reject a rewritten title that voters will see when they vote on the proposal Nov.

Senator Bill Ingebrigtsen, R-Alexandria, supports the voter ID legislation. "I think with 80 percent of Minnesotans wanting this on the ballot, this tells us that voters are very, very concerned about the problems in Minnesota that the Senate brought forward and all the issues that...

Public Hearing Publish February 12, 2010 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Alexandria City Council will conduct a public hearing on February 22, 2010 at 7:15 p.m. in the Alexandria City Hall to consider an amendment to Chapter 12 of the Alexandria City Code. The amendment proposes...