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The City of Corcoran planned to use building permit fees to finance its city hall renovation
Recently, I had the pleasure of speaking to a local city council about the obstacles to the construction of affordable housing which state and local governments erect in terms of in terms of taxes, fe...
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Crime, budget, population numbers suggest public safety needs more attention in St. Paul
The maintenance of law and order is one of the core functions of government. How do you think Saint Paul’s government is doing?...
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Why is state law stopping Minnesota’s beauticians doing weddings?
“Why should we have to now jump through all these hoops and pay thousands of dollars to be able to do what we were already doing over here?” Good question. ...
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Property taxes illustrate the problems with ‘wealth taxes’
Even if your house price has risen by 6%, there is nothing to say your income has too, and it is that cash which you pay property taxes with. ...
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Minnesota’s economic news, w/e 11/15/19
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota....
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