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November 30, 2011 5:41 AM

Local leaders look for way to reshape government

Hundreds of officials from Minnesota’s cities, counties and school districts have been meeting to brainstorm ways to reshape the way local governments provide services.

by Dave Peters

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November 29, 2011 9:29 AM

Broadband task force gears up

Minnesota’s new broadband task force has held its first meeting.

by Dave Peters

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November 29, 2011 3:02 AM

Who’s raising property tax levies the most? Look outside the metro area

Most local governments in Minnesota are proposing to increase their property tax levies in 2012, and the biggest percentage increases are outstate, figures from the Department of Revenue show.

by Dave Peters

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November 23, 2011 6:21 AM

Minnesota property taxpayers looking at 4.7 percent increase

Minnesota’s property tax bill is rising 1.2 percent next year, but because the state will stop paying a share, individuals and businesses are paying 4.7 percent more than this year.

by Dave Peters

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November 23, 2011 2:38 AM

North Dakota oil fields drive up costs in western Minnesota

In Wheaton, a small city near the western Minnesota border, competition from the oil fields in North Dakota is driving up the cost of road projects.

by Jennifer Vogel

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November 22, 2011 5:51 AM

Shocked by your tax notice? Look again

Some homeowners are getting a bigger scare out of their supposed home value than they are out of their property taxes this year. Notices counties are sending out don’t explain all.

by Dave Peters

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November 21, 2011 4:55 AM

Future of Minnesota cities debated on Midmorning

On Midmorning today, Chuck Marohn, Jim Miller and Dave Peters, three people who think big about cities, debated the future of roads, taxes and police services.

by Jennifer Vogel

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November 17, 2011 2:30 AM

Broadband rewards go to the well-organized

The real action for expanding broadband use lies, not in Washington, D.C., but in communities like those in Minnesota that are tackling things at the local level, says Tom Koutsky of Connected Nation.

by Dave Peters

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November 16, 2011 9:21 AM

Township taxes on the rise

Thanks to cuts in state aid, property taxes now make up two-thirds of the average township budget. Ten years ago, they were only half the average budget.

by Curtis Gilbert

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November 16, 2011 6:06 AM

Hennepin and Ramsey tax notices are in the mail

Truth in taxation notices going to property owners in Hennepin and Ramsey counties this week show most people getting tax increases in the single digits.

by Dave Peters

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