THURSDAY, April 15 (Tax Day) There’s still time…so fill out and mail back your census form TODAY! Residents Encouraged to Help Save up to $1.5 Billion in Taxpayer Money Today marks the two-day countdown for residents across America to mail back their 2010 Census questionnaires. Households that return their forms after Friday, April 16, will […]
A Letter from St. Paul
State Rep. Doug Magnus (R-Slayton) covers all or part of Murray, Pipestone, Rock and Nobles counties in southwest Minnesota: Hello from St. Paul, The good news is the state’s economy is improving. The bad news is a massive budget deficit remains. State economists said Minnesota’s current financial shortfall now totals $994 million, down from the […]
Costs of Sprawl, MN Housing Bust Version
Minnesota Public Radio did a story this week titled: Housing bust exposes the cost of unplanned growth Geographers call them “the exurbs.” These are bedroom communities; people here generally commute to the city for work. Baldwin Township has only 30 or so businesses, but it has more than 2,000 houses. Driving past one of Baldwin’s […]