Editorial: Region needs tax reciprocity

Soaring high: Area Minnesota and Wisconsin lawmakers continue to push for income tax reciprocity. Their efforts may pay off this session, revenue officials say.

Prior to then-Gov. Tim Pawlenty nixing the program in 2009, our states had an agreement for 41 years that allowed citizens who worked in one state but lived in another to file a single state tax return. The system wasn't perfect, but it worked for border communities like Red Wing, Bay City, etc.

Our two states have numerous agreements that enhance life for citizens and create economic opportunities. Tax reciprocity needs to be among them again.

Rough landing: Which side of the sidewalk is Red Wing City Council walking on? Some citizens are wondering.

A majority of council members — up until a neighborhood meeting this week, anyway — has been determined to force Hallquist/

Eunice residents to install sidewalks.

On the other end of town, the city is poised to give snowmobiles use of a stretch of Burnside Trail, which connects to the elementary school.

City Council members must address public perception that their application of policy is inconsistent and contradictory.

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