At the left, Rep. Paul Anderson, R-Starbuck, is joined by Melrose City Administrator Michael Brethorst during a recent House Taxes Committee meeting at the Capitol in St. Paul. The two testified to the committee in favor of a bill Anderson has authored to help Melrose recover from a fire in the city’s downtown business district. Anderson’s bill would provide tax exemptions on rebuilding costs after several structures suffered damage when the majority of a city block burned last September. The committee set the bill aside for possible inclusion in a larger tax package later this session.
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