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    Listen in: Supporters, proponents debate "Legacy Act"

    MinnPost photo by Todd MelbyNick Boerum (back) and Tony Stoering of the Minnesota Environmental Partnership brave the cold at the Capitol.


    Arts, parks, conservation, lakes and rivers all scored a victory at the Capitol on Thursday with the passage of the long-debated "Legacy Act."

    Activists, legislators and others talk about the "Legacy Act"

    Activists, legislators and others talk about the "Legacy Act"

    The House and Senate passed bills that would allow voters to decide whether to raise the state sales tax in November. If approved, the arts and conservation constitutional amendment would raise the sales tax by 0.38 percent or about 3 cents for every $10 spent.

    Todd Melby headed over to the Capitol on a blustery Valentine's Day to see what the supporters, proponents and legislators had to say about the proposed amendment.

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    Todd Melby is a reporter and radio journalist. His stories have aired on BBC Radio 4, NPR's Day to Day, The World, Marketplace, Chicago Public Radio and elsewhere. Locally, he writes about architecture for the Building Minnesota blog and Minnesota Monthly. He's won an Edward R. Murrow award and a Sigma Delta Chi award for radio documentaries he produced with Diane Richard. He's also the host of "Listening Lounge," a program dedicated to radio documentaries, which airs Mondays at 7 p.m. on KFAI. He can be reached at tmelby [at] minnpost [dot] com.

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