Alexandria residents looking to light up a smoke — or even park a car — will feel their wallets getting lighter under a pair of proposals scheduled to come before the City Council this week.

City Manager Rashad Young has proposed a 10-cent increase in the city’s cigarette tax, raising it to 90 cents a pack, the highest tax rate in the state. Young also is recommending that the council extend parking meter operating hours by two hours, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

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