If the City Council approves three resolutions in the coming weeks, voters will get to decide whether to extend the quarter-cent sales tax for street improvements for eight more years.

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Lincoln wants to ask voters to continue sales tax for streets 8 more years

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LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird announced Thursday morning that she is working with city council members to reinstate the quarter-cent sales tax.  This tax initiative was first introduced and approved by voters in 2019 and has since generated $85.7 million for infrastructure improvements. “If the quarter-cent sales tax is allowed to expire on Sept. 30, 2025, Lincoln...

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Lincoln mayor wants voters to extend sales tax for street improvement

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird, with City and business leaders, came together Thursday to push for a ballot issue in the April primary to continue the “Lincoln on the Move” sales tax. “We know our work isn’t finished, and we would like to ensure that this work continues,” said the Mayor. “If the quarter-cent sales tax is allowed to expire on September 30th, 2025, Lincoln will lose that $18 million in annual street funding, whi…

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As the new year begins to take off, the city of Graham is continuing a trend of declining sales tax returns while Young County is seeing a 46% boost for the amount received from the previous year.The city of Graham imposes a 1.5% rate on sales tax, which is placed in the general fund and a portion is also allocated to the Graham Economic Improvement Corporation for economic development and property tax relief.

Lincoln wants to ask voters to continue sales tax for streets 8 more years

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