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St. Paul residents on Nov. 7 will go to the polls and vote on increasing the city's overall sales tax by a percentage point, with the goal of raising nearly $1 billion over 20 years to fund arterial road reconstruction and major parks projects.
St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter will unveil key spending priorities, as well as a proposed property tax levy, during his 2024 budget address next Thursday at a real estate development site that’s become symbol of both the capital city’s promise and challenges. Hailed as a mixed-income, environmentally-sustainable rethinking of former Ford Motor Co. factory land, the Highland Bridge development .