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St. Paul voters pass sales tax hike

St. Paul voters passed a 1% sales tax increase Tuesday– an idea introduced last December to generate funds for improving city infrastructure. 

Seeking hockey rinks, street repairs and more, cities make case for new sales taxes

St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter wants a new sales tax to fund road reconstruction. How much does St. Paul already spend on roads, anyway?

Mayor Melvin Carter wants to increase the city’s sales tax to raise $1 billion over 20 years, mostly to rebuild 44 miles of St. Paul’s busiest streets. The plan, which goes before voters in November, would more than double the amount of local money St. Paul has been spending annually to reconstruct its crumbling roads. “We are at a point where things start to go downhill very rapidly,” said .

St. Paul City Council sends two tax referendums to voters

St. Paul mayor, lawmakers tout big wins for Capital City — and a possible sales tax for roads