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Jeannette passes budget, holds tax line

Jeannette Council passed the city’s 2024 budget on Tuesday by a 4-1 vote. The budget does not call for a property tax increase, keeping the millage rate at 35.62 mills. Councilwoman Michelle Langdon cast the dissenting vote because she said she felt the earned-income tax should have been lowered. One ....

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Sounding off: On DeSantis, deer opener, commissioners, plastics, gun lawsuits, senior housing, pollution

DeSantis would be better than Biden In response to Joseph Sabino Mistick’s commentary “DeSantis is no Reagan” (March 18, TribLIVE), I’d like to make a few comments. Mistick accuses DeSantis of flying Venezuelans to Martha’s Vineyard to show he’s tough on immigration. Not so. DeSantis did this to put illegal ....

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'It wasn't easy,' but Jeannette holds line on taxes

Jeannette Council passed a 2023 spending plan Thursday that does not include a property tax increase. The $5.9 million budget includes plenty of spending cuts as the city saw revenues decrease. Chief fiscal officer Ethan Keedy attributed the decrease to a lower amount of earned-income tax funds that could be ....

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