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Tax fatigue. Affordability. No trust in county government. Conservative backlash. Those could be some of the reasons why Measure ER, Los Angeles County’s half-percentage point sales tax hike to raise ...

PHOENIX — The Arizona Legislature concluded its 2026 session by passing several controversial ballot measures – including one that would kill a voter initiative to reform the state’s school voucher ...

Schools across the country continue to grapple with stubbornly high absence rates in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The challenge is especially acute in secondary schools where, in 2024-25, the ...

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Supporters of a new Los Angeles County half-cent sales tax rallied Wednesday to celebrate what they framed as a historic win for the region’s cash-strapped healthcare system. After a rocky election ...

The Los Angeles County ballot measure to increase the county sales tax by a half-cent has passed, with the "yes" vote surpassing "no" by some 24,000 ballots. With the majority of the votes tabulated ...

OAKLAND — Oakland voters have rejected a proposed tax that was expected to generate $34 million in new yearly revenue, ending a nearly 15-year streak of the city’s voters approving any tax measure put ...

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A highly divisive measure that would impose a hefty tax on the owners of second homes that lack a full-time resident was failing to garner majority support from San Diego voters as of Wednesday ...