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Saline County voters reject ballot measure to cut property tax funding for library system
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and KMBC9 (Hearst, Kansas City) describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedVoters in Saline County opted against a ballot measure last week that would have reduced local property tax funding for the county's library system by about 35%.
The headline splitArkansas Democrat-Gazette frames it as "Saline County voters reject ballot measure to cut property tax funding for library system". KMBC9 (Hearst, Kansas City) frames it as "Wyandotte County voters reject new sales tax measures".
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CenterSaline County voters reject ballot measure to cut property tax funding for library system
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Saline County voters reject ballot measure to cut property tax funding for library system
Voters in Saline County opted against a ballot measure last week that would have reduced local property tax funding for the county's library system by about 35%.
