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0% property tax hike made official Poll Yes, this is enough There will be no general change in municipal property tax rates for Medicine Hat this year as council approved a plan to use $832,000 more in reserve spending to make up for assessment values that were hammered by the COVID pandemic. That amount relates decreasing value of hotel business in mid 2020, and outweighed gains in new construction, and would have required an elevated rate, though council had long signalled they wanted a second year of no tax increase. “We are providing a zero,” said Mayor Ted Clugston. “Other municipa...

Federal funds save most of Portland's next budget April 29 2021 Mayor Ted Wheeler is proposing to use $29 million in emergency aid to offset city revenue losses caused by COVID-19. When COVID-19 first shut down the economy, Mayor Ted Wheeler was facing a $20 million general fund shortfall in the city budget that takes effect on July 1. But Wheeler unveiled a proposed general fund budget for the next fiscal year that is actually $2.7 million larger than the current one, thanks primarily to federal American Rescue Plan funds proposed by President Biden and approved by Congress. "F...

Willamette Week The need for strong, independent local journalism is more urgent than ever. Please support the city we love by joining Friends of Willamette Week. Portland Business Alliance Violated City Lobbying Rules 25 Times in the Past Year The alliance was fined $450 and encouraged to partake in training to avoid violating rules in the future. Pioneer Place. (Brian Burk) Updated April 29 The Portland city auditor found this week that the Portland Business Alliance violated the city’s lobbying rules 25 times in the past year by failing to disclose emails, texts and letters exch...

(AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File) Following the guilty verdict in Derek Chauvin’s trial, journalist Michael Tracey noted an odd trend among our elected leaders, corporations, and other cultural institutions. Keep in mind, Chauvin was not charged with nor convicted of any racial motivation in the murder of George Floyd. Even Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said there was no evidence that the crimes were race-related in an interview with 60 minutes: “If we’d had a witness that told us that Derek Chauvin made a racial reference, we might have charged him with a hate crime. But I would h...

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