Voters To Decide Sales Tax Hike As Part Of Package To Fund Road Improvements

Charles Crumm, The Oakland Press
Mon, 05/04/2015 - 12:52pm

Voters will decide Tuesday whether to raise the state sales tax by a penny, from 6 cents on the dollar to 7 cents, as part of a funding package designed to pump $1.2 billion into fixing Michigan's crumbling roads and bridges, consistently ranked among the worst in the country.Polling places across the state open at 7 a.

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