Alleghany County commissioners want local voters to approve a $160,000 sales-tax increase because they speculate the state might cut education funding in the future. JLF experts expose the problems associated with that approach in a new report.
Meanwhile, Clay County commissioners say their proposed $200,000 sales-tax increase would help them pay for a new elementary school in Hayesville. But JLF researchers say Clay’s government operations are so secretive that taxpayers would have a hard time keeping track of how the money’s spent. Learn more here.
