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LISTEN IN: How Salem citizens helped shape the city’s tax plan

TODAY’S TOPICS: Reporter Abbey McDonald shares the observations of citizens who spent hours reviewing city spending as part of the Salem Budget Committee. They had digest reams of information on their way to favoring a cit tax, as she explains in her original story is HERE. She explains how the Salem City Council compromised on tall buildings, reported HERE, and how the local library has faced few challenges to its book collection. That story HERE.

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