As city leaders asks voters to approve a property tax increase to pay for Salem services, we've seen a lot of questions about Salem's budget.
Reporter Ardeshir Tabrizian took a deep look at 20 years of budget data, examining city spending on public safety and community services, including the city's library.
His report below details how police and fire spending has grown at nearly double the pace of inflation over 20 years, even as the number of police and firefighters on city streets has remained nearly flat.
Salem Reporter took a historic look at the budget for two of the city’s most expensive departments, police and fire. The agencies’ staffing hasn’t kept up with rising costs, and…
Business leaders presented data on the state of Salem’s economy at the annual SVN Economic Forum, including the region’s housing growth and interest from tech companies in locating data centers…
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