taxes

Your tax dollars hard at work.

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The Yakima City Council recently decided to put a $30 car tab proposal before the voters to raise money to fund street repairs. The city is also looking in to taking over full operation of the Yakima Air Terminal, instead of joint operation with Yakima County

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If Washington State shoppers by something online from a Washington State based company, they are charged Washington State sales taxes of roughly 8 to 9 percent. If you buy from a company based out of state, they are not charged a sales tax

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Gubernatorial candidates Rob McKenna and Jay Inslee went head to head Tuesday night at the Yakima Convention Center, trying to court voters in one of the most heated races for the governor's seat in Washington in decades. They went back and forth on issues like taxes, healthcare, and the economy. Being that it’s just 32 days fr

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You can thank President Abraham Lincoln for the extra time in filing your taxes this year. Taxes aren't due until tomorrow.  April 15 was on a Sunday this year and today is Emancipation Day. This is a federal holiday observed in D

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Both the City of Yakima and Yakima County are experiencing jail problems. Space, costs, security upgrades. And it's up to taxpayers to provide solutions.

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A rock and a hard place, blood from a turnip, end of the rope…pick your favorite desperation saying…chances are it fits the conditions at city hall as the 2012 budget comes together. New city manager Don Cooper says the new budget, as guided by the priorities of government restrictions, will see 7 police officer positions removed from the budget. That doesn’t mean layoffs, the police is running short 7 spots due to retirements but it does mean a serious crimp in manpower at a time when more police are needed to combat gang violence.

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The city street of Yakima are not exactly paved with gold...in fact, it will take quite a bit of "gold" to bring them back up to snuff...somewhere between 20 and 30 million dollars. 

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Ever heard the phrase "as ugly as nine miles of bad road"?  25% of Yakima's streets really are nine miles (and more) of bad road. What do we do about it?

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Once again, you've sent your tax returns off to the federal and state governments. Or if you haven't, you'd better get down to it, because the deadline is midnight tonight (Monday).

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