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Where do your county’s RTA sales tax dollars go?

Photo courtesy of Lake County

How much of your county’s transit sales tax dollars are going to transportation? It ranges from 3% to 100%

By Marni Pike, Daily Herald
Posted October 20, 2024

The Daily Herald reports on how funds received from the RTA sales tax are dispersed differently by each county. Metropolitan Planning Council originally reported on the fragmented use of the sales tax in 2019. In this article, MPC Senior Director Audrey Wennink maintains that, “Five years later, it appears that transit is still getting the short end of the stick.”

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