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Spokane Voters Making It Harder To Raise Taxes

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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - The next time the Spokane City Council considers a tax increase, it will take five of seven votes to pass.
    
City voters in Tuesday's election approved a proposition calling for a supermajority threshold for a tax hike.
    
The Spokesman-Review reports (http://bit.ly/12k3P69 ) the vote was close, but the proposal captured 51 percent support and leads by more than 800 votes.

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