{"id":39622,"date":"2025-08-07T10:15:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T14:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/07\/voters-to-decide-on-sales-tax-increase-to-repair-crumbling-roads\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T10:15:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T14:15:04","slug":"voters-to-decide-on-sales-tax-increase-to-repair-crumbling-roads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/07\/voters-to-decide-on-sales-tax-increase-to-repair-crumbling-roads\/","title":{"rendered":"Voters to Decide on Sales Tax Increase to Repair Crumbling Roads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eMsdbRkNyAs?cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Voters in one South Carolina county will soon decide whether to approve a 1% sales tax increase aimed at repairing aging roads and bridges. County leaders say current funding from property taxes and the state isn&#8217;t enough to address the growing infrastructure issues. <\/p>\n<p>If approved, the tax would raise an estimated $38 million over eight years and would be used strictly for transportation projects \u2014 no funding for parks, buildings, or recreation this time. While some residents support the measure to help the area grow and improve, others fear the impact on small businesses and local consumers.<\/p>\n<p>This marks the third time the proposal has appeared on the ballot, but officials hope its narrowed focus will help it pass this November.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed and let us know your thoughts in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Voters in one South Carolina county will soon decide whether to approve a 1% sales tax increase aimed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":39623,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15206],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upstate-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}