How much will city tax hike cost the average Memphian?
City of Memphis residents will pay $144 more a year for trash service. (Lance Murphey/The Daily Memphian file)
The Memphis City Council took three votes Tuesday that increased both fees and taxes but also balanced the city’s budget. What is the additional funding paying for?
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Samuel Hardiman is an enterprise and investigative reporter who focuses on local government and politics. He began his journalism career at the Tulsa World in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he covered business and, later, K-12 education. Hardiman came to Memphis in 2018 to join the Memphis Business Journal, covering government and economic development. He then served as the Memphis Commercial Appeal’s city hall reporter and later joined The Daily Memphian in 2023. His current work focuses on Elon Musk’s xAI, regional energy needs and how Memphis and Shelby County government spend taxpayer dollars.
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