Voters approve half-cent sales tax increase
Mustafa Shaw watches his father Malik Shaw (far left) casts his vote at the Dave Wells Community Center gymnasium polling location Oct. 3. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Memphis voters approved raising the sales tax rate to restore health care benefits and pensions for first responders.
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Memphis Firefighters Association Memphis Police Association Sales Tax ReferendumYolanda Jones
Yolanda Jones covers criminal justice issues and general assignment news for The Daily Memphian. She previously was a reporter at The Commercial Appeal.
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