Virginia localities weigh 1% sales tax for school construction as voters decide on expansion

Virginia localities weigh 1% sales tax for school construction as voters decide on expansion

Six years ago, the city of Danville in Virginia’s Southside region struggled to raise funds for school construction and modernization across 15 schools, with nearly a quarter of its population, around 42,000, living in poverty. But since the state authorized the city to levy an additional sales and use tax of up to 1% for […]