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Workers in Johnson County could have hundreds of additional dollars taken out of their paychecks annually to help pay for roadwork in the county and an expansion of the county jail — work expected to cost more than $130 million in the next five years. The Johnson County Council unveiled an income tax increase proposal to fund $110 million in road, bridges and infrastructure improvements across the county, mainly due to the construction of Interstate 69, and an estimated $20 million jail expansion project that would address a frequently overcrowded jail that the state has ordered the county to fix....

It's come to my attention that some people in my area are paying taxes to 2 different cities and/or 2 different counties at the same time. In most cases the countyline passes through their neighborhoods however, not necessarily, city boundries. Has this happened to people you know or can anyone explain how this is legal? (Some knew of this before buying their homes)

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is expected to travel to Ohio on Friday to stump for President Bush, campaigned Monday alongside San Francisco Democratic Mayor Gavin Newsom -- underscoring his differences with the White House on two critical issues, same-sex marriage and stem cell research. Schwarzenegger took the stage with the San Francisco mayor at a press conference to illustrate their bipartisan support for Prop. 1A, a state ballot initiative aimed at preventing the state legislature from taking local tax funds. But, questioned afterward, the governor downplayed plans for a last- minute campaign swing for Bush, and instead praised Newsom as...