Completing Uptown Normal Underpass to Require Tax Hikes

Completing Uptown Normal Underpass to require tax hikes

To get the decade-old Uptown underpass project over the finish line will require increases in food and beverage and hotel-motel taxes. That staff recommendation emerged at a special town council meeting on Wednesday evening.

Suan fears tax hike after Oro council approves P9b budget

By SHIELA MAE BUTLIGand GEEFE P. ALBACorrespondents MINORITY Floor Leader Agapito Suan said he fears the newly approved, more than P9 billion annual budget for 2026 will harm local business taxpayers.The 21st City Council on Monday, Oct. 27, approved the P9 billion budget, which includes an estimated income of more than P8 billion from the general fund and more than P1 billion from local enterprises. Suan, along with City Councilor Imee Rose Mor…