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Newport News' vote on a 1% school sales tax was leaning no late Tuesday
Newport News' count on a 1% sales tax for school construction was still coming in late Tuesday. WAVY reported 62% no and 38% yes with 56% reporting as of 10:30 p.m. WHRO said results weren't complete for Newport News or Norfolk as of 11:30 p.m.
The question was on ballots because of a recently passed state law. In June, the General Assembly expanded the tax statewide, with voter approval. Both outlets report it failed in York, Isle of Wight and Mathews counties.
The school tax question reached voters across Virginia
- 47
- localities across Virginia had the question on the ballot
- 6
- of them were in Hampton Roads
- $1.5 million
- a year the state estimates Middlesex could generate
- Taxed: items such as clothing and restaurant purchases
- Not taxed: groceries or other essential items
- Need: about $2.6 billion more a year (21st Century School Fund)
