🌱 How will Jackson’s new 5% hotel tax change local tourism?
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In today's newsletter:
- How will Jackson’s new 5% hotel tax change local tourism?
- How a 2001 state grant helped Jackson support business expansion
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📰 News we're reading
• Charlie Herbst wins presiding commissioner race; Jackson tourism tax passes — The Cash-Book Journal (thecash-book.com) — Jackson voters have approved a new 5% lodging tax on hotel and motel stays within city limits, creating a dedicated fund to market local tourism and events. The measure, championed by the Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce, will initially affect three hotels and aims to draw more visitors throughout the week. The same election also set Cape Girardeau County’s next presiding commissioner and decided several statewide constitutional amendments. 
• Out of the past: Aug. 6 (semissourian.com) — A look back to 2001 recalls a state grant that helped the City of Jackson upgrade roads so Midwest Sterilization Corp. could expand, tying public infrastructure to local jobs and growth. The same retrospective notes conservation-focused construction at Cape Girardeau’s nature center and a 1976 dispute over fire-safety codes for a special-needs school. It also revisits a sheriff’s race shaken up by a write-in campaign.
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