AM 1240 WJON » operating levy http://wjon.com Fri, 24 May 2013 02:03:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Operating Levy Finally Passes in Sauk Rapids-Rice [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/146761/ http://wjon.com/146761/#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:53:12 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=146761 For the Sauk Rapids-Rice school district, the fourth time was the charm. Voters this week passed an operating levy for $1.7 million a year for the next six years. Levy questions had failed three previous times in recent years.

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]]> http://wjon.com/146761/feed/ 0 Sauk Rapids-Rice Superintendent Makes Pitch for Operating Levy [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/sauk-rapids-rice-superintendent-makes-pitch-for-operating-levy-audio/ http://wjon.com/sauk-rapids-rice-superintendent-makes-pitch-for-operating-levy-audio/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:57:58 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=144641 Sauk Rapids-Rice residents have an operating levy question on their ballot again this year. It will ask for $1.7 million a year for six years.

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]]> http://wjon.com/sauk-rapids-rice-superintendent-makes-pitch-for-operating-levy-audio/feed/ 0 Dan Bittman Sauk Rapids-Rice Considering Operating Levy [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/sauk-rapids-rice-considering-operating-levy-audio/ http://wjon.com/sauk-rapids-rice-considering-operating-levy-audio/#comments Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:31:48 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=119847 The Sauk Rapids-Rice school board is considering asking voters again to approve another operating levy. District residents voted down two levy questions last November.

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]]> http://wjon.com/sauk-rapids-rice-considering-operating-levy-audio/feed/ 0 Dan Bittman Election Day: Area Schools Ask Voters for Money http://wjon.com/election-day-area-schools-ask-voters/ http://wjon.com/election-day-area-schools-ask-voters/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 06:40:11 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=47126 Tomorrow (Tuesday) is election day in Minnesota. Several area schools are asking their residents to raise their own taxes in the form of operating levies and/or bonding referendums.

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]]> http://wjon.com/election-day-area-schools-ask-voters/feed/ 0 Getty Images ROCORI to Vote on Two Levy Questions [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/rocori-to-vote-on-two-levy-questions-audio/ http://wjon.com/rocori-to-vote-on-two-levy-questions-audio/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:00:01 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=48315 Voters in the ROCORI school district will be voting on two levy questions on Tuesday. Superintendent Scott Staska says, because both questions are asking voters to continue levies that are already in place, property taxes will not increase.

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]]> http://wjon.com/rocori-to-vote-on-two-levy-questions-audio/feed/ 0 SR-R Superintendent Explains Levy Questions [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/sr-r-superintendent-explains-levy-questions-audio/ http://wjon.com/sr-r-superintendent-explains-levy-questions-audio/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:43:10 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=46411 Voters in the Sauk Rapids-Rice school district are being asked to go to the polls on November 8th. The district has put two operating levy questions on the ballot.

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]]> http://wjon.com/sr-r-superintendent-explains-levy-questions-audio/feed/ 0 Dan Bittman Schools Host Information Sessions on Operating Levies http://wjon.com/schools-host-information-sessions-on-operating-levies/ http://wjon.com/schools-host-information-sessions-on-operating-levies/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 05:06:09 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=42481 Two area school districts are hosting public meetings on their operating levies.

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]]> http://wjon.com/schools-host-information-sessions-on-operating-levies/feed/ 0 Getty Images Sauk Rapids-Rice Voters To Decide On Two Levy Questions http://wjon.com/sauk-rapids-rice-voters-to-decide-on-two-levy-questions/ http://wjon.com/sauk-rapids-rice-voters-to-decide-on-two-levy-questions/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:27:10 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=27417 Voters in the Sauk Rapids-Rice school district will be going to the polls in November. Last (Monday) night the school board approved putting two operating levy questions on the ballot.

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]]> http://wjon.com/sauk-rapids-rice-voters-to-decide-on-two-levy-questions/feed/ 0 ISD47.org ROCORI Residents To Vote On Levy Questions In November http://wjon.com/rocori-residents-to-vote-on-levy-questions-in-november/ http://wjon.com/rocori-residents-to-vote-on-levy-questions-in-november/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:53:09 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=26502 Voters in the ROCORI school district will be going to the polls on November 8th. Last (Monday) night the school board voted to put two operating levy questions on the ballot.

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]]> http://wjon.com/rocori-residents-to-vote-on-levy-questions-in-november/feed/ 0 ROCORI Board To Vote On Levy Questions http://wjon.com/rocori-board-to-vote-on-levy-questions/ http://wjon.com/rocori-board-to-vote-on-levy-questions/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 15:38:25 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=26381 The ROCORI school board will decide tonight (Monday) whether to put two operating levy questions on the November ballot. Superintendent Scott Staska says, if approved by the board, the first question would ask the voters to renew a $300,000 levy that is set to expire.

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]]> http://wjon.com/rocori-board-to-vote-on-levy-questions/feed/ 0 Sauk Rapids-Rice School Board Considers Levy Question [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/sauk-rapids-rice-school-board-considers-levy-question-audio/ http://wjon.com/sauk-rapids-rice-school-board-considers-levy-question-audio/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:37:45 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=25757 Sauk Rapids-Rice is one of several school districts across the state considering asking their voters to raise their own taxes. Sauk Rapids-Rice is one of just 36 districts in the state that doesn't currently have an operating levy.

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]]> http://wjon.com/sauk-rapids-rice-school-board-considers-levy-question-audio/feed/ 0 ISD47.org Survey Suggests Sauk Rapids-Rice Residents Open To Operating Levy http://wjon.com/survey-suggests-sauk-rapids-rice-residents-open-to-operating-levy/ http://wjon.com/survey-suggests-sauk-rapids-rice-residents-open-to-operating-levy/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:39:12 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=12411 A new survey suggests residents in the Sauk Rapids-Rice school district would be willing to increase their own property taxes. However, a majority of the respondents either work in the district or have students in the district. In general, 65% of the participants supported an increase in property taxes to maintain class sizes, provide additional transportation, and update student technology.

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]]> http://wjon.com/survey-suggests-sauk-rapids-rice-residents-open-to-operating-levy/feed/ 0 Sauk Rapids-Rice Board Reviewing Levy Survey Results [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/sauk-rapids-rice-board-reviewing-levy-survey-results-audio/ http://wjon.com/sauk-rapids-rice-board-reviewing-levy-survey-results-audio/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:35:59 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=12327 Are the residents of Sauk Rapids and Rice willing to raise their own taxes for school district programs? The school board will go over the results of a survey on the issue, during their meeting tonight (Monday).

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