a:3:{s:16:"field_story_body";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:"value";s:996:"<span style="font-size: larger;">Governor Snyder&rsquo;s administration is lobbying communities to back a statewide ballot issue that would phase out a billion-dollar tax burden on businesses and change how municipalities fund their services.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">Michigan voters will decide in August 2014 whether to shift part of the revenue from the state&rsquo;s use tax to communities to make up for the gradual end of the personal property tax, a key source of municipal funding.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">For a detailed article on the tax shift plan click on the following link:</span><br />
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