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Opinion: COMBAT Helps Give Youth Like Me a Chance
Through ArtsTech, Jayden Frazier found work experience, college opportunities and caring mentors. He urges voters to renew Jackson County’s COMBAT tax.
On November 3rd, Jackson County voters will decide whether to continue the existing COMBAT sales tax for another 10 years. The COMBAT tax brings in…
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