Jonesboro voters will decide whether to restore majority of public library funding cut in 2022

Jonesboro residents will vote in November on whether to restore most of the property tax funding for the local public library system that Craighead County voters cut two years ago.

The Northeast Arkansas county, of which Jonesboro is the largest city, funded its libraries with a property tax of 2 mills until the 2022 vote narrowly cut the funding in half. A mill equals $1 for every $1,000 in assessed value on real estate.

The library system has since laid off staff and reduced its hours to adjust to the funding loss.

The defunding resulted from two companion ballot measures in 2022, one in Jonesboro and one in the rest of the county. The Jonesboro measure passed by less than one percentage point, while the county approved its measure 62% to 38%.



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