Tax increases in store for Kootenai County residents

Even with new growth dollars supplementing proposed city and county budgets, raising taxes in fiscal 2017 is the norm as local agencies prepare for public hearings on their budgets. Kootenai County and the cities of Coeur d’Alene, Post Falls, Hayden and Rathdrum are proposing tax hikes, taking foregone taxes, or both — for various reasons./ Brian Walker , CDA Press. More here .