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The Greater Cleveland RTA is on the brink of deeper cuts after hitting a $78 million budget shortfall, fueled by soaring healthcare costs and dried-up pandemic and infrastructure funds. With past cost-saving measures falling short, the transit board is now eyeing a bold, 50-year-old move: a sales tax hike—either 0.25% or 0.5%—to generate $70M–$140M annually and secure the system’s future. But convincing voters to pay more when costs are already sky-high and the tax rate is already among the nation’s highest? That’s the big hurdle. The board’s next steps? Deciding the exact ask, timing it with the election, and rallying public support to keep transit alive and growing.

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