CORRECTION: In an early version of this article, Commissioner Ron Heckman’s comments about considering a county tax increase to 11.8 mills were attributed to the wrong person.
EASTON, Pa. — Northampton County Council on Thursday passed a $503 million budget for 2026, marking a historic eighth year in a row without a property tax increase.
The amended budget passed in a 7-2 vote, making for the first time since at least 1961 that the county has gone eight years without an increase…