After several years of property tax increases, Raleigh Mayor Janet Cowell fulfilled one of her campaign goals earlier this year when she passed a city budget that raised salaries for city workers and police while not raising property taxes.
Why it matters: Wake County’s property valuations soared in 2024, and Cowell told a group of reporters that she hears frequently from residents who are feeling the pinch from taxes, especially for retired residents on fixed income and in neighborhoods like Southeast Raleigh…