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  "id": 7826469,
  "title": "Some governments may hide a budget surplus to justify a tax hike",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/some-governments-may-hide-a-budget-surplus-to-justify-a-tax-hike",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-16T16:20:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-surplus-tax-hike.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "It's annual property tax collection season, and with it may come questions about how those property taxes are used and, if there's a tax increase, why.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}