These Utah cities, school districts, other entities are seeking property tax hikes

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A total of 59 Utah cities, school districts and other entities are proposing property tax hikes.

Truth-in-taxation hearings are required for increases beyond certified tax rates and they have started and will continue through August.

The median proposed rate hike among the 59 entities is 8.31%, down from 11.58% last year.

SALT LAKE CITY — Hearings across Utah started this week on the varied property tax hikes proposed by an array of cities, school districts and other taxing units.

Some of the hikes have already prompted backlash — proposals in the Tooele and Weber school districts, for instance — with more public hearings coming through the rest of August. Every entity seeking to boost taxes via truth-in-taxation hearings, as they're k