The McCracken County Fiscal Court approved property tax rates from several entities, and heard public comments regarding concerns about projects at the Department of Energy ¶¶ÒõÖ±²¥Èí¼þ Site — namely the $100 billion Paducah American Energy Hub data center project — at a meeting ¶¶ÒõÖ±²¥Èí¼þ.
Several organizations presented their tax rate to the fiscal court at the meeting. The following rates were approved for real and tangible property, with decimals representing cents on a dollar out of every $100 of property:
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