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Duxbury student asks what Proposition 2½ and an override mean

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Cole Martin, a junior at Duxbury High School, asked what Proposition 2½ is; a staff member said it is a 1980 law that limits annual property tax increases to 2.5% and that an override lets a town exceed that limit for one year.

Cole Martin, a junior at Duxbury High School, asked what Proposition 2½ and an override are during a brief school interview.

A staff member explained, “Proposition 2 and a half is a law that was enacted in…

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