There'll be no real estate tax hike in the proposed Luzerne County budget. Luzerne County Manager Romilda Crocamo, issued a directive to county division and department heads in early August informing them their total 2024 budgets should not exceed the amounts they were budgeted this year. As a result, managers were instructed to find savings to cover any increases for personnel, inflation and new expenses. Two public budget hearings required by the county’s home rule charter will be held at 5 p.m. on Oct. 24 and Nov. 14 at the county courthouse on River Street in Wilkes-Barre.