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City Council members are scheduled Monday, Nov. 9, to vote on a 1 percent property tax increase proposed by Mayor Dan Pike. The increase was proposed as part of Pike's 2010 budget plan, which also includes tapping $1.8 million in general fund reserves...
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Next year’s property tax levy will be the subject of a public hearing before the City Council tonight. City Finance Director Alicia Huschka said she will ask the council to pass a pair of ordinances tonight that would hold the city property tax levy even,...
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Joseph voters Tribune Staff Writer Pam McCarthy called for a cab Tuesday morning to get to Riley High School to vote in the special election. When she arrived, poll workers informed her that for this election only, she had to go to Lincoln Primary Center...
Tags: St. Joseph County, transportation district, special election, Porter County Voters Registration, regional transportation, joseph voters, RTD County, tax bills, Riley High School, property tax
Staff Reporter/tnovak@suntimes.com Many Chicago homeowners will see their property taxes rise sharply in the tax bills going out this week...His taxes on his Kenwood mansion are up just 1 percent, records show. Obama owes $22,456.43 in real estate taxes...
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The Nov. 3 election includes two ballot measures regarding limiting the growth of government revenues and expanding domestic partnership rights, state representative races in the 9th and 16th legislative districts, as well as nonpartisan races for city...
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City Hall Reporter Chicago homeowners squeezed by rising property tax bills could be in line for cash grants of up to $200 thanks to $35 million worth of property tax relief tied to Mayor Daley�s 2010 budget. Curses for the much-maligned deal that privatized...
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Most Cook County residents are in for another round of sticker shock when new property tax bills arrive in the mail in a few days, with the median increase in many suburbs topping 10 percent and, in a handful, 20 percent. Four out of five homeowners in...
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State Rep. John Otto is playing defense against an anonymous opponent. The legislator, who wrote several bills on property tax reform, said he is battling an e-mail campaign against two state constitutional amendments that he says will help fight appraisal...
City dwellers are seeing higher tax bills in part because their Alternative Homestead Exemption, known as the �7 percent assessment cap,� took a step down. That exemption expires next year unless the state renews it, Vaselopulos said. Tax bills, which...
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Tammany Parish residents have been faced with a series of property tax increases in 2010, as some taxing bodies decided to increase next year’s millage rates...Tammany Parish Council decided at a Sept. 3 meeting to freeze the parish’s millage rate, the...
Tags: property tax, Ouachita Parish Fire, Pat Hemphill, tax renewal