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Tax inequity suit in federal court
Montgomery :: AL :: USA | 7 days ago
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The lawsuit, which was filed last year in federal court in Huntsville for public school students, alleges Alabama�s property tax system is unconstitutional because it was allegedly designed by whites after the Civil War to underfund schools and deny blacks...
Tags: Alabama State University, Jim Blacksher, property tax, Alabama Forestry Association, Alabama Farmers Federation, Bob Riley, federation court, Judge C. Lynnwood Smith, deny black, adequate education, Montgomery, Southern United States, Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Tax protester constitutional arguments, Alabama, Tax resistance, Law Crime, Taxation in the United States
West-side firm may get tax break
Wichita :: KS :: USA | 7 days ago
Credibility The Wichita Eagle As state officials worry about tax breaks eroding government income, the Wichita City Council will decide Tuesday whether to grant a $22,000-a-year property tax abatement to an accounting-outsourcing firm that is expanding its west-side...
Tags: tax breaks, Wichita State University, Wichita City Council, Wichita Eagle, property tax, revenue bonds, Michelle Becker Inc., John Wong, industrial revenue, tax abatement, Wichita, Public finance, Sales taxes in the United States, Finance, Flat tax, Business Finance, Tax, Income tax in the United States, Labor, Taxation in the United States
Column: Mayor Dean must be creative and bold to make Nashville budget work
Nashville :: TN :: USA | 7 days ago
Credibility That's what Mayor Karl Dean has told his staff as he begins work on his third budget. If the last two looked ugly, this one is going to be ugly's bitter cousin. "In this economic world we live in today, everything is on the table," confirmed Metro Finance...
Tags: property tax, Rich Riebeling, Nashville, Metro Finance, sales tax, Metro Public Works Department, Metro Council, Mayor Karl Dean, Public finance, Taxation, Finance, Tax
Should Boise create an LID for the streetcar?
Boise :: ID :: USA | 7 days ago
Credibility Moyle and Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Eagle, say they will bring a bill requiring a vote of property owners on any city-initiated local improvement district that levies an assessment to pay off $1 million or more in bonds. The change would not apply to districts...
Tags: property owners, Sen. Brent Hill, Mike Moyle, city government, local improvement, improvement district, Branden Durst, tax district, Boise, private property, Property law, Idaho, Property tax, Real property law, Property
Property tax envelopes have mixed news
Minneapolis :: MN :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility Paul light-rail station, Rena Moran can envision the good things economic development could bring, but also the pressures that rising property values can put on homeowners. "Gosh," she says she's heard neighbors say, "we're going to be forced to move."
Tags: St. Paul, University Avenue, Rena Moran, property tax, median value, Ramsey County, Minneapolis, Sales taxes in the United States, Finance, Property taxes, Business Finance, Tax, Local taxation, Real property law, Taxation in the United States
Tax valuations fall, but some bills will rise
Brooklyn Park :: MN :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility Hennepin County homeowners could find both good news and bad in analyzing their proposed property tax bills for 2010. In about half the Hennepin County cities of 5,000 or more population, owners of the typical home will see their tax bite going down.
Tags: property tax, Brooklyn Park, Sales taxes in the United States, Business Finance, Tax, Real property law, Taxation in the United States, Independent School District 196, Finance, Local taxation, Eagan Minnesota, Hennepin County Minnesota, Homestead exemption
Aldermen consider sales tax increase
Danville :: IL :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility The Danville City Council will consider financial matters this week: -- A 1 percent sales tax increase to the current 7.75 percent city sales tax -- A 1 percent decrease in the current 2 percent food and beverage tax, and -- An increase in the rental...
Tags: sales tax, tax increase, Danville, Sales taxes in the United States, Tax reform, Business Finance, Social Issues, Tax, Property tax, Real property law, Taxation in the United States
Mid-Columbia school districts seek operating levies
Pasco :: WA :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility Officials said deciding how much to ask for has been a challenge because of the slumping economy and sweeping cuts to public education statewide. "This has been the most difficult levy decision we've made in over a decade," said Pasco Superintendent Saundra...
Tags: Mid-Columbia, levies equalization, operating levies, columbia school, Pasco, Education, Tri-Cities Washington, Columbia River, Kennewick Washington, Property tax
State exam of Merced County assessor shows property value freefall
Merced :: CA :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility Merced County's assessor-recorder, Kent Christensen, was audited this year by the State Board of Equalization, a routine review to make sure each of California's county assessors run their offices properly. A 53-page survey of the assessor's office turned...
Tags: Merced County, total value, Kent Christensen, county assessors, property value, Merced, Assessor, State Board of Equalization, Property tax, Merced County California, Real property law
Region's dropouts take a bite out of Maryland economy
Baltimore :: MD :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility The alliance's study showed that when students drop out, they hurt not only their future earning capacity but also the regional and national economy. The study found that more than half a million students in the 50 largest cities and surrounding areas...
Tags: Baltimore, Maryland, Education, Chesapeake Bay, Business Finance, Property tax, Talent Development High School, Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools, Kenneth Ulman
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