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Sentinel & Enterprise
April 29, 2018
ASHBURNHAM -- Selectmen voted to recommend all but one article on the Town Meeting Warrant, which residents will consider at the annual public forum on Tuesday. Town Administrator Heather Budrewicz said town officials want to expand area seniors' ability to access two local tax relief programs, andÃâà...
Scottsbluff Star Herald
April 29, 2018
LINCOLN — While the Nebraska state government offices were closed on Friday for the Arbor Day holiday, Yes to Property Tax Relief Committee, the organization behind the petition initiative to put a $1.1 billion property tax relief proposal on the November ballot, made the announcement that it would endÃâà...
Grand Island Independent
April 29, 2018
In a recent newspaper column by Ricketts, the governor said taxpayers would likely remember this session more for the Legislature's failure to act on property tax relief. Ricketts noted that he signed into law over $840 million of direct property tax relief and proposed significant structural changes to propertyÃâà...
Chicago Tribune
April 28, 2018
SPRINGFIELD - To provide Lake County homeowners with additional property tax relief, state Rep. Sam Yingling, D-Grayslake, is sponsoring legislation to increase the value of exemptions for middle-class families and senior homeowners, bringing Lake County tax relief in line with Cook County levels.
whotv.com
April 28, 2018
IOWA -- Lawmakers were supposed to end the legislative session last week but have extended the session to complete state tax cuts and finish the state budget. At least one of the two is nearly complete. Governor Reynolds announced an agreement on a nearly $400 million tax cut package on FridayÃâà...
WMDT
April 27, 2018
DOVER, Del. - The First State could be enacting legislation to help casinos in the very near future. A Senate panel has approved a bill that would reduce taxes and fees at the state's casinos. Competition from neighboring states and the increasing cost of doing business were sited as key reasons for theÃâà...
SILive.com
April 27, 2018
Following the release of his executive budget, Staten Island's Republican councilmen blasted the mayor for not including property tax relief in his executive budget. "I am extremely disappointed that in the $89 billion spending plan the Mayor presented today, there is no property tax relief to help seniors,Ãâà...
Sunbury Daily Item
April 26, 2018
That plan went nowhere in the Republican-controlled state Legislature, but Wolf continues to support property tax relief if done in a responsible and fair way, his spokesman said. The taxing issue is attracting attention in this year's gubernatorial election. GOP candidates Scott Wagner and Paul Mango haveÃâà...
Middletown Transcript
April 26, 2018
Dover Downs Gaming & Entertainment on April 26 reported results for the first quarter of 2018 while at the same time Delaware's General Assembly moved forward on restructuring formulas for taxing the casino's revenue. In a press released, the company's revenues for the first quarter of 2018 were shownÃâà...
Sunbury Daily Item
April 26, 2018
That plan went nowhere in the Republican-controlled state Legislature, but Wolf continues to support property tax relief if done in a responsible and fair way, his spokesman said. The taxing issue is attracting attention in this year's gubernatorial election. GOP candidates Scott Wagner and Paul Mango haveÃâà...
KTIC
April 26, 2018
The NeFU board gave high marks and thanks to Senator Tom Briese of Albion for having the honesty, courage, and good sense to sponsor LB1084 that would have provided real property tax relief, adequately funded education, provided for a long overdue study of the state's school aid funding formula, andÃâà...
Tri-State Livestock News
April 26, 2018
The NeFU board gave high marks and thanks to Senator Tom Briese of Albion for having the honesty, courage, and good sense to sponsor LB1084 that would have provided real property tax relief, adequately funded education, provided for a long overdue study of the state's school aid funding formula, andÃâà...
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines
April 26, 2018
ADJOURNMENT PROSPECTS: Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver, R-Ankeny, said Tuesday House and Senate leaders are continuing to meet with the governor's office on crafting a tax relief package and the state budget. “I had a great meeting with the speaker” of the House, he said. “I had a greatÃâà...
WLOX
April 23, 2018
You might call it the silver lining to an economic cloud hanging over parts of Hancock County. Two areas in Waveland and Bay St. Louis were just designated as Qualified Opportunity Zones by the U.S. Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service. The designations are designed to spurÃâà...
Deadline
April 23, 2018
“We will consult fully before bringing forward proposals but updating the film and high-end TV tax relief to require inclusion and diversity as part of the qualifying criteria would be a major step forward. The pace of change has been too slow so far. We need action now.” The move is the latest noise aroundÃâà...
Tax Foundation
April 19, 2018
The tax reform debate is heating up in Minnesota. Governor Mark Dayton (DFL) released his proposal several weeks ago, but Republicans have criticized the plan. Criticism picked up particularly after the Department of Revenue released an incidence report that shows the governor's tax proposalÃâà...
Fremont Tribune
March 21, 2018
The legislature has less than 15 days left of this short 60 day session. The focus for the remainder of session will be on debate of priority legislation and passage of the budget bills. The package of budget bills include LB944, LB945 and LB946. LB944, introduced by the Speaker at the request of theÃâà...
SILive.com
March 21, 2018
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Council members hope to expand city property tax relief for more than 50,000 veterans who served during the Cold War. While most of the city's veterans who served between 1947 and 1991 are eligible for an expanded city tax exemption for their service during wartime, the 52,700Ãâà...
NewsChannel5.com
March 21, 2018
As Nashville property values rise, city officials have reminded the public that the deadline to apply for property tax relief is quickly approaching. Certain residents can apply for tax credits, deferments, freezes, and in some cases reimbursements. "We appropriated 3.6 million dollars to help give those credits,"Ãâà...
NBC 29 News
March 20, 2018
Albemarle County offers real estate tax relief for certain elderly and/or permanently disabled persons. If you received tax relief last year, the renewal certification filing deadline is April 2, 2018. Although the deadline for first-time applicants is October 31, 2018, all applicants are encouraged to apply by April 2Ãâà...
CBS New York
March 20, 2018
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — Mention property taxes and most New Jersey homeowners will respond with a visceral reaction. “Oh, New Brunswick got hammered,” said Regis Methven of Highland Park. “They are absolutely outrageous,” said Lind Raimondi. “I live in Franklin Township, (my)Ãâà...
NTV
March 20, 2018
Tom Briese, would expand the sales tax and end loopholes, with the money going to an existing tax relief program. All three plans share one thing in common – they're all stuck in committee. Friesen said, “I've always told the governor I'm willing to work with him if he can come up and we can design a plan. I still think there'sÃâà...
Casper Star-Tribune Online
March 17, 2018
Rocky Mountain Power, which provides electricity for most of Wyoming, said it plans to pass tax relief savings to customers across the West. This is welcome news for families across our state who are consuming more energy to heat their homes this winter. When their monthly bills are lower, they have moreÃâà...
Thehour.com
March 17, 2018
NORWALK — The Common Council's Finance/Claims Committee is looking to further expand the city's tax-relief program for elderly and disabled homeowners. “It will open up the program to more people, more seniors with higher incomes, because it's becoming more and more expensive to live in this cityÃâà...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
March 17, 2018
Mark Dayton proposed tax relief for 2 million Minnesotans Friday, as part of a broader proposal to increase state spending on schools, infrastructure, opioid-addiction treatment and protections for vulnerable adults. “Individual Minnesotans did not receive much, if any, benefit from the federal tax bill” signedÃâà...
NJ.com
March 17, 2018
One of New Jersey's top property tax relief programs for hundreds of thousands of senior, disabled and low-income homeowners is underfunded by about $150 million in the budget Gov. Phil Murphy unveiled earlier this week. The new governor budgeted just $143.5 million for the Homestead creditÃâà...
WCBC Radio
March 15, 2018
When the Cumberland Mayor and City Council made the unpopular decision last year to increase city taxes by nearly ten percent- it was done so with a pledge to work toward lowering the rate as soon as this year. The city is in the earliest stages of its budget process for the next fiscal year- and Mayor BrianÃâà...
Record-Courier
March 15, 2018
Weather-damaged properties could be eligible for tax relief .... “We would like to hear from citizens who have suffered structural damage to their property so that we may update our information and allow them to take advantage of tax relief,” said Esposito. The application deadline for damage occurred thisÃâà...
McCook Daily Gazette
March 15, 2018
McCOOK, Neb. — With 16 days left, Nebraska state senators are still struggling to come up with a property tax relief bill. It's been a challenge getting bills out of committee and onto the floor, said Dist. 44 State Senator Dan Hughes this morning at the McCook Chamber of Commerce Legislative conferenceÃâà...
Saratoga TODAY Newspaper
March 15, 2018
BALLSTON SPA – The Saratoga County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) board members reviewed an application for more than $500,000 of tax relief this week in relation to a large storage facility north of the Wilton Mall. The Saratoga Springs firm Prime Group Holdings has been planning the projectÃâà...
Inman.com
March 15, 2018
During testimony on Wednesday before the U.S. House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Tax Policy in Washington, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) urged Congress to reinstate recently expired tax relief for homeowners following a foreclosure, short sale or loan modification. Following theÃâà...
Arkansas Times
March 15, 2018
Stormy Daniels, North Korea and malicious Russians all belong on the back burner. The big political game to watch, because it moves the odds at this year's national elections and affects your wallet, is still the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that Republicans passed in December. Republicans and Democrats andÃâà...
Western Queens Gazette
March 14, 2018
Assembly Member Aravella Simotas (at podium) announced new legislation to provide tax relief to any small business hurt by MTA subway station maintenance work and closures or other state and local infrastructure projects. She was joined by Marie Torniali, Executive Director of Central Astoria LDC (l.)Ãâà...
Coshocton Tribune
March 14, 2018
COSHOCTON - The Coshocton County Auditor's Office has confirmed that state law is authorizing county auditors to reduce real estate values for properties that were damaged or destroyed by flooding and storms. The application deadline for any damage that occurred to real estate after Jan. 1 this year isÃâà...
Cincinnati.com
March 14, 2018
Aerial footage of the Ohio River flooding throughout the Cincinnati-area, captured Feb. 26, 2018. The Enquirer/Kareem Elgazzar. 022618 FLOODING Buy Photo. Aerial photograph of business along Kellogg Avenue in Cincinnati's East End neighborhood as flood waters break the banks of the swollen OhioÃâà...
NJ Spotlight
March 2, 2018
Chris Christie signed last March that requires the DCA to include information about the state's most popular tax-relief programs. That law, which Christie originally vetoed in 2014, was prompted by his administration's decision to remove from the tax tables DCA posts each year on its website information onÃâà...
The Detroit News
March 1, 2018
Lansing — Republican Gov. Rick Snyder on Wednesday signed a $176.3 million personal exemption expansion law he said should save an average family of four more than $100 a year once fully implemented in 2021. The accountant governor has resisted larger tax cuts due to budget concerns, includingÃâà...
WRAL Tech Wire
March 1, 2018
RALEIGH – Every year it is a challenge to do something better at the CED Life Science conference, said Sam Taylor, president of NCBIO, the trade association for North Carolina's life science industry and a co-host of the event, which opened Tuesday. “We try to identify issues, speakers and businessÃâà...
MyAJC (blog)
December 31, 1999
HYOSUB SHIN / AJC June 13, 2017 Atlanta - Fulton County resident Dorothy Hart expresses her concern during Emergency Town Hall Meeting to discuss about Property Tax Assessments hosted by Fulton County Office of Chairman John Eaves at Harriett G. Darnell Senior Multipurpose Facility onÃâà...
