NATIONAL

Property taxes lift community college revenue as enrollment ebbs Education Dive Although enrollment at community colleges has been declining for about a decade, property tax revenue and state funding have kept their operations ...

FLORIDA

Acupuncture Tax Fight Headed To High Court WGCU News Acupuncture Tax Fight Headed To High Court ... A legal battle about a property-tax exemption for a Gainesville acupuncture school is headed to the ...

IDAHO

Group fails in effort to recall Bannock County assessor Idaho State Journal The local group leading the effort to recall the Bannock County assessor has failed to secure enough petition signatures to force a public vote to ...

ILLINOIS

Analysis: Nearly 1 in 10 Cook County property owners didn't pay 2018 real estate taxes Chicago City Wire The threat of local government seizing and auctioning off one's property once motivated Illinoisans to promptly pay their real estate taxes. Or else.

IOWA

Iowa assessors win appeals over property value hikes Mason City Globe Gazette Owners of apartment buildings and nursing homes in North Iowa could avoid property tax hikes next year, thanks to efforts of Iowa's assessors.

KENTUCKY

VFW says property tax bill backlash not intended messenger-inquirer Owenboro Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 696 found themselves in a precarious position after the Sept. 28 public posting of the organization's ...

LOUISIANA

Assessor defends costly policy on business taxes for weeks; later, his staff says the policy doesn't ... The Lens Over the past few weeks, Orleans Parish Assessor Erroll Williams has repeatedly defended what he said was an office policy as to how New Orleans ...

MINNESOTA

Residents wanted: Small towns go to great lengths to attract potential home-builders Bemidji Pioneer In Crookston, one of northwest Minnesota's largest cities, a two-year tax abatement is offered for people building new homes, said Shannon Stassen, ...

MISSISSIPPI

Former deputy tax collector arrested for embezzlement of tax payments Picayune Item The investigation determined that Treadaway allegedly manipulated the Pearl River County Tax Assessor'scomputer software to void transactions for ...

NORTH CAROLINA

County slashes value of Panthers stadium by $100 million. The team wants a bigger break Charlotte Observer (blog) That happened through an informal review, where the Tax Assessor's Office considers appeals on a case-by-case basis. If the tax assessor agrees ...

RHODE ISLAND

City Councilor questions salary of new Providence tax assessor The Providence Journal PROVIDENCE — The Providence City Council on Thursday night voted to refer the appointment of Elyse Paré, the city's new tax assessor, to the ...

SOUTH CAROLINA

South Carolina's property tax revenue down 16.7% since Q1 2018 Palmetto Business Daily South Carolina collected $5 million in property taxes during the 1st quarter of 2019, a 16.7 percent decrease from the same period the previous year, ...

WEST VIRGINIA

Pipeline-related tax revenue flows into Monroe coffers Beckley Register-Herald Monroe Assessor Norbert Netzel took steps in 2017 to ensure his office had a handle on equipment and materials associated with pipeline ...