CALIFORNIA

Marin board rejects Nordstrom tax-lowering bid Marin Independent Journal “Nordstrom claimed that only 17,000+ square feet was subject to a re-assessment; the Assessor claimed that the entire Nordstrom store was subject to ...

CONNECTICUT

CCM tries to get a little louder on property tax relief The CT Mirror After watching state aid erode over the past decade, Connecticut municipalities hope to appeal directly to voters on the issue of property tax relief, ...

ILLINOIS

Chicago not-for-profit hospitals forced to defend hundreds of millions in property tax breaks ModernHealthcare.com Chicago's not-for-profit hospitals face new pressure to justify property tax exemptions worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Not-for-profits in Illinois are ...

IOWA

Bondurant-Farrar to hire attorney as it seeks to recoup funding lost in taxing error on Facebook ... DesMoinesRegister.com The Polk County Assessor's Office failed to exempt Facebook's latest data center building from property taxes last year. By the time the school district ...

NEBRASKA

Senators change focus to property tax credit fund hikes rather than tax reform Lincoln Journal Star But discussion centered on a proposal to increase the $275 million property tax credit fund to $575 million over a three-year period through $100 ...

NEW JERSEY

Jersey City Council to consider revoking tax abatement on residential project NJ.com (blog) The City Council will consider terminating a 20-year tax abatement for a five-story residential project in Jersey City — a move the developer seems just ...

NEW YORK

Opinion: Court of Appeals case flips over tax grievance challengers Long Island Business News Bd. of Assessors, 32 N.Y.3d (2019), the Court ruled in favor of the municipality, finding that the beneficiary to a trust lacked proper standing to authorize ...

OHIO

Appeals Court exceeded its authority in Portage County surface mining case The Highland County Press Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor joined Justice DeWine's dissent, as did ... The appraiser testified that it was challenging to find comparable sales of ...

RHODE ISLAND

State says fired Providence tax assessor is entitled to unemployment benefits The Providence Journal PROVIDENCE — The Department of Labor and Training Board of Review has granted a former Providence tax assessor's appeal for unemployment ...

TEXAS

Texas homeowners won't be surprised by this ranking. Why are property taxes so high? Fort Worth Star-Telegram In Theresa Riley's family, property has always been seen as a good investment. Her father started buying property in the 1980s, and now Riley helps ...

WYOMING

Wyoming legislative panel rejects property tax increase Casper Star-Tribune Online Wyoming legislative panel rejects property tax increase ... interim legislative committee has rejected a proposed bill to raise Wyoming's property tax.