NATIONAL

Malls Spent Billions on Theme Parks to Woo Shoppers. It Made Matters Worse. The Wall Street Journal  Destiny USA is New York's largest shopping mall, a six-story structure by Onondaga Lake. Its feature attraction is WonderWorks, a 40,000-square-foot theme park...

CONNECTICUT

Legislative Democrats are plotting to bypass Gov. Lamont on taxes Journal Inquirer  But there is no particular fairness to a "mansion tax," since mansions already pay much more in property taxes than other residential properties even as ...

MAINE

After a year of slumping business, Bangor will rely more on homeowners for property taxes Bangor Daily News  Meanwhile, many homeowners can expect to see their property values rise — and property tax bills, as a result — in a hot real estate market. Businesses ...

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Owner of former Daniel Webster College property owes $811000 in property taxes The Union Leader “But they filed an abatement application saying the property is not worth as much as it is assessed. We will see what happens with that,” said ...

NEW JERSEY

NJ's average property tax bill tops $9K for the first time. Here's how much it went up last year.  nj.com  Three counties — Bergen, Essex and Union — topped $12,000 for average homeowner property taxes andfour others — Hunterdon, Morris, Passaic ...

NEW YORK

Manhattan's 'trophy' office buildings are begging for tenants New York Post The dreaded “G-word” — as in glut — overhangs nearly 8 million square feet of space up for grabs in “trophy” office buildings that just opened or are set to open by the end of 2022.

TENNESSEE

Group launches new effort to roll back Nashville's 34% property tax increase  WZTV  (WZTV) — A new effort is underway to rollback Nashville 34% property tax increase. 4GoodGovernment is again going up against the city's recent hike - ...

WASHINGTON

WA Rep: Wealth tax 'could put a major tool in the box' to limit reliance on sales, property tax MyNorthwest.com  Washington state's richest residents — including Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates — could end up paying a wealth tax on intangible property, like stocks and ...