Property Tax

1000 Friends of Connecticut was founded in 2005 to make responsible development one of the most important issues in state political campaigns. The group, however, had a tepid beginning, holding just four candidate forums featuring "smart growth" as...

Promising that revenue from slots machines would provide a "significant and permanent reduction" in city property taxes, Mayor Sheila Dixon and other local elected officials yesterday urged city residents to vote for a November ballot measure to expand...

It was a campaign moment for the birds, literally. When veteran state Sen. Kenneth LaValle touted a proposed 4 percent property tax cap at a League of Women Voters forum in Bridgehampton last month, Montauk School Superintendent J. Philip Perna stood...

Forty-nine years ago, the General Assembly voted to abolish county government in Connecticut. There wasn't much left of it by then, just county jails, high sheriffs, courthouses and a couple of lesser functions. As advocates saw it, the measure, effective...

It was a campaign moment for the birds, literally. When veteran state Sen. Kenneth LaValle touted a proposed 4 percent property tax cap at a League of Women Voters forum in Bridgehampton last month, Montauk School Superintendent J. Philip Perna stood...

A bipartisan Madison County committee is calling for a constitutional amendment to balance school funding with income taxes, rather than relying almost entirely on property taxes. County Board Chairman Alan Dunstan, Southern Illinois University...

Real estate ads these days include listing after listing of bargain-basement prices. But those who buy a home in a foreclosure or a pre-foreclosure sale should know that future property bills may be no bargain. Just because someone snags a home at a...

A new poll shows action to lower or cap property taxes _ an issue bottled up in New York's Legislature _ is the top concern for many voters expected to cast ballots in the Nov. 4 legislative elections. The Siena College poll found voters in three of...

NEW YORK (AP) _ State tax revenue rose slightly in the second quarter, but revenue from sales tax, fuel tax and property tax all dropped compared to a year ago, according to a report released Tuesday. The report warned that states and cities would be...

Republicans promised Monday that if voters give them control of the Iowa House, they will clamp down on increases in school property taxes and cut other spending. Speaking at a news conference, House Minority Leader Christopher Rants called for the...

October began a brand new fiscal year, and with it drastic changes within the city of Pembroke Pines. Saddled with balancing a more than $12 million budget deficit since before the summer hiatus, commissioners trimmed several employees and city...

Outside the voting booth, the two couples — Jim and Audray McCue and Robert Slate and Debbie Schnitzer — share a deep commitment to this town. Inside the booth, they frame an intensifying debate over rising taxes and municipal priorities. It'...