Texas state Senate Bill 17, which the House passed on May 9, 2025, aims to restrict citizens of certain nations — China, Russia, Iran and North Korea — from owning property in the United States. While the bill’s language doesn’t explicitly forbid all citizens of those foreign countries from owning property, it does ban foreign
Gov. Ron DeSantis has rejected a request from Florida House lawmakers to speak at a hearing on property taxes. “No, I’m not going to go sit in front of a committee,” he said Wednesday, responding to a reporter’s question. “That’s not the role of the chief executive.” The refusal raises tensions between DeSantis and the
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — A significant step was taken Wednesday as the Ohio Ballot Board voted to certify a constitutional amendment aimed at abolishing property taxes in the state. This measure joins nearly 20 other bills under consideration by lawmakers to reduce or eliminate property taxes. One supporter of the amendment said in a public
A group that wants to end the taxation of property in Ohio received the go ahead to start collecting signatures to get the constitutional amendment in front of voters. The Ohio Ballot Board approved the application on Wednesday. The group has to collect more than 400,000 signatures from at least half of Ohio’s 88 counties
Karl Keith, auditor in Montgomery County, spoke at the information session hosted by the County Auditors’ Association of Ohio. It wouldn’t be difficult to solve the property tax issue facing Ohioans, but the state’s legislature needs to get on board. Members of the County Auditors’ Association of Ohio held an informational session Wednesday to explain
When her Iraqi captors told Sara Saleem that they were digging her grave outside her prison cell, the real estate developer and engineer began plotting her escape, eventually using a metal spoon to pry off a window frame and fleeing down a drain pipe to safety. Saleem, 47, a US citizen of Kurdish ethnicity, claims
LANSING, MI — The Michigan Department of Treasury has unveiled a redesign to its unclaimed property website that will make it easier for residents to search and file claims for property owed to them. The website’s usability and directions for how to claim property have been improved according to the state. To coincide with the
Michigan’s fuel tax and road funding proposal Examining Michigan’s rising fuel tax, its impact on road funding, and Gov. Whitmer’s $3 billion proposal. Michigan residents can search for unclaimed property like dormant bank accounts, uncashed checks, and safe deposit box contents. The Michigan Department of Treasury holds the assets and returns them to their rightful
LANSING, Mich. — While trees are in full bloom and many Michiganders are in the midst of spring cleaning, Michigan Unclaimed Property is also getting into the act, rolling out a fresh new look and feel of its own. Visitors to Michigan Unclaimed Property’s website will find an updated design, highlighted by refreshed colors, better
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A group of homeowners is taking tax relief into their own hands — fighting to get a constitutional amendment on the November ballot that would abolish property taxes. Property taxes are at an all-time high for Marlene Homan in Cleveland. “When you’re on Social Security, that’s a lot of money,” Homan said