ELLICOTT CITY, Md. (WJZ) – A Maryland father is in court defending the go-kart track he built on his property for his son. Unhappy neighbors and environmental concerns are hindering the track’s use and permit approval. Sang Oh, Chris Siperko’s attorney, called up two experts: Robert Vogel, a civil engineer and Jeffrey Straw, a vibration
In the recent annals of the Texas Legislature, there are four names worth knowing. Greg Abbott, the governor. Dan Patrick, the lieutenant governor. Dustin Burrows, the speaker of the House. Watchdog Alert Are you a taxpayer in Texas? The Watchdog has your back. And then there is Paul Bettencourt. You may not know Bettencourt, the
Two more property insurers have been approved to serve Florida’s beleaguered homeowner market, the state Office of Insurance Regulation announced. The office on Friday identified the two new companies in a news release as Incline National Insurance Company, headquartered in Texas, and Florida Insurance and Reinsurance Company, a Florida-domiciled company that Insurance Commissioner Mike Yaworsky
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Socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani wants to hike property taxes for “richer and whiter neighborhoods” in an eyebrow-raising proposal that aims to ease the burden on homeowners in the outer boroughs. The soak-the-rich proposal is buried in Mamdani’s campaign platform that calls to fix the city’s notoriously skewed property tax system, in
Jun 28, 2025 05:02 AM IST The decision comes in the wake of complaints about technical glitches on the civic body’s tax portal The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Friday extended the deadline for availing a 10% rebate on early property tax payments to July 31, giving taxpayers an extra month to file returns
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jackson County business owners are reporting higher than expected property value assessments. Thursday night, commercial property owners met for a workshop led by Jackson County Legislator Sean Smith to learn more about the appeal process. Low-income housing non-profit gets 400% increase in property value assessment One resident told the crowd at
Amid reports about eye-popping insurance executive pay and undercapitalized new insurance companies, leaders of the state-run insurer are raising an alarm about the potential of a new cycle of insurers going under — again. The Citizens Property Insurance Corp. met June 25, shortly after revelations that two executives of the 3-year-old, Tampa-based Slide Insurance —
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CINCINNATI — The group that has been circulating petitions to eliminate property taxes isn’t throwing in the towel, but organizers say they won’t have enough signatures to meet the November ballot deadline. Beth Blackmarr, the spokeswoman for the Committee to Eliminate Property Taxes, told WCPO content partner Journal-News they will not divulge how many of