CHARLESTON – For the second year in a row, issues with property tax valuations for natural gas and oil-producing personal property continue to plague taxpayers. One county assessor and several property owners vented their frustrations Wednesday at a public hearing before the West Virginia House of Delegates regarding a separate bill to eliminate a sunset
ASHTABULA — Half a million dollars in COVID-19 relief funds will be used to create an inclusive playground in Ashtabula County after the Ashtabula County Board of Developmental Disabilities received a $632,212 in grant money. Ashtabula County received the second-highest amount awarded in the state, which is part of the approximately $14.9 million in American
The controversy over property assessments in Cheektowaga continues, as a State Supreme Court justice last week dismissed a lawsuit brought against the town over the method the municipal assessor used to determine property values last year. The court determined the process the assessor used was not unlawful, according to the ruling issued by acting Supreme
In a sharply worded letter to Gov. Kevin Stitt, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond last month refused to refile a dismissed lawsuit against ClassWallet, citing now-State Superintendent Ryan Walters’ “faulty judgment” and the Stitt administration’s “litany of errors” and “mishandling” of millions of federal COVID-19 relief dollars. Stitt wound up getting a private attorney to
HANNIBAL — The Hannibal City Council decided on Tuesday that the stormwater department will foot a hefty bill to fix the stormwater system under North Street using American Rescue Plan Act funds. Due to the Hancock Amendment and its associated legal precedents, the Missouri Constitution forbids local governments from levying new taxes without a public
A key state lawmaker intends to forge ahead with Gov. Jim Pillen’s plan for cutting property taxes by raising sales taxes and capping local government spending, despite opposition to most pieces of the proposal. Linehan State Sen. Lou Ann Linehan of the Omaha area, the chairwoman of the Revenue Committee, said she was not swayed by
Cherokees receive $500K grant to create small business loans The Cherokee Nation was recently awarded a $500,000 Rural Business Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to create small business loans that support Cherokee citizen-owned businesses and create community-based jobs. Deputy Chief Bryan Warner accepted the donation during the Oklahoma Tribal Opportunity Partnership Summit in
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A 40% drop in statewide property tax collections in one year? That’s a huge goal Gov. Jim Pillen set forth last week in his State of the State address and in flying stops in Scottsbluff, North Platte and Kearney. All it takes, just to try to cut $5 billion in 2023 tax bills to $3
Soaring home values have increased property taxes for millions of homeowners in recent years, prompting action from state lawmakers to lighten the burden. “The biggest problem was they just went up so quickly. … I think that’s one of the reasons why it became this rallying cry from the people asking for tax relief,” said