Texas on Thursday launched a new economic incentives program intended to bring new companies and jobs to the state, replacing a prior job creation system that lawmakers phased out after complaints that it contributed to inequity in public schools. Gov. Greg Abbott announced the opening of applications for the Texas Jobs Energy, Technology, and Innovation,
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
In back-to-back months, Mr. Cooper and LoanDepot — two of the nation’s largest mortgage lenders — made headlines for experiencing cyberattacks that exposed the data of more than 30 million people combined. Mortgage lenders haven’t been the only recent targets. Title insurance companies Fidelity National Financial and First American Financial each experienced cyberattacks in November
Navarro County Commissioners approved Navarro County Auditor Terri Gillen to release $250,000 of Indigent Care funds to Ambulatory Services. Navarro Regional Hospital had previously handled indigent care until they requested to end the contract earlier this year. During the public comment of Monday’s meeting Marty Summerall spoke about the need for medical dental and vision
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
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
Who doesn’t want to save money on property taxes? The Pennsylvania Farmland and Forest Land Assessment Act of 1974 — aka Act 319, or the Clean & Green Act — is a preferential tax assessment program that bases property taxes on use values rather than fair-market values. The program was launched to encourage landowners to
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