In 2023, the Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling that reaffirmed a basic constitutional principle: When the government seizes property, it cannot keep more than what it is owed. And yet, until this ...
The initiative comes in response to financial strain following the 2023 property reappraisals, which led to significant tax increases across Lorain County in 2024.
State lawmakers returned to Tallahassee this week with affordability concerns top of mind, as they gear up for next session.
A low-tax advocacy group seems intent on making the Los Angeles “mansion tax” the face of their statewide tax-capping ballot measure campaign.
Depict Broward County government as a hotbed of wasteful, abusive and excessive spending. Reality isn’t as clear-cut.
The Duneland School Corporation will have an estimated $1 million less in tax revenue available for the 2026 budget.
The state's old approach to the property tax problem allowed local governments to live in a fantasy world where difficult spending decisions could be hidden in state largess. No more.
The debate around property taxes is already leading most conversations at the Florida State Capitol before next session has even begun, and with many options on the table, one of them looks to send $1 ...
Ohio House lawmakers approved a pair of property tax measures Wednesday. The bills would give little known county boards greater oversight powers and get into the weeds of Ohio’s byzantine system for ...
The Ohio House approved two bills sponsored by state Rep. David Thomas that reform property taxes. Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, had vetoed similar legislation July 1 as part of the state budget ...
The kernel of Ohio’s property tax mess, detailed in another recent report, is this: Ohio homeowners are staggering under ever-higher property taxes not because of runaway school boards, but because ...
Unlike most states that reappraise home values every one to five years, Ohio properties are typically assessed only once every six years (though an update may be conducted the third year after a full ...