Seniors struggling with property tax bills can enroll in a program in which they pay no property taxes at all under the Senior Citizen Tax Deferral Program. The program is administered by the office of Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas. READ MORE...

Legislators voiced support Tuesday for waiving property taxes on the homes of military members while they are deployed to combat zones, but said legislation aiming to do that needs more work. READ MORE...

January 24, 2012 9:00pm- When it comes to paying higher taxes to maintain funding levels for the state's four largest areas of spending, Californians are most willing to do so for K-12 public education (72 percent, adults, 62 percent likely voters), followed by health and human services (57 percent adults, 49 percent likely votes) and higher education (57 percent adults, 46 percent likely voters), according to a new statewide released Tuesday night by the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California. READ MORE...

ST. PAUL — A number of years ago, the value of my home went up, and my property taxes went down. This year, my home value is down thousands of dollars but my taxes went up $200. READ MORE...

A deficit of about $600,000 could mean Clive property owners will face a higher tax rate in the fiscal year that begins July 1. READ MORE...

The Joplin R-8 School District will ask for taxpayers help to rebuild Joplin schools.  The district will ask voters to pass a property tax increase to fund the district's school rebuilding projects. READ MORE...

ST. PAUL — A number of years ago, the value of my home went up, and my property taxes went down. This year, my home value is down thousands of dollars but my taxes went up $200. READ MORE...

The commission Mayor Teresa Tomlinson appointed to make recommendations on city revenue policy approved her sunset idea for gradually eliminating the city’s property tax assessment freeze. But it was not without some disagreement, according to the commission’s chairman, attorney Seth Harp. READ MORE...

Was the Clark County Council’s $2.7 million reduction in property tax collections in 2007 an intentional decision to ease the burden on taxpayers or was it a mistake by elected officials who didn’t understand the impact of their decision? READ MORE... READ MORE...

MONTPELIER -- Who says politicians can't agree?

Friday, the Vermont House of Representatives voted unanimously to add a provision to the annual budget adjustment bill that would gradually beef up the non-property tax dollars that support education. READ MORE...

BLOOMINGTON – McLean County property owners seeking a lower property tax bill won $16.1 million in total assessed-value reductions this year – and Twin City movie theaters were at the top of the list. READ MORE...

 School district officials and school finance experts are saying the state’s 2-percent property tax cap is not the silver bullet many New Yorkers believe it is. READ MORE...

In a nutshell, the troubles began last summer when Facebook was told by the state to assess any property “real and personal, tangible or intangible," in relation to its property taxes. Concern arose that Facebook might be taxed on assets such as the value of its brand. The tax bill is associated with the data center Facebook chose to build in Crook County, Ore., and as part of the deal, Facebook promised jobs for 55 full-time employees in exchange for tax breaks. READ MORE...

The scene is all too familiar: A tax attorney in Weston, Fla., argues that his client's home value has dropped 8 percent in the past year, making his $25,000 tax bill far too high. Just outside New York City, a homeowner recounts her frustration when an assessor wouldn't explain why he valued her lake house higher than the neighbor's home. And in Chicago, a tax consultant loses her appeal, despite presenting evidence of sales of similar properties that suggest her tax bill is off by $1,200. READ MORE...

The positive news is that Superintendent Gerald Dawkins pulled a $134 million property tax proposal from Tuesday's Caddo Parish School Board agenda. Likewise, the board chose not to hear debate on a last-minute effort to piggyback a .4-cent sales tax proposal for teacher pay raises on the same April ballot. READ MORE...

The New York Giants’ dispute with hometown East Rutherford, New Jersey, over whether the National Football League team should pay property taxes on its training center led Moody’s Investors Service to downgrade the credit rating of the borough of about 8,900. READ MORE...

BASALT — Plummeting property values in the Roaring Fork Valley portion of Eagle County were finally reflected in tax bills that arrived Tuesday. READ MORE...

A 32 percent spike in property tax appeals in Jackson County this year could be a trend that continues into next year as developers and homeowners react to sharp drops in real estate values. READ MORE...

Iowa Governor Terry E. Branstad talks to members of the Bettendorf Rotary Club as Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds talks to former Iowa state senator Maggie Tinsman on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012, at the Fortune Garden Restaurant in Bettendorf. (Kevin E. Schmidt/QUAD-CITY TIMES) READ MORE...