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Emanuel not ruling out raising CPS property tax limits
Mayor Rahm Emanuel isn't ruling out seeking a way to raise Chicago Public Schools' property tax cap to help close the $1 billion deficit the district faces. The mayor's comments came the day after his hand-picked school board president, David Vitale,...
Tags: Pension and Welfare, Politics, Interior Policy, Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel
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Palm Beach County commissioners call for sheriff to cut budget
Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw needs to shave his half-billion-dollar budget by about 1 percent to avoid a property tax increase, county officials said Tuesday. The county's proposed $4 billion budget calls for a slight property tax increase, in...
Tags: Politics, Local Government, Ric Bradshaw, Budgets and Budgeting, Palm Beach County
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Majorities drive sweeping, divergent changes across states
Stateline.orgWASHINGTON Gun curbs? Colorado got it done. Driver's licenses and in-state tuition for immigrants in the country illegally? Done. A new school-spending plan, an elections overhaul, Medicaid expansion? Done, done and done. Democrats, with a majority in...Tags: Medicaid, Bob McDonnell, Personal Weapon Control, Same-Sex Marriage, Personal Income
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Mishawaka school board votes in support of referendum on facilities upgrades
South Bend TribuneMISHAWAKA -- People won't move to a community with outdated schools with outdated technology. That's one of the reasons Matthew Boulac, a parent of two students in Mishawaka schools, said he supports a $28 million facilities upgrade proposal that's...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, Referenda, Voting, Finance
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David Hanlin: Downtown stadium site is still the best
I have previously written in support of locating the new stadium in downtown Hagerstown. Readers have asked why a suburban county resident should feel strongly about this proposal. After all, the City Council seems to have rejected it and has begun to...Tags: Entertainment, Politics, Local Government, Sora, Business
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Gov. Jerry Brown nips and tucks to reach California budget deal
SACRAMENTO -- Reaching a deal on the state budget required juggling various numbers on spending, tax revenue and debt repayments to make everything fit. Democratic lawmakers agreed to use Gov. Jerry Brown's more conservative estimates on state income...Tags: Politics, Executive Branch, Budgets and Budgeting, Darrell Steinberg, Jerry Brown
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Bill Daley to explore run for Illinois governor
Former White House chief of staff Bill Daley plans to announce Tuesday that he's forming an exploratory committee as he weighs a Democratic primary challenge to Gov. Pat Quinn. The move allows Daley to start raising money and not let the summer slip...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Personal Weapon Control, Personal Income, Rod Blagojevich, Pension and Welfare
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Religious groups pushing for city stormwater fee reduction
The two Catholic parishes led by the Rev. Robert Wojtek could pay more than $6,000 in new city stormwater fees later this year — an amount equal to an entire Sunday collection at his Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Highlandtown. To Wojtek, that...
Tags: Bernard C. Young, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Environmental Issues, Religion and Belief, Harford County
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June 12 Letters: Rep. Scott Rigell, IRS
Future benefits I applaud Congressman Scott Rigell for his leadership on harvesting coastal Virginia's energy resources. For decades, the Hampton Roads economy has been dominated by defense spending, the port and tourism. Coastal energy presents a...Tags: Tea Party Movement, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), Politics, Hampton Roads, Internal Revenue Service
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Mortgage debt catches up with the Netherlands
WEESP, Netherlands — The Dutch dream isn't that different from the American one. Nor is the nightmare that many people have woken up to. Hundreds of thousands of residents rushed to buy homes in the Netherlands as property values rocketed in the...
Tags: Homes, Economy, Business and Finance, Religion and Belief, Mortgages, Real Estate
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More money down the government black hole
Among the training sessions offered to IRS employees at a conference a few years ago in sunny California was one titled, "Political Savvy: How Not to Shoot Yourself in the Foot." IRS management should have taken that course before planning that...Tags: Darrell E Issa, Politics, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Matt Cartwright, Allentown
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IRS rule ending some Villages tax-free bonds won't affect all CDDs
To all you who live in places where there is a community development district — other than The Villages — here's a word of advice: Chill out, dudes. Crank up the Jimmy Buffett. A ruling by the IRS saying that the Village Center Community...
Tags: Board of Directors, Politics, Internal Revenue Service, Elections, Bonds
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