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Mayor

Lenoir City residents vote against sales tax increase; mayor says raising taxes could help city schools

LENOIR CITY, Tenn. (WVLT) – Lenoir City taxes are staying where they are after residents voted against a sales tax hike on Saturday. But, the mayor believes the increased tax would have helped schools. “The school board, city council and I decided that it was needed. Not wanted, but needed,” Lenoir City Mayor Tony Aikens […]

Arkansas

Arkansas income tax refunds up this year

JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) – More Arkansas taxpayers are getting money back this year. The Department of Finance and Administration announced Wednesday that it has issued 326,347 individual income tax refunds since filing season opened on Jan. 29. “This is an increase of 56,844 refunds from the same time frame in 2023, when refunds totaled 269,503,” […]

Alaska

Measure limiting Alaska campaign cash fails to get enough signatures for 2024 vote | #alaska | #politics

By James Brooks, Alaska Beacon Updated: January 19, 2024 Published: January 18, 2024 JUNEAU — Backers of a new ballot measure proposing limits on donations to political candidates failed to make the cutoff for this year’s elections. With the Alaska Legislature not expected to pass a bill dealing with the topic this year, there will […]

City Council

Kalispell City Council to review education campaign for public safety levy request | #citycouncil

Kalispell City Council will take a look Monday at a proposed educational campaign for a public safety levy request headed before voters in March. Council in November voted to put the levy request on the ballot. The move came after months of discussions surrounding recent audits of the city’s Fire and Police departments, which found […]

Mayor

Jackson County special election results: Mayor terms, tax levies and more | Local

Voters will decide on several ballot measures this evening, ranging from mayor term limits to tax levies to school obligation bonds. While there are no countywide issues on the ballot this November, voters will deliberate measures in Applegate Valley, Colestin, Rogue River and Eagle Point. This article will update periodically as results come in. Colestin […]

City Council

City Council passes new budget with $70M for CIP | Government | #citycouncil

City Council passed a budget that will fund over $70 million in capital improvement projects for next year. The Council passed the 2024 budget along with the tax rate at the meeting on Tuesday. According to the budget, the total budget for next year will amount to $255,895,381. “In summary, we are going up from […]

City Council

Kalispell City Council finalizes $141M budget | #citycouncil

Kalispell City Council approved the municipality’s $141 million budget and mill levy for fiscal year 2024 on Monday. Councilors nixed appropriations that would have seen $200,000 dedicated to proposed facilities renovations and $33,000 to City Council salary bumps. The city’s general fund, from which most municipal operations are funded, was set at about $15.5 million. […]

Alabama

Alabama DOR Grants Extension to Make PTE Tax Election for 2022 Tax Year | #elections | #alabama

In 2021, the Alabama Legislature unanimously enacted an elective pass-through entity tax (PTE Tax) as a workaround to the so-called “SALT Cap,” which was part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. The Alabama Electing Pass-Through Entity Tax Act (Act 2021-1) established a new alternate state income tax applicable only to electing partnerships/LLCs […]

Arkansas

4 elderly Arkansas sisters, others sentenced to prison in $11.5M USDA discrimination scheme

by Jack A. Webb Sat, June 24th 2023, 2:34 AM UTC FILE – In this March 17, 2003 file photo, guard towers and razor wire ring the compound at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Ind., the site of the last federal execution. After the latest 17-year hiatus, the Trump administration wants to restart federal […]

City Council

City council’s approval of NAH proposal deemed ‘short-sighted’ | #citycouncil

It is difficult to understand how our members of city council could approve the NAH proposal. This seems short-sighted and narrow-minded. This billion dollar project does not come even close to meeting the city’s plan for carbon neutrality by 2030. Token mentions of some solar panels, a few charging stations for EVs and no LEED […]