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Local Taxation

Culture, transportation make up big chunks of City of Ithaca budget

By Krisy Gashler • Staff Writer • October 13, 2008 Those are among the expenditures that make up the $57 million 2009 city budget, which Common Council is considering in a series of meetings this month. A little more than $5...

Coast braces for bad times

As the economic forecasts grow gloomier, counties, schools, municipalities and other public service providers are battening down the hatches, looking for ways to weather a storm of unknown strength and duration.Here's what's...

Urgent talks to avert rise in council tax

Town hall and charity leaders will meet Treasury ministers this week to thrash out emergency measures to stave off council tax rises, missed wage payments and service cuts as a result of the Icelandic banks crisis.

The Culprit Could Be Dead, But Local Tax Case Lives On

By the time FirstPay Inc. shuttered its doors and declared bankruptcy in 2003, the Silver Spring company was managing payroll operations for about 1,500 businesses and organizations. What few, if any, knew was that owner Mark...

Thinking Beyond the Gas Tax

With these words, New York Transportation Commissioner Astrid C. Glynn welcomed participants to a New York State DOT-sponsored symposium, "Beyond the Gas Tax: Funding Future Transportation Needs." Looking to the future, the...

Ike won’t knock down tax values

Though many homeowners still are picking up the pieces after Hurricane Ike and waiting impatiently for their insurance claims to be settled, whatever damage they suffered likely won’t affect their tax assessment this year.

Share of casino proceeds awaited

Justin A. Hinkley • The Enquirer • October 12, 2008 EMMETT TOWNSHIP — The $2 million that local governments are expected to receive from FireKeepers Casino might not go as far as some hope it will. Two percent of the casino's...

Brenner versus White for District 8 senator

About the Race The Senate District 8, race is a battle between Republican Rep. Al White, R-Hayden, and Steamboat Springs resident Ken Brenner, a Democrat. The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) have...

2-part SAISD bond plan has promoters, detractors

More than a year ago, Superintendent Carol Ann Bonds stood in the Tom Green County elections office after voters soundly rejected two school bond propositions and said the district had to find a proposal the public would...

Salmond takes £1bn demand to Westminster

Published Date: 12 October 2008 By Tom Peterkin Scottish Political Editor ALEX Salmond is demanding an extra £1bn from Westminster in an attempt to protect the Scottish economy from the worst excesses of the global financial...

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