The Republican chair of the Ohio Senate Education Committee is working on a massive overhaul of school funding, which would eliminate local property taxes and replace them with a statewide property ...

Property taxes primarily fund local services like schools, police, and road construction. Towns with more businesses or higher-valued homes can set lower tax rates. Tax-exempt properties, such as ...

The Ohio House passed two bills to tie future property tax increases to inflation. The bills would have little to no effect on Franklin County taxpayers, according to the county auditor. Auditors from ...

BURLINGTON — A Connecticut man pleaded not guilty in federal court in Burlington this week to defrauding the office of the Vermont State Treasurer out of nearly $475,000. Cirt F. Lindsay, 42, of ...

Chander Dara, 44, Canton, Mich., pleaded not guilty to vehicular homicide, a first-degree misdemeanor. A pretrial hearing was set for Dec. 1 and he was released on a personal-recognizance bond. Dara ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. PEOSTA — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds talked with local leaders about ways to reduce property taxes and ...

Michael Marrapese is set to be sentenced on Thursday for the 2019 murder of his ex-girlfriend, Lauren Ise, after changing his plea to guilty back in April. A colossal Buc-ee’s broke a small Colorado ...

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When Rich Rodriguez was hired last December, West Virginia was behind in recruiting the transfer portal, and by the time he got his staff in place, the portal was pretty picked over. It would have ...

Dominion Energy will give a presentation on the potential benefits of a battery energy storage facility in Halifax County at Tuesday evening’s joint meeting of the Halifax County Planning Commission ...