News Florida quietly shortened yellow light standards for more red light tickets
05-14-2013
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CBS News (video)
A subtle, but significant tweak to Florida's rules regarding traffic signals has allowed local cities and counties to shorten yellow light intervals, resulting in millions of dollars in additional red light camera fines.
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News Maryland Governor Taxes Rain
04-16-2013
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by Matthew Boyle
Maryland Democratic Governor Martin O’Malley has instituted a tax on citizens for the amount of rain that falls on their property.
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News City hikes taxes on Sandy-hit houses
02-11-2013
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http://www.nypost.com
“We just sustained one of the worst national disasters in our nation’s history, and now the city is delusional, claiming our property values went up.”
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News Who Pays For Sports Stadiums? [Infographic]
12-06-2012
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popsci.com
Hint: the taxpayers. Deadspin breaks down how much the public is paying for sports.
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News New York City Hits Sandy Victims With ‘Failure To Maintain’ Property Citation
12-05-2012
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CBS News
Residents in one Queens neighborhood are crying foul after they were written up for failing to clean up the city’s own mess. It is yet another new complication in life after Superstorm Sandy.
Rosanne and Joe Cavaliere are still trying to clean up
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News States with the Highest (and Lowest) Taxes
11-14-2012
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http://247wallst.com,
During the 2010 tax season, Americans paid 9.9% of their income on state and local taxes.
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News Bankrupt San Bernardino fails to pass emergency budget
09-05-2012
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Reuters
The bankrupt California city of San Bernardino failed to pass an emergency budget plan in the early hours of Wednesday morning after an acrimonious fight over plans to sack firefighters.
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News North Dakota's no-property-tax dream is infectious
09-05-2012
As New Jersey homeowners fall asleep tonight, maybe they’ll dream of North Dakota. It’s possible that the folks in Fargo will wake up this morning as the first state to abolish the dreaded property tax. Pinch me, they’ll say.
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News Judge orders cash-starved Harrisburg Executive Branch to raise tax
08-28-2012
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AP
Harrisburg residents were hit with a court-mandated income tax increase when a state judge sided with the financial receiver who is managing the city and ordered the City Council to double the earned income tax.
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News Assembly Paid $103,000 in Harassment Case
08-27-2012
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New York Times
Sheldon Silver, the New York State Assembly speaker, authorized a secret payment of $103,080 to settle sexual harassment claims against Assemblyman Vito J. Lopez this year, according to records released by the Assembly on Monday night.
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News Surge in D.C. tax office settlements reduces commercial property owners’ bills
08-07-2012
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Washington Post
District officials have knocked $2.6 billion off the taxable value of commercial properties owned by some of the city’s most influential developers through a series of settlements negotiated this year by the Office of Tax and Revenue, The Washington
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News City of Compton may declare bankruptcy by September: officials
07-19-2012
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Reuters
The City of Compton, a city of 93,000 people located on the outskirts of Los Angeles, must decide by September 1 whether to seek bankruptcy, according to its two most senior financial officials.
Such a move would see it join a growing number of de
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Headlines: City of Compton may declare bankruptcy by September: officials -- Surge in D.C. tax office settlements reduces commercial property owners’ bills -- Assembly Paid $103,000 in Harassment Case -- Judge orders cash-starved Harrisburg Executive Branch to raise tax -- North Dakota's no-property-tax dream is infectious -- Bankrupt San Bernardino fails to pass emergency budget -- States with the Highest (and Lowest) Taxes -- GOP Traitors -- New York City Hits Sandy Victims With ‘Failure To Maintain’ Property Citation -- Who Pays For Sports Stadiums? [Infographic] -- City hikes taxes on Sandy-hit houses -- Maryland Governor Taxes Rain -- Florida quietly shortened yellow light standards for more red light tickets --
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