Posts Tagged ‘property taxes’
Walking Wounded: Education Budgets Taking Shape Across NE
by Carolyn Morwick
April 22, 2011
Governors, Legislators Seek Concessions From Labor Deep Cuts Applied to Higher Education and Scholarship Programs K-12 Treading Water After Losing Stimulus Funds
Connecticut
Gov. Dannel Malloy’s two-year plan to deal with a $3.2 billion deficit (in the first year alone) relies on significant concessions from labor to the tune of $1.5 billion. Unions gave Malloy strong support in ...
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Small Revenue Gains in NE States Not Enough to Stanch Ed Bleeding
by Carolyn Morwick
January 8, 2011
The good news is that the New England states are showing slight gains in revenue collections. The bad news is that it will not be enough to stave off a new round of budget cuts for the coming fiscal years. States are preparing budgets for FY12 and FY13 while addressing shortfalls in FY11 budgets. ...
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Drop the PILOT? Not Yet, Say Cash-Strapped Municipalities
by John O. Harney
December 2, 2010
Private colleges, nonprofit hospitals, museums, soup kitchens and churches are exempt from property taxes. As cash-strapped host municipalities look for more revenue, their interest in collecting payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTs) from charitable nonprofit organizations will grow, according to a report by the Cambridge, Mass.-based Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.
In recent ...
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