The Polk Education Association president is urging the Polk County School Board to consider a property tax referendum to ...

School bond taxes on a $100,000 home would cost $86.25 a year and $1,725 total. For a $200,000 house, taxes tied to the ...

In limbo since its 2022 foreclosure, Valley West Mall in West Des Moines is finally for sale. What does the future hold for ...

The transitional shelter in rural Polk County was proposed in 2023 by Church at the Park — a Salem-based nonprofit that helps ...

In his sixth State of the State address, Governor Greg Abbott presented a comprehensive agenda focusing on property tax relief, education, and infrastructure in Harris County.

Local governments, developers and the business community are watching to see how changes in the state’s property tax system ...

Every year, low- and moderate-income households miss out on tax credits and deductions worth thousands of dollars by not ...

The Internal Revenue Service has set its calendar for the upcoming tax-filing season: Americans can start submitting their income-tax returns on Monday, Jan. 27. As people send in their 2024 ...

The median home in Polk County listed for $343,147 in December, slightly up from the previous month's $343,000, an analysis of data from Realtor.com shows. Compared to December 2023, the median home ...

The city government beat is so dynamic. One day, I could be reporting on the Des Moines metro's struggle to keep its public transit system afloat, and the next, I could be interviewing folks ...

Cobb County Board of Education Chairman David Chastain ... activities are strictly prohibited on Bridgeport Public Schools property, transportation routes, or during school activities without ...

and your county has an assessment ratio of 80% and a tax rate of 1%, your tax bill would be $3,200 ([$400,000 × .80] × .01). In general, there are two ways to pay your property tax bill ...