The vote in the House Rev & Tax Committee to send a bill increasing the homeowner’s exemption to the full House with a “do-pass” recommendation – with only one committee member dissenting – is historic. Since 1982, similar legislation has been proposed in 11 different…
Both the House Rev & Tax Chair, Rep. Dolores Crow, R-Nampa, and Rep. Dennis Lake, the co-chair of an interim committee on property taxes, say they’re thrilled that there’s been so much progress this week toward addressing property tax issues in the Legislature.“I think it’s…
After long and heartfelt debate – including many compliments for Rep. Ken Roberts, R-Donnelly, for his creativity in fashioning HB 505 to replace all property tax funds for school operations with a 1 cent sales tax increase – the bill went down on a 7-12…
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