Tax

Sen. Robert Peters, D-South Shore and Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin, D-Matteson will spearhead the endeavor.

Some have moved to appeal their property assessments, with counties in Maryland like Dorchester, Somerset and Garrett seeing the rate of homeowners petitioning home values jump 987%, 827% and 454%, respectively in 2023.

The top five states have an average effective real-estate tax rate of 2.17%.

The top six states have an average effective real-estate tax rate of 0.48%.

The mortgage industry may be largely in the dark about the process, which could save homeowners potentially thousands of dollars a year.

The latest quarterly increase in revenue comes as other reports show home values heading upward and affordability declining.

The case involves a house seized for a tax debt — but the state pocketed the profits.

This could first be claimed by homeowners on their taxes in 2007, but it was never made permanent by Congress and expired after tax year 2021.

A group of House lawmakers on both sides of the aisle is pushing to expand the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit as the supply of affordable housing remains tight.

A Wisconsin taxpayers group asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block President Biden's student-loan relief plan from taking effect, accusing him of usurping the power of Congress and costing taxpayers potentially more than $1 trillion.