Tag: Property taxes
‘We are all part of this failure’: How fisheries and wildlife management in Michigan is going broke
A small, dwindling percentage of the population — hunters and anglers — funds a huge chunk of fish and wildlife conservation in Michigan.
Owen Sound approves 2.57 per cent tax increase
Owen Sound council has approved a total municipal levy of $36.2 million — a 2.57 per cent municipal tax levy increase for 2025. The entire blended increase, including provincial education and Grey County tax levies, will be 2.52 per cent. City council had stipulated that staff propose an increase of no more than five per […]
Municipal costs continue to rise at a pace taxpayers can’t handle
Municipal groups say the growing service cost deficit has to be uploaded to the province
Ontario Election 2025: Candidates talk up jobs, healthcare, affordability
With the threat of Trump tariffs temporarily on hold, talk on the Ontario campaign trail has branched out to other issues. Progressive Conservative leader Doug Ford visited workers in Etobicoke on Friday, continuing a trend of courting the union vote, something Tories did not traditionally seek in the past. NDP leader Marit Stiles discussed healthcare […]
Ontario election: Cities have big problems. They may get little attention
Where do Ontario’s main three parties stand on the issues facing cities provincewide, and the growing calls for a better deal between Queen’s Park and municipal governments?
Renewables + Storage Make Billions Of Dollars In Texas
When a new Texas renewable energy report came out recently, Zach quickly wrote an article about it. I was in contact with the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and wanted to query the report’s author, Professor Rhodes, from the University of Texas at Austin. Texas is the second largest US … [continued]
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GE Wind Repowering Scheme Puts Wind Whiners To Bed
Wind repowering projects can skim over the obstacles and pitfalls that bedevil new wind farm proposals, adding significant new capacity to the US renewable energy profile.
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Counties to make their pitch to province at ROMA conference
Grey-Bruce politicians and senior staff will hear about issues important to municipalities and present their needs to their provincial counterparts at the annual Rural Ontario Municipal Association conference which starts Sunday. They’ll be among 1,900 participants from hundreds of municipalities and organizations across Ontario attending the four-day event at the Sheraton Centre hotel in downtown […]
Court of Appeals upholds $200 million assessment to repair mid-Michigan dams
In an unanimous decision, the Michigan Court of Appeals says a special assessment can be added to property taxes to fund the rebuilding of dams destroyed in a 2020 flood.
Q+A: Mayor Josh Morgan looks ahead to London’s 2025 challenges
There has been no shortage of issues for Mayor Josh Morgan to tackle, from housing and homelessness, to an exploding population, and property tax hikes