Virginia's Chamber of Commerce Backs Governor's Tax Hike.

Daily Press (Newport News, VA);  January 23, 2004 ;     616 words ......For those who believe Virginia needs a tax hike to help cure its financial ills, Thursday...J. Howell has insisted that a general tax hike is wrong for the economy. Last year, Howell...increase in the tobacco tax and a gas tax hike of between 5 and 10 cents per gallon...

Voters reject D74 tax hike

Lincolnwood Review (IL);  November 6, 1997 ;     609 words ......Tuesday rejected a proposed education fund tax hike for the purposes of expanding technology...percent of Lincolnwood's voters rejected the tax hike bid. The unofficial final tally shows the tax hike proposal losing 1,347 to 955 votes. "It...

Is it a tax hike or not?

Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA;  December 21, 2004 ;     184 words ......Manheim Township approves new budget with no tax hike" (Intell, Dec. 14) says "the tax hike is expected to bring $1 million in additional revenues into the township." Which is it? No tax hike in Manheim Township or no property tax hike...

D219 to delay tax hike vote

Morton Grove Champion (IL);  January 14, 1999 ;     700+ words ......favor of seeking voter approval for a tax hike in the upcoming April 13 election. The...219 to wait to seek voter approval for a tax hike until at least the March 17, 2000 election...reservations about asking voters for a tax hike in three months. "I just don't believe...

TAX HIKE IN BERGEN

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  January 19, 2001 ;     275 words ......Record (Bergen County, NJ) 01-19-2001 TAX HIKE IN BERGEN Date: 01-19-2001, Friday Section...shortfall in revenue would force a countywide tax hike of about $18 million. But County Executive...million budget calling for a $17.2 million tax hike -- the first significant increase in ...

Joliet Junior College tax hike proposal will go to the voters

Naperville Sun, The (IL);  August 21, 2002 ;     324 words ......referendum question for a $251 million tax hike on the ballot in November. If approved...facilities in Joliet and Romeoville. If the tax hike is approved, the owner of a $150,000 house...per year in taxes. The vote to put the tax hike to the voters comes after months of board...

DEMOCRATS CHOOSE TAX HIKE OVER ENERGY BILL

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  December 13, 2007 ;     384 words ......floor Thursday regarding the choice between passing a tax hike, and having an energy bill signed into law: "The clock...take the accomplishment without inserting an enormous tax hike - a tax hike they knew would doom this legislation; a tax hike...

Ephrata school tax hike may be cut 20%

Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA;  May 7, 2003 ;     388 words ...The proposed tax hike for property owners in the Ephrata Area...mills, down from the originally proposed tax hike of 1 mill. The district has a proposed...all of the funds come through, then the tax hike will be .8 instead of 1 mill. "The board...

Video puts faces on District 62's tax hike request.(News)

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  October 22, 2004 ;     393 words ......Plaines Elementary District 62's fall tax-hike request are putting their message...trimmed in some capacity should the tax- hike effort fail. Dan Fletcher, a former board member and opponent of the tax hike, isn't worried, though. If it (the...

Tax hike appears likely for Elanco residents; Options outlined to offset...

Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA;  May 28, 2003 ;     526 words ...The first tax hike since 1997 looks more and more likely...outlined two possible scenarios -- a .5 mill tax hike and a .64 mill increase -- to offset the $3 million shortfall. Even with the smaller tax hike, said Burkhart, the district will be forced...

EASD proposed tax hike may shrink by 20%; State funding will determine...

Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA;  May 7, 2003 ;     440 words ...The proposed tax hike for property owners in Ephrata Area School...mills, down from the originally proposed tax hike of 1 mill. The district has a proposed...all of the funds come through, then the tax hike will be .8 instead of 1 mill. "The board...

CIGARETTE TAX HIKE WON'T KEEP STATE'S TEENS FROM...

The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  February 5, 2007 ;     278 words ......Editor: Gov. Jim Doyle's proposed cigarette tax hike is posed as an effort to curb youth smoking...middle class backgrounds; imposing such a tax hike only hurts smokers who are often already...the increased revenue from a cigarette tax hike is mainly coming from heavy smokers, one...

City Council OKs tax hike of 8.5 percent; // Council also approves...

Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA;  December 18, 2002 ;     700+ words ......the 2003 city budget, which includes a tax hike, and a controversial increase in fees...Smithgall sought in his proposed budget. The tax hike was needed, Smithgall said, to avoid ending...Democrats, who had proposed a 3.5 percent tax hike, agreed to the 8.5 percent figure. ...

Tax hike's effect on business may be lethal, he says

Glenview Announcements (IL);  March 30, 2006 ;     428 words ......neglected to consider the impact a property tax hike they are planning to seek from voters...unanimously to plan to put a property tax hike referendum on the November ballot. The...reporting March 23 that public comment on the tax hike initiative was limited to Julie Shechtman...

Even a $10 tax hike is significant

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  October 5, 2003 ;     111 words ...TAXES Even a $10 tax hike is significant Sunday, October 5, 2003...screaming that the sky is falling because of a tax hike in the proposed Waukesha County budget. The cartoonist thinks because the tax hike would be only about $10 that it is no...