Former Albuquerque mayor Jim Baca's house is now cranking out solar power, and going green may earn him some green. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KRQE CBS 13 Albuquerque]
Private and household consumption rebounds in South Korea. (The Trade) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Bloomberg]
Protest on Antoine Thompson [www.clipsyndicate.com | WIVB CBS 4 Buffalo]
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Cities, Towns Deal With Increase In Property Tax Delinquencies
Cities and towns across the country are dealing with an increase in the number of property tax delinquencies. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WISN ABC 12 Milwaukee WI]
in two months, people in the south valley will vote on whether they want to form a new town. tonight -- the county shared new numbers with us, showing it could take a lot more money than originally expected. kayla anderson is live to tell us why the group behind the movement isn't giving up. kayla? the final version of the county's numbers are due out next week. but we got an early look at the study. one county commissioner says services like those provided here at the westside community center could be on the chopping block. bernalillo county's numbers show the south valley would start off with a revenue shortfall of nearly 14 and a half million dollars. "it's abundantly clear that there isn't enough of a tax base here to have a government that would be able to provide the same level of government, that we the south valley-ans currently enjoy." bernalillo county commissioner art de la cruz says the county spends 30 million dollars for services in the south valley. "we spend more than we collect here." he says, if the valley splits away, taxes would increase. but the south valley incorporation group is firing back-- saying the county's numbers are wrong. "bernalillo county does not want the south valley to become it's own city." the group says valle de atrisco can operate on an 18 million dollar budget. "because of us being a new town, we would generate franchise fees- from different companies, cable companies, television companies." the new municipality would operate with minimal affing and a lean budget for police and fire- things like senior services, community centers-- even park maintenance-- would all be run by volunteers. "i've talked to some of the farmers down there that have the tractors that could also provide the park maintenance and they said they would do it- for a fee of course." the group maintains there would be no gross receipts tax increase for valle de atrisco-- contrary to what the county says. ballots for the new town will be mailed out in december. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KOB Albuquerque]
There's a lingering question in the city of Toledo this weekend. Is the 2010 budget ready to go? The answer seems to depend on who you ask. Although some within the city say it's done, others say it's not. Residents and the media were told that the 2010 budget would be ready by Friday, but as of 10 p.m. the budget has not been released. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WUPW FOX Toledo, OH]
Bruce King, the boot-shod Democrat who served the longest tenure as governor of New Mexico, died Friday at the age of 85. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KRQE CBS 13 Albuquerque]
Nov. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Leo Hindery, managing director of InterMedia Partners LP, talks with Bloomberg's Pimm Fox about the U.S. unemployment rate. Hindrey also discusses ways the U.S. could create jobs. (Source: Bloomberg) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Bloomberg]
Longmeadow businesses have always paid the same tax rate as residential properties, but that could soon change. The Select Board will discuss putting more of the burden on commercial properties. The real estate tax for properties is made up of the valuation of the property and the tax rate. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WWLP NBC 22 Springfield M]
North Dakota's first botannical conservatory is on its way to becoming reality. The structure is taking shape at the International Peace Garden. As Jim Olson reports, the building is adjacent to a new garden area that officials think will be a big attraction. Sure, you know the International Peace Garden is a beautiful destination in July and August when the hundreds of thousands of flowers are blooming. But work going on this autumn is designed to stretch that out some. (Doug Hevenor, Peace Garden CEO) "Typically in the past we'd say come out and see the bloom in July and August. June is going to be a new month of bloom for us. We're going to have another 4 to 6 weeks of flowering." The reason? The new sunken garden that's just about finished in the center of the Peace Garden. It's been planted with hundreds of trees, thousands of shrubs, and some 55-thousand perennials. And it's sitting on a piece of land that has been engineered to stay dry. (Doug Hevenor, Peace Garden CEO) "We did over a million dollars of work under the ground that nobody sees but it's saved us. This year in the sunken garden, it wasn't sunken, we didn't have to swim through it." So the sunken garden will lengthen the bloom time at the Peace Garden considerably. So too will this - the new botannical conservatory now under construction right next to the sunken garden. (Doug Hevenor, Peace Garden CEO) "That's North Dakota's first botannical conservatory." Peace Garden CEO Doug Hevenor says the conservatory will allow visitors to experience the warmth and colors of summer all year long. (Doug Hevenor, Peace Garden CEO) "Imagine at -40 and you come up here to the Garden to the conservatory and you stroll through orchids and winter blooming tea plants. It's kinda cool. And then you step outside into what we expect in North Dakota." The conservatory sits on the North Dakota side of the international border that bisects the Garden. Hevenor says an 11-million dollar Conflict Resolution Center and Hall of Peace are under development across the way o
Thirty three people received layoff notices in the Department of Administration. Some workers were given a two weeks notice and others are already out of work. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WISH CBS 8 Indianapolis]
Trash trouble [www.clipsyndicate.com | WPRI CBS 12 Providence]
Green team energy [www.clipsyndicate.com | WPRI CBS 12 Providence]
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company (YGE), a leading vertically integrated photovoltaic product manufacturer, announced that income from operations increased 127% quarter over quarter and non-GAAP EPS increased to RMB 1.20 from RMB .91. Shares of Yingli are up over 9.5% so far today. [www.clipsyndicate.com | Market News Video]
Nov. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Asher Rubinstein, a partner at Rubinstein & Rubinstein talks with Bloomberg's Mark Crumpton and Lori Rothman about the Internal Revenue Service's effort to identify U.S. tax evaders in Hong Kong. Rubinstein also discusses the breadth of the problem, options available to taxpayers who may want to negotiate with federal prosecutors and the consequences of being caught by the IRS. (Source: Bloomberg) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Bloomberg]
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - There's an internet scam going around. It's the latest in phishing scams. This one claims you're owed a tax refund from the IRS. The scam has the potential to fool a lot of people. At first glance the email looks very real with the IRS logo, name of a director, and disclaimers. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KTVX ABC 4 Salt Lake City]
Next week, Cook County commissioners are going to vote on whether to roll back the county's sales tax increase [www.clipsyndicate.com | WFLD FOX 32 Chicago, IL]
Joining the police protesting Thursday night's presentation at UMass was Donna Lamonaco, the widow of slain New Jersey State Trooper Philip Lamonaco. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WWLP NBC 22 Springfield M]
Millions of dollars are owed to local cities and towns in real estate taxes – money that could help off set steep cuts in local aid. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WWLP NBC 22 Springfield M]
Council passes ordinance for Claber Girl [www.clipsyndicate.com | WTHI CBS 10 Terre Haute]
Good News... That's something you don't hear a lot of lately... And with the current state of the economy...good news related to taxes is a very rare thing. But today at the State capitol good news for many North Dakotan's was being discussed. Local CPAs met with Tax Commissioner Cory Fong to go over a number of changes to the state taxes, including several tax breaks. Cory Fong - State Tax Commissioner "The point is that some folks are going to start seeing some tax relief and it will be delivered right through their property tax statement. And of course the other piece is the individual income tax piece. And that's what this community the CPAs the practitioners are involved in because they prepare the returns by and large for many of our taxpayers." Fong also stresses that although there will be some reductions in school taxes at the state level...local governments may offset that reduction with their own taxes. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KXMB CBS Bismarck North D]
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