ad valorem taxes

Bait, equipment and materials used by the commercial fishing industry would be exempt from both sales and use taxes under Brown’s legislation.

The St. Clair County school system is pushing voters to vote "yes" on the amendment.

Sponsors say the money would be used to provide funding for Greene County’s struggling rural hospital.

Voters are being asked to consider an amendment that would raise property taxes countywide by three mills in order to benefit fire services in the county.

Tuesday, voters in Spanish Fort and Fairhope go to the polls to decide if property taxes should increase to fund local schools. A much larger property tax increase for Baldwin County was soundly rejected by voters two years ago. This proposal is a 3 mill property tax hike. If passed it would cost a family … Continued

By Brandon Moseley  Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, the Alabama House State Government Committee voted to give a favorable report to a bill that would make lands held by the Forever Wild program pay property taxes. The bill’s sponsor is state Government Committee Chairman Mark Tuggle, R-Alexander City. Chairman Tuggle said that House Bill 362 is … Continued

By Brandon Moseley  Alabama Political Reporter Monday, the Alabama Forestry Association urged their membership to vote for U.S. Sen. Luther Strange, R-Ala. “The headline in the Montgomery Advertiser on October 6, 2014 read ‘U.S. Supreme Court rejects Alabama school-funding case.’ We can (and should) thank Luther Strange for this victory,” the group wrote in a … Continued