A group looking to break up California’s iconic property tax code and spur billions in new commercial property taxes for local governments and schools said Thursday it has enough voter signatures to qualify a measure for the November ballot.
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Russia must pay damages to a couple whose property was confiscated and demolished to make way for a municipal building, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday.
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On the eve of the Nevada caucuses, Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg released a new pillar of his environmental policy that aims to preserve and protect public lands in an overall effort to battle the effects of climate change.
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France and Equatorial Guinea wrapped up a week of hearings Friday at the United Nations’ highest court in a dispute over a Parisian mansion that the tiny central African country called its embassy.
Read moreThe Wisconsin Supreme Court Friday upheld the annexation of a small town’s land by a nearby city to clear the way for a luxury golf course, finding the land grab satisfied state law requirements but disagreeing over the use of the rule of reason to check a municipality’s powers.
Read moreNinety-seven people sued New Dominion for property damages from “thousands of earthquakes” in central Oklahoma, allegedly caused by its underground injections of wastewater from fracking operations, in Cleveland County Court.
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The Alaska Legislature’s failure to override the governor’s veto of a school bond debt reimbursement could lead to an increase in Anchorage property taxes, officials said.
Read moreThe Evangelical Bible Church of San Diego sued Brian Hendry and Helix Bible Church in superior court, claiming Hendry filed false papers with the California Secretary of State to claim ownership of a church.
Read moreThe Lake Ridge and Hammond school districts sued Indiana, claiming its law on “the sale or lease of school property for one dollar ($1.00) or not more than the minimum bid” to charter schools is an unconstitutional taking, in Lake County Court.
Read moreSan Francisco will ask voters to approve an innovative approach to a rash of empty storefronts in the city’s shopping districts: Tax the landlords.
Read moreFederal employees overseeing U.S. public lands were assaulted or threatened at least 360 times over a five-year period marked by heightened tensions with anti-government groups, a congressional watchdog agency said Monday.
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Poor management by the international group that oversees the waters of the Great Lakes led to hundreds of millions of dollars in property damage due to flooding two out of the last three years, New York officials claim in a lawsuit.
Read moreTwo Texas Republicans prevented their Democratic colleagues from voting to raise property taxes in the Houston area on Tuesday by not showing up for a meeting of the county’s executive board.
Read moreThe Seventh Circuit upheld the constitutionality of a Hammond, Indiana, ordinance that requires residential property owners to hire a licensed contractor repair the home, or do the repairs themselves, if they derive income from it. Homeowners who occupy their own property get an exemption.
Read moreMore than 100 people sued Sundance Energy Oklahoma and 20 other companies in Oklahoma County Court, claiming their wastewater injection and fracking caused earthquakes that damaged their property.
Read moreA homeowner and an artist brought a federal complaint over a law in Fraser, Colo., that blocks people from erecting signs in their yards “to protest President Donald Trump and call for action on global warming.”
Read more(CN) — Natural gas companies can no longer rely on federal law to pay less than fair-market value for land
Read moreA descendant of the last German kaiser on Tuesday lost a court bid for the return of a castle overlooking the Rhine valley, part of which has been turned into a hotel.
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