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Success, Guerra said, will depend in part on whether the county will contribute its portion of the property tax increases, and on officials’ ability to attract new, for-profit businesses to the area.—Annika Merrilees, Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2026 The Hickman Mills School District is currently about $14 million in debt, a figure which district leaders attribute partly to financial mismanagement and partly to recent changes to the Jackson County property tax assessment cycle.—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026 The two chambers have been embroiled in a long stalemate over property tax cuts and have failed to pass any new comprehensive budget since 2023.—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026 White also suggested Proposition 13, the 1978 measure that limited property tax increases, may have played a role in the population changes.—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for property tax