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What is a Proposition 2 1/2 Override? Under a Massachusetts law called Proposition 2 1/2, cities and towns can only increase the amount of money they collect through property taxes each year by 2. ...
The $7.3M Easton override election is Tuesday, June 10. What's on the line, tax impact, where, when to vote and how Easton tends to vote on overrides.
Braintree voters previously rejected two permanent tax-limit override proposals. The first was in June 1997 for $2.9 million to help pay for school expenses like rising special education costs ...
The Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) Governing Board passed a motion to order and call for a special Maintenance and Operations (M&O) budget override election to be held on November 4, 2025.
LINCOLN, Neb. — An attempt by lawmakers to override a veto to the bed bug bill failed Tuesday at the Nebraska Legislature. Earlier in the session, lawmakers passed LB 287, which was introduced ...
The override was defeated by only 180 votes, as the unofficial tally in the May 20 town election that rejected the $4.95 million override was 1,463 to 1,283 with 12 blank ballots.
Alaska lawmakers on Tuesday voted to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of a high-profile education bill that will increase long-term funding for public schools. A joint session of the Alaska ...
JUNEAU — In a move that lawmakers celebrated as “historic,” the Alaska Legislature on Tuesday voted to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of a $180 million increase to the state‘s $1.2 ...
House Republicans, along with a few dozen Democrats, recently voted to override the EPA’s waiver. To do that, they’re using the Congressional Review Act, a law that gives Congress strengthened ...
Northbridge Town Meeting approved placing a question on the May 20 town election ballot asking if voters will approve a nearly $5 million Proposition 2½ override to make up a spending deficit in ...
The public won't have to wait longer to get some public records from government agencies in Colorado. State lawmakers on Friday abandoned an effort to override Gov. Jared Polis' veto of a bill to ...
Don’t override Polis’s veto on a bill that slows down the public’s access to records (Opinion) Letting the government decide who is and isn’t the legitimate press sets a troubling precedent ...