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Massachusetts Split Property Tax Rates – Considerations for the Current Economic Climate
/in Blog /by Aidan Enright and Eileen McAnnenyMany taxing jurisdictions distinguish among the various property types and treat them differently. Common property classifications include: residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural.
A majority of states, some 60 percent, use some kind of classification, but those classifications vary in scope and effective tax burden (i.e., the actual amount of tax paid after credits, deductions and other changes are taken into account.) Classifications are also operationalized differently among states. Some use a set rate for different types of properties and others use a ratio of assessment and market values.
Predatory Tax Ruling: Supreme Court Closes Door on Home Equity Theft
/in Featured, Podcast Hubwonk /by Editorial StaffJoe Selvaggi talks with Pacific Legal Foundation’s state legal policy deputy, attorney Jim Manley, about home equity theft, a practice that has taken 350 properties in Massachusetts, dispossessing homeowners of more than $50 million in equity.
Lousy Healthcare for Thee but Not for Me
/in Blog, Featured, Life Sciences, Pioneer Research /by William Smith and Robert PopovianIn recent years, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) have instituted programs to keep out-of-pocket drug costs high for patients. Why is the administration so eager to protect federal employees from high out-of-pocket costs but is perfectly happy for PBMs to enroll millions of other patients in these programs?
Pioneer Study: Adopt Innovative Approaches to Address K-12 STEM Teacher Shortage
/in Education, Featured, News, Pioneer Research /by Editorial StaffStates and school districts should look to innovations like endowing science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) chairs in high schools to address a growing K-12 teacher shortage, according to a new white paper published by Pioneer Institute.
Paul Vallas on Chicago, School Reform, and Teachers’ Unions
/in Featured, Learning Curve, Podcast /by Editorial StaffThis week on The Learning Curve, guest co-hosts Charlie Chieppo and Mary Tamer, executive director of Democrats for Education Reform, Massachusetts, speak with Paul Vallas, former CEO of the Chicago Public Schools and a candidate for mayor of that city earlier this year.