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The impact of eliminating property taxes on local government funding and the potential need for budget cuts or statewide tax increases.
’s cities and counties rely heavily on ad valorem (property) taxes, but the exact current annual collections across all counties and municipalities are not directly stated in the documents provided; h...
in would create an immediate multi‑billion dollar hole that the state and local governments must fill; proposals floated so far rely on a mix of state transfers, new statewide revenue mechanisms, or s...
local governments and school districts rely on to fund core services — notably (police, fire, EMS), K‑12 schooling, road maintenance, parks and libraries, sanitation and environmental programs — with ...
, as proposed in several states and now foregrounded in , shrink and — unless fully and credibly replaced by other funding — force either service reductions, shifts to other taxes and fees, or both . ...