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Voters deserve a say as counties consider shifting property tax burden to sales taxes

  • Brad Johnson

South Dakota’s new optional half-percent county sales tax is being sold as property-tax relief. It is relief only in the sense of moving money from one pocket to another. The cost of county government does not fall. The law changes who pays it. Meade, Pennington, Custer and Codington are among the counties that have enacted […]

Virginia

UVA study shows how housing affordability policy, civic engagement and voter turnout connect

  • Charlotte Rene Woods

A University of Virginia professor’s research aims to illuminate how federal policy that supports affordable homeownership intersects with civic engagement via the ballot box, as housing affordability and access remain top concerns for voters in Virginia and across America.   A new study titled “Mortgage Refinancing and Political Participation” explored how remedies in the aftermath of […]