The length of each protest is to be determined. Bob Fulkerson of Reno, Nevada, is a lead national organizer for Third Act—an organization composed of elder Americans who work throughout 35 ...

If Abraham Lincoln had the Homestead Act — the 1862 measure that gave 160 acres of public land to almost any American who agreed to steward it — Miami-Dade County has the Homestead Town Center.

A bill allowing residents in the city of Brunswick to vote on a homestead exemption from city property taxes passed the General Assembly on Monday and awaits Gov. Brian Kemp’s signature.

When settlers claimed sections via the Homestead Act of 1862, conflict arose between the so-called sodbusters and livestock grazers. Some ranchers illegally fenced public lands that existed within the ...

House Republicans have been struggling for months over how to finance their $4.5 trillion budget resolution that would extend the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act for the next 10 years. To partially offset ...

Under the 1862 Homestead Act, President Abraham Lincoln granted families 160 acres of land each, mainly west of the Mississippi River, with the expectation that families would tend to and live off ...

provide for property tax exemptions retaining the homestead exemption and exemption for religious organizations, provide a permanent teacher salary increase by requiring a surplus payment to ...

Olenec said people should take advantage of the homestead exemption and keep an eye on what the legislature is doing in Austin. "The costs are out of control," he said. "They are looking at ...

Keep property tax exemptions, including the homestead exemption and religious organization exemptions, unchanged. This amendment is seen as a sweeping effort to overhaul the state’s tax system ...

In addition to the property and casualty insurance issue, it is also important to consider title policy and homestead exemption issues when transferring real property to a trust. There are ways to ...

The event was held on the eve of Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Day, a state holiday recognizing the father of the 1921 Hawaiian Homestead Act. Bearing Hawaiian flags, Alfred Keaka Hiona Medeiros ...