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- 1Fort Worth parent challenges state school takeover as taxation without representation●Is FWISD’s takeover taxation without representation? A parent asks school finance experts
A Fort Worth parent has asked school finance experts whether the state takeover of the Fort Worth Independent School District amounts to taxation without representation, arguing residents may lose their elected school board while still paying district taxes. The question raises concerns about local control, governance and accountability as the takeover process moves forward in Fort Worth, Texas.
- 2GM Executive's 1920s Michigan Farm Lists for $3.5 Million●A GM Executive Built This Michigan Cow Farm in the 1920s. At $3.5 Million, Selling It Could Make More of Her Social Security Taxable
A Michigan cattle farm built in the 1920s by a General Motors executive has hit the market for $3.5 million. The seller, a retiree drawing Social Security, faces a wrinkle: a sale that large could push additional Social Security benefits into taxable territory. Interest centers on the property's history and the unusual retirement-tax angle of selling a valuable estate late in life.