By Christa WesterbergYour Right to KnowWisconsin’s open records law is most often used by requesters seeking to obtain records from a government agency. But occasionally it works in reverse, allowing someone to block the release of records to a requester.The Wisconsin Supreme Court has recently affirmed important limits on such efforts. Ironically, it was the …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer BROWN COUNTY – Local municipalities continue to face the prospect of having to defend their property tax assessments against what’s known as the dark store loophole. This after legislative efforts have stalled to change state law related to tax assessments for leased property and assessments based on comparable sales and …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer BROWN COUNTY – The effort to close what’s known as the dark store loophole is among the issues being discussed in the final days leading up to the Nov. 6 general election. The dark store loophole relates to commercial retailers and manufacturers challenging the assessed value of their properties by …
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