Senate sweetens property tax proposal

More than 60,000 small businesses would come off the franchise tax rolls under the Senate’s latest property tax proposal. Tuesday, the Senate gave unanimous support to a measure that would still increase in the homestead exemption from $40,000 to $100,000 but includes a number of changes to the state’s business tax and raises the total amount of tax relief under the Senate’s plan to $18 billion –…

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