"This year, Idaho lawmakers gave school districts about $106 million, which was meant to ease their reliance on property taxes. New data shows that it worked.
The vast majority of Idaho school districts are asking property taxpayers for less support compared to last year, according to data from the Department of Education. School districts are collecting $108.6 million less in property taxes, an 18% decrease from the previous year.
On average, school property tax levy rates went down from $186 per $100,000 of assessed property value to $132 per $100,000."
Communist China must be STOPPED from acquiring US land. I signed a bill this year BANNING the sale of Idaho land to foreign governments. Now, I join Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and my fellow Republican Governors in calling on the federal government to start pulling their weight.
"Seventeen governors are calling on federal leaders, including President Biden, to prevent foreign adversaries like China from buying U.S. land, Fox News Digital has learned.
Republican Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is leading a letter, with 16 of her fellow GOP governors, to Biden, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and congressional leaders in both chambers to tackle the growing issue of China buying American land, including farmland.
"Numerous governors and state legislatures have taken action to protect our citizens from the imminent national security threat of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)," the governors wrote.
"But national security demands a national response from national leaders," they continued. "The responsibility is now with you – follow the lead of our States and prevent CCP amassing of American lands."
The governors noted that it "is no secret the communist regime in China is acquiring swaths of real property throughout the United States" and that very recently, a subsidiary of a Chinese-controlled company "bought two hundred and seventy acres of land in Green Charter Township, Michigan, not far from the Camp Grayling National Guard facility."
"Unfortunately, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States declined to block – or even review – this plainly alarming transaction," the governors wrote.
The Republican state executives said that "states have stepped into the breach to protect this country’s most valued resource" – the American people – while the Biden administration "has failed to address the threat at hand.""
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As 2023 comes to a close, I want to extend a special thank you to the directors of our Idaho State Agencies. We have achieved much for the people of Idaho this year, and none of it would have been possible without their leadership and determination. Please join me in thanking them for their excellent work!
