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This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, March 27th. Later in the program, candidates for the Monroe County Council-At Large race faced off in a forum discussing the new jail, the cost of childcare, affordable housing and more. More in today’s headlines. Also coming up in the next half hour, Better Beware – your weekly consumer watchdog segment on …

Big Box retailers aren’t paying their fair share of taxes. Monroe County Tax Assessor Judy Sharp said local officials are getting tied up at state courts, when large corporations appeal the assessed tax value on their properties. Sharp said that can cost the county millions of dollars, if the county loses the appeal. In today’s Feature, Assessor Judith Sharp explains …

The Monroe County Tax Assessor’s office says the Lowe’s, Target and Menard’s corporations are tying up her office, in challenges to the assessed tax values of their businesses. This morning, The Monroe County Assessor told Monroe County Commissioners that corporations are trying to cut the assessed tax values of their properties in half. Judith Sharp says the corporate offices of …

A New York Times article released this afternoon alleges the Indiana University Foundation off-shored assets in the Cayman Islands, in a federal tax avoidance scheme. The Times piece sources leaks from a Bermuda-based law firm called Appleby. A source from the firm has been at the center of the release of millions of documents spotlighting the world of offshore banking. …