Lackawanna County ended up receiving about 4,200 reassessment appeals as of Friday’s filing deadline, roughly half the 8,000 to 10,000 appeals officials had anticipated as the process of updating ...

Allegheny County Council is about to vote on a bill (May 21) that would insulate the appeals board from the political process. Under present law, the people who make the frozen base year assessments ...

State and local governments use property tax revenue to pay for vital services like schools, road construction and maintenance, and emergency services. The tax is based on your home’s assessed value, ...

SCRANTON — Two former Lackawanna County assessment directors, a pair of former FBI agents and other professionals will hear likely thousands of assessment appeals later this year before reassessed ...