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Warren County prepares to tax, regulate Airbnb

Warren County property owners are doing a small but bustling business in renting out their houses, and the county will soon start taxing them for it. Regulations are also in the works, with Queensbury ... read more

Traditional lodging industry sees built-in disadvantage for Airbnb

HARRISBURG — Airbnb ... 5 percent hotel tax, according to the state Department of Community and Economic Development. Mercer, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Somerset, Venango and Warren counties tax ... read more

WARREN to Puerto Rico — MAYORS say HOUSING is top issue — BAKER’S climate change plan

Elizabeth Warren is in Puerto Rico today ... Charlie Baker signed a bill into law in late December that will tax and regulate short-term rentals like those found on Airbnb.” – “Global Learning won’t ... read more

Lack of long-term plan for short-term rentals has Georgia man's glamping business on hold [photos]

Multiple county leaders said they want Johnson's business. At the same time, they want him to wait as they consider how to regulate Airbnbs long ... Last year, Airbnb agreed to collect sales tax on ... read more

Solana Beach OKs pact with Airbnb

Airbnb charges no fee for collecting the tax. “We’re not just trying to get more ... Del Mar placed a moratorium on new short-term rentals until it can prepare a city ordinance to regulate the ... read more

Ogden residents vote to regulate short-term rentals

A supermajority of residents at the condominium tower voted to allow the homeowners association to regulate illegitimate short-term rentals ... but still enjoy the benefits of something like Airbnb?” ... read more

Can Chicago's Old-School Bed-And-Breakfasts Survive Airbnb?

[DNAinfo/Alisa Hauser] New regulations for Airbnb owners, delayed and watered down by legal challenges, finally took effect on Wednesday. They levy an extra 4 percent tax ... preparation" can be ... read more

Answers from S.C.'s governor candidates

Warren: “Demand accountability so that at ... For example, if Marion County wants a casino, then let’s build a casino, regulate and tax it." Pass a law requiring equal pay for women. Expand programs ... read more

Petaluma marks progress in regulation of short-term rentals

After a more than two-year battle to regulate short-term ... as other cities and Sonoma County wrestle with how to govern short-term rentals that have increasingly been monetized by property owners ... read more

Congress Honors Rosa Parks While the Supreme Court Targets the Voting Rights Act

“To honor Rosa Parks in the fullest manner ... She was denied three times, and had to pass a literacy test and pay a poll tax in 1945 just to exercise what should have been her fundamental right. That ... read more

In the States

Voters rejected a statewide ballot measure that would have made permanent a temporary one-cent-per-dollar sales tax to finance education ... machines and from the preparation of the machines taking ... read more

New ordinance will help Las Vegas regulate short-term rentals

The Las Vegas City Council will soon consider an ordinance that echoes a new state law requiring short-term rental hosting platforms like Airbnb, HomeAway and VRBO ... license and pay operating fees ... read more