Tribal leaders on the President’s Climate Preparedness and Resilience Task Force are soliciting input on how the federal government can better support local, state and tribal governments in preparing to protect themselves from extreme weather and other climate impacts.The two tribal leaders on the Climate Change Task Force, Chairwoman Karen Diver of the Fond Du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and Mayor Reggie Joule of Alaska’s Northwest Arctic Borough, are… [read post]

The lowest bills in the country are in six counties or county equivalents with median property taxes of less than $200 a year: Northwest Arctic Borough and the Kusivlak Census Area (Alaska)* Avoyelles, East Carroll, and Madison (Louisiana) Choctaw (Alabama) (*Significant parts of Alaska have no property taxes, though most of these areas have such small populations that they are excluded from federal surveys.) [read post]