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2009
Month | Cover Story | Focus |
November 
| What is Home Rule? | State Owned Land Valuation in 2009 |
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August
| DLS Gateway Enhancements for FY2010 | |
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July
| The Accomplishments of Communities and Their Control Boards | |
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June file size 1MB
| The Good Old Days | Equalized Valuations (EQV) |
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May
| Communication Key During Recertification Process | |
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April
| New Impacts on Audits of Local Governments | Motor Vehicle Excise |
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January/ February
| Feasibility Studies for School Construction Projects | Public Library Funding |
2008
Month | Cover Story | Focus |
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December
| Understanding & Applying the New Intermunicipal Agreements Law | Spending on Snow & Ice Removal |
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October/November file size 1MB
| Community Preservation (CPA) State Match Update (Cover Story and Focus) Special Section on Municipal Finance Law Seminars | |
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September
| A Primer on Financial Aspects of Special Education | Telephone Central Valuation - Trials and Tribulations |
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August
| Special Purpose Stabilization Funds: A Long-Term Planning Tool | A Ten-Year Perspective on Proposition 2 1/2 Overrides |
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July
| Gateway Expands to all Cities, Towns and Districts for Submission On-line | Fiscal 2008 Average Single Family Tax Bills and Assessed Values |
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June
| Valuing Classified Forest Land - FY2009 | Calibration of Municipal Residential Recycling Rates Explained |
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May
| What are Excess and Deficiency Funds? | State House Notes Program, FY1998 - FY2007 |
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April
| Preparing Your Case for Appeal at the Appellate Tax Board | New Growth: History & Numbers |
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March
| House 2: The Patrick-Murray Administration's Second Budget Proposal | Municipal Bond Ratings |
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January
| DLS Gateway: Pilot Testing and Rollout Plans | The Cost of School Based Medicaid in Massachusetts |
2007
Month | Cover Story | Focus |
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December
| Regional Assessing | Excise Tax Revenue Throttling Down |
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October/November
| IT Disaster Recovery Planning for Small Towns | FY07 Single-Family Average Tax Bills and Assessed Values |
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September
| FY08 Certification Land Review | The MERIT Plan: Property Tax Relief for Veterans |
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July/August
| Municipal Affairs Coordinating Council Cabinet Convenes | The Shift Was On - Split Tax Rates FY92 - FY06 Focus Table of Communities that have shifted, FY00 - FY06 
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June
| DLS Gateway brings Local Officials' Submissions Online | Sewer Rate Relief, FY04 to FY07 |
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May
| Equalized Valuations and Measuring Ability to Pay for Chapter 70 | 2006 Equalized Valuations |
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April
| Lowering the Cost of Health Care: What Are You Paying in Brokerage Commissions? | Task Force on Municipal Collections |
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March
| Robert G. Nunes Named Director of Municipal Affairs | Superintendency Unions |
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January
| Outside Annual Audits | Municipal Databank Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow |
2006
Month | Cover Story | Focus |
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November
| Boston's Wireless Initiative | The Community Software Consortium |
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October
| Municipal Option to Join the GIC | FY07 CPA State Matching Funds Distributed |
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August/September
| Municipal License Suspension | FY2007 Cherry Sheets |
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June/July
| New On-Line Financial Forecasting Tool | Other Post-Employment Benefits |
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May
| Energy Cost Management | Public Library Funding |
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April
| Office of Watershed Management PILOT Program | How was State Owned Land Valued for 2005? |
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March
| Budgeting for the Cost of Retirees' Pensions | The Evolution of the City or Town Charter |
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February
| The Advantages of Online Bill Payments | Municipal Expenditures: Proper Public Purposes |
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January
| Affordable Housing Valuation Issues | An Analysis of the Treatment of Municipal Revenues |
2005
Month | Cover Story | Focus |
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November/December
| Health Insurance for Municipal Employees | A Report from the Municipal Finance Task Force |
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October
| Kelo & Eminent Domain Policy | FY2004 Equalized Valuations |
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September
| Changes in Proc. Regs. to Streamline HAC Appeals | FY05 Average-Single Family Tax Bills and Assessed Values |
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July/August
| New Local Officials Directory Available Online | Stabilizing Property Taxes in Volatile Real Estate Markets |
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June
| Why is the Income Approach to Value Used? | New Web-Based Income and Expense Forms |
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May
| SJC Issues Decision in the Hancock Case | The MA Water Pollution Abatement Trust--A Primer |
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April
| 2005 State-Owned Land Valuation | Employee Health Insurance in MA: Condition Serious |
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March
| DOR Seeks Help in Recording Paternity Establishments | Community Preservation Act |
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February
| The MA Uniform Electronic Transaction Act | Circuit Breaker Update |
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January
| The Power of Chapter 40R | FY06 Revenue Forecast |
2004
Month | Cover Story | Focus |
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November/December
| Income & Expense Request, etc., & ATB Dismissals | MWRA Upgrades Regional Water System |
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October
| Procurement & Administration of Audit Services | Changes in Reporting & Funding Post Employment Benefit Costs |
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September
| Recent Development Under the Open Meeting Law | FY04 Average-Single Family Tax Bill & Assessed Value |
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July/August
| Interim Year Adjustment Reporting | Timely Tax Rate Setting |
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June
| FY04 Wrap Up | "Pay As You Throw" Trash Fees--Can They Work In Your Community |
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May
| Avoiding Data Protection Disasters | Recent Cherry Sheet Trends |
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April
| Supplemental Tax Assessments on New Construction | Property Tax Primer: Billing, Abatements & Appeals |
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March
| Construction Reform Plus Low Interest Equals New Schools | Motor Vehicle Excise Update |
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February
| School Department Revolving Funds | Municipal Bond Ratings |
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January
| FY05 Budget Outlook | Study of Educational and Property Tax Exemptions |
2003
Month | Cover Story | Focus |
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November/December
| WFB Works for Cities and Towns | Proposition 2½ Referendum Trends |
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October
| Electronic Funds Transfer for Wage Withholdings | The Tax Levy |
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September
| DLS' E-Government Initiatives | Municipal Readiness for E-Government |
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July/August
| UMAS Manual Update Completed | 2002 Equalized Valuations |
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June
| Overview of School Lunch Program | EDIP: Economic Development Power Tool |
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May
| Foreclosure Cases in the Land Court | Free Cash: Sources and Trends |
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April
| Considering In-House Revaluation | Chapter 653: The New Construction Amendment |
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March
| The New England Council's 2003 Agenda | Municipal Fees and Charges |
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February
| State-Owned Land-2005 | Short-term Borrowing and the State House Note Program |
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January
| Mass Development: Leveraging Public/Private Partnerships | A Look at FY02 Split Tax Rates |
2002
Month | Cover Story | Focus |
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November/December
| FY04 State Budget Outlook | Senior Property Tax Relief |
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October
| A Look at the Massachusetts Public Records Law | New Growth |
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September
| FY02 Residential Statistical Summary | FY02 Average Single Family Tax Bills & Assessed Values |
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July/August
| MA Municipal Early Retirement Incentive | Stabilization Funds |
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June
| PERAC Local Experience Study Completed | Sewer Rate Relief Update |
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May
| MASS.gov: Doorway to Information | School Building Assistance Update |
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April
| State Budget Process and Local Aid | MEMA and Your Community |
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March
| Interim Year Adjustments: An Appraisal Issue | Can Assessors Change Your Property Value Every Year? |
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February
| Implementing GASB 34: A Small Town's Perspective | Fixed Costs |
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January
| A Foundation for Online Government | Community Preservation Act Update |
2001
Month | Cover Story | Focus |
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November/December
| Proposition 2½ -- A Look Back | Proposition 2½ -- Referenda Trends |
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October
| Quality Health Care and Reasonable Costs are not Mutually Exclusive Objectives | Senior Property Tax Relief, Chapter 40B Amendments |
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September file size 1MB
| Public Disclosure of Property Assessments | FY2001 Average Single Family Tax Bills and Assessed Values |
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July/August
| State Aid to Public Libraries in Massachusetts | 2000 Equalized Valuations |
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June
| PERAC Achieves Savings for Cities and Towns | Population Trends in Massachusetts |
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May
| Retirement Plus: An Overview | FY01 Municipal Revenue Components |
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March
| New Office of Educational Quality and Accountability | Certification and Tax Rate Setting |
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January
| Encouraging Student Participation in Local Government | Motor Vehicle Excise Receipts Stable |
2000
Month | Cover Story | Focus |
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December
| New Rules for School Building Assistance | FY2000 Multiple Tax Rates |
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October/November
| Community Preservation Act | New DOR Website for Businesses |
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September
| Exchange of Ideas | School Choice |
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July/August
| Appropriations Contingent on Proposition 2½ Referendum | FY2000 Average Single Family Tax Bills & Assessed Values |
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June
| What is a Residential Exemption? | What's Happening with Charter Schools? |
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May
| New Electric Generating Plants for Massachusetts | Room Occupancy Revenues |
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April
| Senior Work-Off Abatement Program | Quarterly Tax Bills |
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March
| Audits Reveal Results of Education Reform Spending | What in the World is Free Cash? |
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February
| Y2K - Business as Usual | FY1998 Municipal Spending |
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January
| "Circuit Breaker" for Low and Moderate Income Seniors | Proposition 2½ Referenda |
1999
Month | Cover Story | Focus |
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December
| Capital Improvements Program | State Public Information Campaign on Y2K |
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November
| Why Become a City? | Create Your Own Custom Reports |
| October | Protecting the Community's Interest | Motor Vehicle Excise |
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September
| FY2000 Automated Tax Rate Recapitulation | FY1999 Average Single Family Tax Bills & Assessed Values |
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July/August
| State-Owned Land to be Revalued | Overlay Reserve |
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June
| New Local Option Law Supports Brownfields Redevelopment | Local Revenue Components |
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April/May
| Legislative Changes Affecting the Appellate Tax Board | 1998 Equalized Valuations |
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March
| Open Space Acquisition Programs | Elderly Exemptions |
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February
| Qualified Bonds | Stabilization Funds |
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January
| DLS Pilots Y2K Outreach | FY1997 Municipal Spending |
1998
Month | Cover Story | Focus |
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December
| Financial Forecasting | School Building Assistance Act |
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November
| Education Reform and Accountability | FY1998 Average Single Family Tax Bills and Assessed Values |
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September/October
| Local Government Partnership Generates Enthusiasm | Municipal Debt |
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August
| Abolition of County Government | Multiple Tax Rates |
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June/July
| New Technology Applications Available | Free Cash Comparisons |
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May
| Electric and Telecommunications Appraisal Course | A 15 Year Perspective on Proposition 2½ Overrides |
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April
| The Future of Municipal Computing | Timely Tax Rate Setting |
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March
| How Often Should a Community Reassess? | Effects of New Growth |
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February
| Options for Title 5 Repairs | Trends in Motor Vehicle Excise Collections |
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January
| Audit Committees | Massachusetts Municipal Spending |
1997
Month | Cover Story | Focus |
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November/December
| Managing the Budget Process | Massachusetts State Revenues and Budgeting Process |
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October
| Changes to DOE's School Finance Regulations | FY1997 Average-Single Family Tax Bills and Assessed Values |
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September
| Franklin Regional Council of Governments | FY1998 Municipal Revenue Growth Factors |
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July/August
| Cutting Red Tape - Executive Order 384 | 1996 Equalized Valuations |
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May/June
| Bulk Sales of Receivables | Municipal Revenue Sources |
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April
| Y2K - Why Care? | Free Cash - A Basic Discussion |
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March
| Accountability in School Budgeting | No Focus Article |
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February
| Preserving Massachusetts Farms | Massachusetts' School Choice and Charter School Programs |
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January
| Amended Federal Single Audit Act of 1996 | Lottery Revenues: A Source of Aid for Municipalities |