Newly elected Franklin County Commissioner Erica Crawley speaks to the crowd Tuesday at the Franklin County Democratic Party election celebration at Strongwater Food & Spirits in Columbus. The ...

Columbus and its suburbs are handing out more tax breaks than ever but a new report suggests the payoff isn’t worth it.

Franklin County property owners are studying their new real estate appraisals, and some have sticker shock. The Franklin County auditor has released updated property values for the nearly 450,000 ...

Lance Gates, director of appraisals with the Franklin County Auditor's Office, right, shows Bill Turns of Reynoldsburg a map of property tax rates Thursday evening during a Reappraisal Exhibition at ...

The Franklin County Auditor's Office has an online tool to help property owners learn how tax issues on the Nov. 8 ballot would affect their pocketbooks if approved. Called a ballot levy estimator, it ...

An increase in a property's value does not automatically mean a proportional increase in property taxes. In 2023, Franklin County home values rose by an average of 41%, but property taxes only ...

Franklin County Auditor Matt Beaton’s recent financial bombshell that “unconstitutional” payments have been made to county commissioners since 2016 is not a firm legal opinion. It is, instead, an ...

Home values in Franklin County rose 41% in this year's reappraisal from the Franklin County Auditor's office. To help understand what that means, especially for property taxes in light of some big ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Franklin County housing market has continued to rise this month, despite national housing numbers slowing down. This is according to statistics from the Franklin County Auditor’s ...

Franklin County Sheriff Jim Raymond is considering filing a half million dollar lawsuit against the county over what he says is targeted harassment of sheriff’s office employees by the auditor’s ...

The Franklin County sheriff has filed a $25,000 claim against the county over an ongoing dispute with the auditor’s office. The dispute is centered on a conflict over a charge for a meal while Sheriff ...