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Okanogan County has joined a class-action suit against the federal government to recover almost $100,000 the county says it was due as compensation for nontaxable land.
The lawsuit, originally filed by Kane County, Utah, contends that the U.S. government violated …
Okanogan County will receive $2.4 million in Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT), which are federal payments to local governments that help offset losses in property taxes due to non-taxable federal land within their boundaries.
The payments are made annually for tax-exempt federal lands, which include …
