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Illinois Strips Hospital of Property-Tax Exemption
By Harvy Lipman
The State of Illinois last week upheld a 2003 decision stripping the Provena Covenant Medical Center, in Urbana, of its exemption from property taxes, a ruling that comes as Congress is examining whether to redefine how hospitals must behave to avoid paying taxes.
Brian Hamer, the state's director of revenue, said that Provena was spending...