Clever engineering and regular maintenance keep a 100-year-old dam and levee system operating, protecting more than $10 billion in property annually.

Roughly 39,000 property owners across the region are paying more money on tax bills due Feb. 14 to prevent the Great Miami River from overflowing its banks.

The 2024 law is similar to a law Pritzker signed in 2019 creating a property tax relief task force. The report that resulted ...