A fight over taxing short-term rentals for affordable housing

Plus a bipartisan bid to curb truancy and a development on lot-splitting

Airbnb is gearing up to fight a renewed push for a tax on short-term rentals. Based on our latest perusal of the Public Disclosure Commission, the homestay broker recently dumped more than $1 million into the humbly named Airbnb Helps Our State Thrive PAC. 

While Airbnbs can be anything from free-standing houses to apartments to bedrooms in people's hous…