Provena Hospitals finally loses real estate exemption

After years of litigation stirred by a front-page article in the Wall Street Journal, Provena Hospitals in Urbana, Illinois, has finally lost its real estate tax exemption for the year 2002.  The state Supreme Court has affirmed a decision by an appellate court that the hospital had not shown that it was either a charitable institution or a religious organization entitled to exemption.  (See Nonprofit Issues®, 8/16/08.)