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Sep 27 2023
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Newsom signs firearm restrictions, tax hikes as Florida-California contrast deepens
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills into law Tuesday, prohibiting people from carrying firearms in most public places as well as tax hikes on guns and ammunition. For people to be permitted to carry firearms in designated places, owners would have to explicitly allow carrying with a sign. Under federal guidelines, taxes on guns and ammunition sales are already at
Florida's Voice
Sep 14 2023
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Wisconsin Assembly Republicans pass sweeping redistricting reform, but likely veto awaits
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's Republican-controlled Assembly passed a sweeping redistricting reform plan Thursday that takes the power of drawing maps out of the hands of lawmakers and gives it to nonpartisan staff. But Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has all-but promised to veto the bill that he called “bogus,” even though it largely resembled a nonpartisan redistricting plan he's pushed for
Traverse City Record-Eagle
Feb 13 2023
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Conservative tax reform advocates join Gov. Justice for roundtable
CHARLESTON — With two competing plans to provide tax relief to West Virginians before the Legislature, Gov. Jim Justice brought two national conservative tax reform advocates to the state. Justice held a tax reform roundtable Monday at the Culture Center on the grounds of the State Capitol Complex with Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, and Stephen Moore, distinguished
The Weirton Daily Times
Sep 19 2023
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Rochester City Council adopts 2024 tax levy
(ABC 6 News) – This is something the Rochester City Council has been discussing at previous meetings, but some said the levy is already too high. Despite those concerns, the city council felt it was something that needed to be addressed. As of right now, the preliminary levy would be 9.44% but that could go down. In other words, the current percentage serves as the ceiling and it cannot be
ABC 6 KAAL
Sep 18 2023
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Rochester council caps 2024 property tax levy
ROCHESTER — The Rochester City Council voted 6-1 Monday to cap the city’s property tax collection in 2023 at $101.5 million. “This is the top we can go,” council member Shaun Palmer said of the approved preliminary tax levy to fund the current version of a proposed 2024 city budget. “We can always go lower before Dec. 4.” Council member Patrick Keane said the proposed 9.44% increase “feels
Post-Bulletin
Sep 28 2023
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Massachusetts House and Senate pass tax relief bill, Gov. Healey expected to sign it
BOSTON - A massive tax relief bill passed both the Massachusetts House and Senate and now heads to Gov. Maura Healey's desk for her signature. The bill would increase child tax credits and allow more assets to be passed down tax-free. It would also increase tax credits for lower income brackets and cut capital gains taxes. Lawmakers are hoping this will help stop people from moving to less tax
CBS News (Online)
Sep 28 2023
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Mass. Senate approves $1B tax relief bill, moving it closer to Gov. Healey
Massachusetts’ majority-Democrat state Senate gave final approval Thursday to a $1 billion compromise tax package that delivers relief to seniors, renters and low-income residents, putting an end — at least for now — to a contentious chapter in Bay State politics. The 38-1 vote, which came shortly after 12:30 p.m., positions the bill for a signature by Gov. Maura Healey, who ran on promises of
MassLive.com
Sep 05 2023
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No More ‘Kettling’: NYPD Agrees to Reform Its Protest Response
New York City’s police department has agreed to a legal settlement aimed at mitigating conflict with and intimidation of peaceful protesters, a landmark resolution in the wake of the 2020 racial justice protests that is expected to see the department eradicate several controversial tactics used on demonstrators. The settlement was reached after state Attorney General Letitia James and several
Daily Beast
Sep 13 2023
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Minneapolis faces millions in annual costs for compliance with court-ordered policing reforms
Complying with court orders to end racist and unconstitutional policing in Minneapolis will require hiring nearly three dozen new workers at a cost of millions of dollars each year for years to come, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported Wednesday. The Minneapolis City Council on Monday formally took up Mayor Jacob Frey's proposed 2024 budget. It is the first spending plan directly connecting
Fox News (Online News)
Sep 08 2023
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Sanders' special session will address cutting tax rates, one-time tax credit, changing FOIA
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced Friday that she is calling the Arkansas General Assembly into special session, starting Monday, to cut the state’s top individual and corporate income tax rates by 0.3% each, effective Jan. 1, 2024, and grant a $150 one-time tax credit for taxpayers making less than $90,000 a year, retroactive to Jan. 1, 2023. The state’s top individual income tax rate is
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette