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Apr 05 2024
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Protests, pandemics, and prices push Europe into reforming its Green Deal
In late 2019, the European Union kicked off its Green Deal with the aim of leading the world into a sustainable future. Then came Covid, surging inflation, broken supply chains and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. All of that elevated energy costs, protectionism and competition on the EU agenda, making the ambitious clean shift more politically and economically challenging. So while now should be
FortuneApr 17 2024
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House approves tax holiday on hunting, fishing, sports gear
The Alabama House has passed a bill to create a sales tax holiday for outdoors equipment and supplies, including gear for sports, hunting, fishing, boating, and camping, but the legislation is contingent on a second bill also passing. The Alabama Adventure Awaits sales tax holiday would exempt a wide range of equipment from the state’s 4% sales tax during the first weekend of May next year and
AL.comApr 19 2024
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South Carolina Lawmakers Look To Speed Up Income Tax Cuts
Next week, South Carolina Senators will convene in Columbia at the state capitol to take up a new state budget. The new state budget, as approved by the South Carolina Senate’s Finance Committee, would accelerate the gradual reduction in the state’s top income tax rate enacted two years ago, providing a boost in expected tax relief for South Carolina residents. The budget under Senate
ForbesMar 14 2024
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NJ educators says state aid formula needs reform
For more than three hours Thursday, school superintendents and leaders of key education groups lined up one after the other to tell lawmakers there need to be significant changes to how schools are funded in New Jersey. Speakers proposed a wide variety of changes for the Legislature to consider, from raising the cap on property-tax increases to changing how special education funding is
NJ Spotlight NewsApr 13 2024
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IRS offering extra tax help in Portland today
With April 15 just around the corner (it’s Monday for those who haven’t looked at a calendar recently), the Internal Revenue Service’s Portland Taxpayer Assistance Center is holding special Saturday hours 9 a.m.-4 p.m. today. IRS employees at the center can answer questions about tax bills and assist with tax account issues including identity authentication, account adjustment inquiries and
The OregonianApr 16 2024
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Biden returns to his Scranton roots to pitch tax plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden returns to his childhood hometown of on Tuesday to open three straight days of campaigning in Pennsylvania, capitalizing on the opportunity to work the battleground state while Donald Trump spends the week in a New York City courtroom for The Democratic president plans to use Scranton, a working class city of roughly 75,000 people, as the backdrop for his
Associated PressApr 10 2024
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Democrat suggests black people shouldn't have to pay taxes for a bit — but adds tax exemption still may not redress slavery
A Democrat serving her second term in the U.S. House of Representatives recently stated that temporarily exempting black people from paying taxes is not "necessarily a bad idea." However, while parsing through the idea, she determined that such an exemption from taxes still likely won't redress the centuries-old horrors of slavery or current wealth disparities between black people and other
The BlazeMar 21 2024
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Food and Beverage Tax Indefinitely Tabled; Jail Tax Lowered –
(Decatur County, IN) – Decatur County Council voted 5-1 this week to indefinitely table the proposed food and beverage tax.
Councilmember Melanie Nobbe cast the lone no vote to table.
Fellow councilmember Kenny Hooten says the tax could eventually be used in the future for fairgrounds maintenance and improvements.
County Council also voted this week to lower the special
WRBI RadioMar 14 2023
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Republicans Deliver the Largest Tax Cut in Montana History - Americans for Tax Reform
Montana taxpayers are set to receive the largest tax cut in Montana history. Thanks to the leadership of Governor Greg Gianforte and many other members of the state House of Representatives and Senate, more than $500 million in permanent income tax relief will be delivered to individual taxpayers, families, and small businesses across Montana. “Montana lawmakers delivered a historic and game
Americans for Tax ReformApr 15 2024
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Breitbart Business Digest: A Tax Day Reminder That Elections Matter
We made it, fam! It’s another Tax Day. For some, April 15 is a day that can fill an American citizen with pride. It shouldn’t. Your money is almost certainly getting squandered by the federal government in ways both well known and mysterious. (If you need examples, see Breitbart.com literally any day ever.) That makes today a perfect time to remind our readers that elections matter. If you
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