(PDF of Original Post) Gov. Jay Nixon recently signed legislation repealing the corporate franchise tax. The tax, which brought in about $80 million a year, applied only to companies with…
(PDF of Original Post) By CHARLES S. JOHNSON IR State Bureau | Posted: Friday, November 20, 2009 12:00 am Montana low-and middle-income families pay a larger share of their income…
(PDF of Original Post) CHARLES S. JOHNSON Gazette State Bureau | Posted: Thursday, November 19, 2009 9:45 pm | HELENA — Montana low-and middle-income families pay a larger share of…
(PDF of Original Post) Ed SivakClarion-Ledger Contributing Columnist With each passing round of information updating the state’s fiscal outlook, the goal of building a Mississippi with quality schools, state-of-the-art transportation…
(PDF of Original Post) By Charlie QuimbyDecember 02, 2009 A new study from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy breaks down who among “non-elderly households” is paying what taxes…
(PDF of Original Post) By Sharon Schmickle | Wednesday, May 12, 2010 Sure, you’ve heard it before: Gov. Tim Pawlenty vetoes yet another DFL bid to close the state’s budget…
(PDF of Original Post) BY SCOTT RUSSELL, MINNESOTA BUDGET BITES May 13, 2010 The Minnesota Legislature voted Monday to create a new tax bracket on high-income households as one small…
(PDF of Original Post) By KBJR ManagerKBJR-TV KBJR-TV1/17/2011 5:18:02 PM ET 2011-01-17T22:18:02 Duluth, MN (Northland’s NewsCenter) – Think tank Minnesota 2020 has conducted a study finding Minnesota’s middle- and lower-income…
(PDF of Original Post) Posted at: 01/17/2011 6:44 PM By: Andrew Lovelette (ABC 6 NEWS) — With the new year comes a few new changes to your taxes. When January…
(PDF of Original Post) With Minnesota lawmakers staring at a $6.2 billion deficit this session, state Rep. Pat Garofalo knows as well as anyone that balancing the state budget is…
(PDF of Original Post) By Advocate Tribune Posted Mar 18, 2011 @ 08:00 AM By Jeff Van Wychen Since 2000, Minnesota’s state and local taxes have become more regressive, meaning…
(PDF of Original Post) Wednesday, September 3, 2008 CommentaryCarl Davis Michigan property taxes are behaving a bit strangely. Despite home values falling in many parts of the state, property tax…
(PDF of Original Post) By Jeff Cranson | The Grand Rapids PressNovember 19, 2009, 9:36PM Without exception, every business advocacy organization, special interest group and partisan of any stripe screams…
(PDF of Original Post) November 20, 2009 EDITORIAL There’s a lot of talk in Michigan these days about taxes. Whether they’re too high or too low, whether they’re structured properly…
(PDF of Original Post) Associated PressUpdated: Mar 9, 2011 12:45 PM Michigan citizens need to think about what’s best for everyone rather than just themselves if the state is to…
(PDF of Original Post) Published: Tuesday, March 08, 2011, 3:07 PM Updated: Wednesday, March 09, 2011, 1:07 AMBy Monica Scott | The Grand Rapids Press The Michigan League for Human…
(PDF of Original Post) By Ed Brayton | 03.09.11 | 7:21 am A new study highlighted by the Michigan League for Human Services concludes that Gov. Snyder’s budget proposals, despite…
(PDF of Original Post) Mar. 11 2011 – 4:57 pm The quest for influence, power and control at all levels of government has long played out through large political contributions…
(PDF of Original Post) By: David Dayen Wednesday March 16, 2011 11:36 am The team at MichaelMoore.com is streaming live video all day long from protests in Lansing, the latest…
(PDF of Original Post) Published: Thursday, March 10, 2011 By Jerry Wolffe For the Daily Tribune Low-income families would see 10 times greater impact than the wealthy An analysis of…
(PDF of Original Post) Bruce Boccardy | October 27, 2010 A mountain of literature documents the unfairness in our tax system. Laws in the majority of states are rife with…
(PDF of Original Post) Saturday, March 26, 2011 EASTHAMPTON – The middle class is disappearing in America. We hear it over and over again. Instead of watching helplessly while it…
(PDF of Original Post) TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2009 By Stateline.org Staff Reports A headline in this morning’s Baltimore Sun — “Maryland lost nearly 30% of millionaires last year” — is…
(PDF of Original Post) Elizabeth Marsh Cupino Originally published December 10, 2009 Set up a roadblock. Put out an APB. Maryland’s comptroller has reported that the number of millionaires in…
(PDF of Original Post) Thursday, October 28, 2010: Fact Check If it seems counterintuitive that a candidate would be pushing for a big tax increase as a way of winning…
