(Original Post) Posted: 03/31/11 09:21 PM ET Virtually every state in the country has a tax system that heavily favors the rich. Despite this fact, only a handful of states…
(PDF of Original Post) Posted at 7:26 PM ET, 03/10/2011 By Aaron Davis Add the millionaire’s tax back into the mix of Maryland’s budget battle. A bill that would permanently…
(PDF of Original Post) March 11, 2011 By Megan Poinski [email protected] Several tax watchdogs and policy analysts concerned about the state of Maryland’s economy and buoyed by a new report…
(PDF of Original Post) By Contributing Op-Ed columnist November 26, 2009, 3:00AM Over the next two years Louisiana likely will fall almost $2 billion short of what it will take…
(PDF of Original Post) By TOM ASWELL During the 1988 presidential race, Vice President George H.W. Bush proclaimed, “Read my lips: no new taxes!” That famous line helped him defeat…
(PDF Of Original Post) Posted on Fri, May. 29, 2009 By Beth Musgrave [email protected] FRANKFORT — A coalition of social service and nonprofit groups called on Gov. Steve Beshear Thursday…
(PDF of Original Post) Posted on Thu, Nov. 19, 2009 By Linda B. Blackford [email protected] Low and middle-income Kentuckians pay a larger share of their incomes on state and local…
(PDF Of Original Post) Gov. Steve Beshear says this is a bad time to be talking about tax reform because it would mean higher taxes for some Kentuckians, and he…
(PDF of Original Post) Ronnie Ellis CNHI News Service FRANKFORT November 23, 2009 08:33 am — Thanksgiving and Christmas are right around the corner. But if your job is to…
(PDF of Original Post) By Pat Garofalo on May 31, 2011 at 10:15 am Gov. Sam Brownback (R-KS) has been pushing to implement what he calls “tax reform” in the…
(PDF of Original Post) By Jason Hancock 11/18/09 10:39 AM Moderate- and low-income Iowans pay a greater share of their income in state and local taxes than the rich do,…
(PDF of Original Post) DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s tax laws force poor residents to pay a much higher percentage of their income in taxes than the state’s wealthiest…
(PDF of Original Post) The Register’s editorial The political debate over taxes these days ranges from “We will not raise taxes” to “We will cut taxes.” There is little interest,…
(PDF of Original Post) We sure hope our state leaders take the “road less traveled” when the legislative session convenes this coming month and they face a $1 billion revenue…
(PDF of Original Post) Iowa governor’s race: Candidate views differ on effect of corporate tax cuts By JASON CLAYWORTH • [email protected]• May 9, 2010 Republican governor candidates’ proposals to cut…
(PDF of Original Post) 1:45 AM, Oct. 30, 2010 | Written byJASON CLAYWORTH Here’s what other groups are saying about state tax cuts. IOWA CHILD & FAMILY POLICY CENTER: It…
(PDF of Original Post) By CHRISTINIA CRIPPES [email protected] Area schools may be moving full steam ahead with their preschool programs, but state lawmakers have yet to weigh in on their…
(PDF of Original Post) September 5, 2009 Commentary Last week, when Comptroller Dan Hynes kicked off his campaign for governor, he took a shot at Gov. Quinn, painting him as…
(PDF of Original Post) Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy: Use Quinn’s plan, then adopt Hynes’ By BJ LUTZ Updated 8:50 PM CST, Mon, Oct 19, 2009 Forget the he…
(PDF of Original Post) October 19, 2009 UPDATED by Rick Pearson at 7:02 p.m.; first posted at 4:25 p.m. As the two major Democratic candidates for governor bash each other…
(PDF of Original Post) Both proposals are ‘complementary,’ says Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy By Rick Pearson and Monique GarciaTribune reporters October 20, 2009 Gov. Pat Quinn and Comptroller…
(PDF of Original Post) Posted Nov 24, 2009 @ 12:05 AM Well, it’s officially turkey time. No, not the family-, friend- and food-oriented holiday we call Thanksgiving. Think more the…
(PDF of Original Post) The two-point (or more) tax increase making its way through the state legislature has one thing to recommend it. Right now, the super-rich in Illinois —…
(PDF of Original Post) By Bob Secter, Tribune reporter 9:53 PM CST, February 16, 2011 With city finances in shambles and fiscal straight talk at a premium, one of the…
(PDF of Original Post) Over the past couple of years, Progress Illinois has reported time and again on the problems with the State of Illinois’ sales tax structure (older posts…
