By John Hanna Associated Press / May 9, 2012 TOPEKA, Kan.—Members of the Kansas Senate expected their vote to be close Wednesday on proposed income and sales tax cuts, with…
(Original Post) Man facing foreclosure meets with bank executivesBy Scot KersgaardWednesday, May 09, 2012 at 4:31 pm A couple of dozen people gather on a busy downtown street with signs…
May 10, 2012 11:10 AM TOPEKA, Kan. — Massive tax reductions cleared the Kansas Legislature on Wednesday, but even as Gov. Sam Brownback and his conservative Republican allies marked a…
Friday, May. 11, 2012 by Danielle E. Gaines, Staff Writer The following story was updated at 2:50 p.m. May 11. Gov. Martin O’Malley reiterated the need for increased transportation funding…
(Original Post) By Eric McWhinnie May 15 2012 Forget Tax-mageddon, Washington already has tax issues it is avoiding. Last year, Citizen for Tax Justice and the Institute on Taxation and…
(Original Post) By David McGrath May 18, 2012 10:22PM Tell me you haven’t been there. You’ve filled your grocery cart, are feeling pretty good about many of your purchases being…
JOHN HANNA Associated Press Last Updated: May 22, 2012 – 5:18 pm TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback signed massive income tax cuts into law Tuesday, expressing confidence they…
(Original Post) By Richard Rubin – May 29, 2012 3:53 PM ET The percentage of U.S. taxpayers reporting adjusted gross income exceeding $200,000 who paid no U.S. income taxes increased…
(Original Post) June 08, 2012 This is in response to “Illinois shouldn’t adopt progressive tax; Take it from an ex-Californian” (Perspective, June 8), by Lawrence J. McQuillan, chief economist at…
(Original Post) Saturday, 09 June 2012 11:12 By Mike Alberti, Remapping Debate | News Analysis When Wichita Public Schools Superintendent John Allison learned that, thanks to rising revenues, Kansas was…
Wednesday, 20 June 2012 11:20 Bottom 60 percent of earners would see higher tax bills, while richest 1 percent would get tax break of $71,960 a year Middle-income and low-income…
(Original Post) June 20. 2012 1:29PM By Katie Eder If all the George Bush-era tax cuts are extended under the Congressional Republicans’ proposal, New Jersey’s highest earners would pay significantly…
(Original Post) By Brian Chappatta on June 25, 2012 Governors seeking to expand their economies by eliminating income taxes find little support for the idea in the record of U.S.…
(Original Post) By Pat Garofalo on Jun 26, 2012 at 10:30 am According to a report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, states without an income tax received…
(Original Post) June 26, 2012, 3:52 pmBy JULIET LAPIDOS This past February, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin announced a plan to phase out her state’s income tax over ten years. “We’re…
(Original Post) More evidence that cutting taxes does not automatically lead to prosperityBy Andrew LeonardTuesday, Jun 26, 2012 11:11 AM EDT There are so many nails in the coffin containing…
(Original Post) June 29, 2012 | 11:23 AMBy Emily Corwin A couple of weeks ago, Arthur Laffer — an economist made famous for his work in the Reagan administration —…
(Original Post) “Class warfare creeps into tax cut extension debate” (Our Views, June 26) mischaracterized Citizens for Tax Justice’s views in criticizing our report about the expiring tax cuts. The…
(Original Post) “We’re Not Broke” screening in Arlington makes taxation a question of justice. By Erik Heaney Monday, July 2, 2012 Arlington — In Karin Hayes and Victoria Bruce’s documentary…
(Original Post) Published on Jul 2, 2012 by TheYoungTurks Cenk Uygur refutes the Republican talking point that if you cut taxes you’ll spur the economy. Cenk discusses the Institute on…
(Original Post) By Ashley Portero July 9, 2012 1:52 PM EDT President Barack Obama on Monday officially called for a one-year extension of the Bush tax cuts for middle-class families…
(Original Post) By MICHAEL COOPERPublished: July 10, 2012 OCEAN CITY, Md. — As state governments begin to emerge from the long downturn, many are grappling with a difficult choice: should…
(Original Post) By Laura Krantz/Daily News staffMetroWest Daily NewsPosted Jul 13, 2012 @ 01:11 AM FRAMINGHAM — When Jim Green heard about this year’s sales tax holiday, his reaction was…
Posted: Friday, July 13, 2012 10:30 am | Updated: 1:25 pm, Fri Jul 13, 2012. In an interesting article this week, The New York Times used Maryland’s Democratic Gov. Martin…
(Original Post) Richard Kim on July 20, 2012 – 10:47 AM ET In his letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius rejecting the expansion of Medicaid under the…
