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media mention July 1, 2015 Wichita Eagle: Food Sales Tax Adds Up
Brownback and the Legislature raised the sales tax rate to help fill a large revenue shortfall created by the 2012 state income tax cuts, which included eliminating income taxes on… -
media mention June 30, 2015 Washington Post: On July 1, Lower tolls, Higher Gas Tax in Maryland; Higher VRE Fares in Virginia
New laws go into effect Wednesday, as do changes that will impact drivers and commuters in the Washington region. Some rail commuters will pay more in Virginia, while drivers in… -
media mention June 30, 2015 Roll Call: Gas Tax to Rise in Six States Next Month
“On Wednesday July 1, six states will raise their gasoline tax rates. While some drivers may view this as an unwelcome development during the busy summer travel season, the reality… -
media mention June 30, 2015 Spokesman Review: Ready For 7 Cents More At Pumps?
Six states are scheduled to increase their gas taxes on July 1 to help pay for transportation projects, according to the Citizens for Tax Justice and Institute on Taxation and… -
media mention June 30, 2015 Washington Post: Fill The Tank Today
The residents of six states will pay more at the pump starting July 1 as increased gas taxes go into effect. Motorists in Idaho, Georgia, Maryland, Rhode Island, Nebraska and… -
media mention June 30, 2015 Toledo Blade: Bad State Budget
The nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy estimates that the new budget gives the top 1 percent of Ohio taxpayers — those whose annual incomes exceed $1 million —… -
media mention June 30, 2015 Detroit Free Press: Senate Plan for Roads Includes 15-Cent Boost in Gas Tax
LANSING – A 15-cent increase in the tax on gasoline, phased in over three years, would be the centerpiece of a funding plan the state Senate is expected to consider… -
media mention June 29, 2015 The Hill: Six States Increasing Gas Taxes on July 1
Six states are scheduled to increase their gas taxes on July 1 to help pay for transportation projects, according to the Citizens for Tax Justice and Institute on Taxation and… -
media mention June 29, 2015 Salon: Chris Matthews is a Dope and Doesn’t Understand Bernie Sanders’ Appeal at All
There is similar evidence from American states as well. One of the most common mechanisms of redistribution at the state level is the state income tax, which is often the… -
media mention June 29, 2015 Think Progress: No, Undocumented Immigrants Aren’t A Burden On The Health Care System
Undocumented immigrants provided a surplus of $35.1 billion to the Medicare Trust Fund between 2000 and 2011, according to a new Journal of General Internal Medicine study recently published. The… -
media mention June 29, 2015 PT Leader: Taxes-Actually, Our State’s Most Unfair of All 50
Washington is not, as we are often led to believe, the cat’s meow when it comes to being liberal and progressive—despite its perceived leading role in a growing movement toward… -
media mention June 29, 2015 Garden City Telegram: Wagle’s ‘Win’: Senate President Exhibits More Disconnect With Reality
An analysis from the nonpartisan Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy showed the wealthiest 1 percent of Kansans set to pay 1.9 percent less in taxes than in 2012, with… -
media mention June 29, 2015 Columbus Dispatch: Gov. Kasich Praises Ohio Budget but Plans to Veto Some Measures
Flanked by two men who were not enamored of some of his highest-profile initiatives, Kasich praised Ohio’s new $71.2 billion, two-year budget as “good stuff” on Friday. The latest analysis… -
media mention June 23, 2015 NJ Today: Lesniak & Greenstein Propose Legislation to End Corporate Welfare
To close a loophole that has allowed multistate corporations to evade their fair share of taxes in New Jersey, Senator Raymond Lesniak and Senator Linda Greenstein today introduced legislation to… -
media mention June 23, 2015 KCUR: Analysis Questions Fairness Of Kansas Tax System
Kansas already had the ninth-most regressive tax system in the nation, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. The tax increase signed last week by Gov. Sam Brownback… -
media mention June 22, 2015 Newark Advocate: Tight Budget Deadline Leaves No Time for GOP Feuds
But Senate Republicans did add an extra income tax cut for about 1 million business owners. They wouldn’t have to pay income taxes on their first $250,000 in profits and… -
media mention June 22, 2015 Corvallis Gazette-Times: Driving Change: Oregon Will Start Rolling Out an Experimental Road User Fee Next Month
Both Congress and state legislatures have been reluctant to increase tax rates. Oregon last raised its gas tax in 2011, while the federal gas tax has been unchanged since 1993.… -
media mention June 22, 2015 Vox: Bobby Jindal and Sam Brownback’s Ridiculous Tax Gimmicks, Explained
Brownback has been defiant. “Some would have you believe this bill represents a tax increase, and that is not accurate,” the governor said last week. “When looked at in totality,… -
media mention June 22, 2015 The Atlantic: Where Republicans Went Wrong in Kansas
Ask any fiscal expert, and Kansas’s budget crisis demanded a reckoning—either with its tax code or its longterm spending structure. But its government wasn’t up to it. Aligned with conservatives… -
media mention June 22, 2015 Washington Post: States are Racing to See Who Can Give Rich People a Bigger Tax Break on Their Yachts
It’s true that lower taxes might bring new customers into the market, which would be great for the yacht industry. Yet every dollar spent on new boats is a dollar… -
media mention June 22, 2015 Sun Journal: A North Carolina Tax That is Too Taxing
Republican leaders in the state Senate are betting on sales-tax revenues to keep North Carolina’s government afloat for the next few years. It’s a bad bet for most ordinary Tar… -
media mention June 22, 2015 Toledo Blade: Race to Budget Bottom
The three budget plans are competing to see which can offer the biggest, most unnecessary, and most unfair tax cut. The $71.3 billion budget bill approved this week by the… -
media mention June 19, 2015 Littleton Independent: Momentum Grows for Earned Income Credit
More than one in seven Massachusetts families benefits from the Earned Income Tax Credit, and the impact is even greater in many urban communities. The current state Earned Income Tax… -
media mention June 18, 2015 The Topeka Capital-Journal: Gov. Sam Brownback: Tax Package Not a Tax Increase
The Washington-based Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, which is critical of the policy, said according to its analysis the poorest 20 percent of Kansans will pay about $197 more… -
media mention June 18, 2015 Kansas City Star: As Gov. Sam Brownback signs Kansas budget plan, he denies that it counts as a tax increase
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a liberal-leaning think tank that has criticized Brownback’s policies, released an analysis hours later showing that the bottom 40 percent of Kansans on…