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media mention April 14, 2014 Chicago Now: Pope Francis and a moral argument for immigration reform
(Original Post) By Teresa Puente, Sunday at 8:38 pm President Obama has failed to persuade the Republican controlled U.S. House of Representatives to pass immigration reform, but if anybody can… -
media mention April 11, 2014 The Courier-Journal: Pass tax reform for 21st century Kentucky
(Original post) Col Owens, April 11, 2014 The General Assembly has just passed another inadequate state budget. And once again, it has failed to give Kentucky a tax system that… -
media mention April 11, 2014 The Chicago Tribune: Four reasons why Mayor Emmanuel shouldn’t reject a city tax
(Original post) By Eric Zorn, April 11, 2014 I reject … the idea of a city income tax. I think that’s not the right way to go… Chicago Mayor Rahm… -
media mention April 11, 2014 Springfield News-Sun: Benefits of tax proposal plan debated
Information from the Institute on Taxation and Economic policy showed the top 1 percent of Ohio taxpayers would receive about $2,847 in tax cuts, but Schiller said residents making between $34,000 and $54,000 a year would only see a tax break of about $13.
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media mention April 9, 2014 Life of the Law Podcast: Episode 31 – People and Their Taxes
(Original Post) Written by Alisa Roth & LOTL Staff on Tuesday, April 8th, 2014 Clara Orozco got her first job, waiting tables, three days after she arrived in New York… -
media mention April 8, 2014 The Tennessean: Hall tax cut gets new push
(Original Post) 5:07 p.m. CDT April 7, 2014 Tennessee lawmakers are seriously considering a new proposal to roll back the state’s tax on investments, even as they wrestle with a… -
media mention April 7, 2014 Cincinnati Enquirer: Kentucky’s new budget inadequate for 21st century
(Original Post) CIN 12:31 a.m. EDT April 6, 2014 The Kentucky General Assembly has just passed another inadequate state budget. And once again, it has failed to give Kentucky a… -
media mention April 7, 2014 MetroWest Daily News: Ballot question could halt tax
(Original Post) By Brian Benson Daily News Staff Posted Apr. 5, 2014 @ 11:46 pm A measure lawmakers approved last year to index the gas tax to inflation is prompting… -
media mention April 7, 2014 Wall Street Journal: States Raise Gas Taxes to Pay for Infrastructure
(Original Post) As Congress Only Takes Short-Term Steps, Governors Seek More Funds for Roads By JOSH MITCHELL Updated April 4, 2014 7:32 p.m. ET GEORGETOWN, Del.—States and cities desperate to… -
media mention April 4, 2014 KY Forward: Kentucky needs to take its future in its own hands and make tax system fairer
Thursday, April 3, 2014 The General Assembly has just passed another inadequate state budget. And once again, it has failed to give Kentucky a tax system that will allow it… -
media mention April 2, 2014 Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier: Gas tax
(Original Post) A new fact sheet from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy indicates Iowa is one of seven states where the gas tax rates are “stuck in neutral.”… -
media mention April 2, 2014 Globe Gazette: Iowa’s Among Gas Tax Rates Stuck in Neutral
(Original Post) A new fact sheet from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy indicates Iowa is one of seven states where the gas tax rates are “stuck in neutral.”… -
media mention April 2, 2014 Politico: Morning Transportation 04/02/2014
(Original Post) When each state last raised its gas tax (in chart form), via the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy: http://bit.ly/1hg0cA7 -
media mention March 28, 2014 Public News Service: Many Big Corporations Paying No State Taxes
(Original Post) March 27, 2014 CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Many huge, profitable corporations pay no state taxes, according to a new report from Citizens for Tax Justice and the Institute for… -
media mention March 28, 2014 The Washington Post: New report slams Kansas tax cuts
(Original Post) BY NIRAJ CHOKSHI March 27 at 3:22 pm In 2012, Kansas enacted one of the largest tax cuts of any state ever, and the short-term results aren’t promising,… -
media mention March 27, 2014 The Intelligencer: Total Republican control produces Harrisburg scam
(Original Post) Posted: Thursday, March 27, 2014 12:15 am By Joe Frederick The Republicans have been in complete control of Harrisburg since 2011. The governor is a Republican, and both… -
media mention March 27, 2014 Rocky Mountain Telegram: Tax loopholes favor giant corporations
(Original Post) Tuesday, March 25, 2014 Gov. Pat McCrory and the Republican-led N.C. General Assembly in 2013 made good on their promises to cut corporate income taxes in order for… -
media mention March 24, 2014 News & Record: Next to nothing
(Original Post) What’s less than a lower corporate income-tax rate? What some businesses actually pay. North Carolina legislators cut the state’s corporate income-tax rate last year from 6.9 percent to… -
media mention March 24, 2014 The Record: The 5-cent solution – gas tax for New Jersey
(Original Post) MARCH 21, 2014, 4:53 PM LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 2014, 4:53 PM BY CARL DAVIS THE RECORD Carl Davis is senior policy analyst at the Institute on… -
media mention March 21, 2014 Reuters: Some big U.S. companies dodge state income taxes
(Original Post) WASHINGTON Thu Mar 20, 2014 6:14pm EDT (Reuters) – Some profitable U.S. corporations that avoid paying federal income taxes manage to do the same in states where they… -
media mention March 21, 2014 24/7 Wall St: Ten Huge Companies Dodged State Taxes for Five Years
(Original Post) By Douglas A. McIntyre March 21, 2014 6:38 am EDT States, often burdened by budget deficits that grew during the recession, are not getting tax receipts from some… -
media mention March 21, 2014 Daily Kos: That Sucking Sound? It’s The 73 Billion-Dollar Corporate Robbery of The States
(Original Post) Tasini THU MAR 20, 2014 AT 11:12 AM PDT What I really like about corporate skullduggery is that at least it’s usually done with big numbers, as in… -
media mention March 21, 2014 The Day: Six firms paid less than 3% in state taxes
(Original Post) Published 03/21/2014 12:00 AMUpdated 03/20/2014 11:42 PM Six Connecticut-based companies, including General Electric, United Technologies, Northeast Utilities and Aetna, paid state taxes totaling less than 3 percent of… -
media mention March 21, 2014 Accounting Today: Big Corporations Dodge Billions in State Taxes
(Original Post) WASHINGTON, D.C. (MARCH 21, 2014) BY MICHAEL COHN Some of the largest and most profitable Fortune 500 companies are paying little or nothing in state income taxes, according… -
media mention March 20, 2014 The Hill: Our great nation of immigrants
(Original Post) March 17, 2014, 09:00 am By Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-Pa.) This month I, along with 34.5 million Americans of Irish descent, celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. It was Irish…