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media mention May 17, 2013 International Digital Times: Tommy Chong Cancer Goes Up In Smoke; Veteran Funnyman Says Weed Saved His Life And Could Save America, Too
(Original Post) Now that Tommy Chong’s cancer has been cured, the Grammy Award-winning comedian is setting his sights on another challenge: saving America. In a recent interview with CBS News,… -
media mention May 17, 2013 New America Media: Data Reveals Immigrants’ Financial Contribution to States
(Original Post) Asian Journal, News Report, Posted: May 16, 2013 LOS ANGELES – In California, Asian and Hispanic immigrants pay nearly $30 billion in federal taxes, $5.2 billion in state… -
media mention May 17, 2013 San Antonio Express: Internet racket: Nat’l providers reap obscene profits
(Original Post) By Timothy Karr, Guest CommentaryPublished 1:22 pm, Wednesday, May 15, 2013 Is your Internet bill too high? You can thank the phone and cable companies for that. Today,… -
media mention May 17, 2013 Boston Globe: Big seller Boston Beer asks for small-brewer tax break
(Original Post) By Noah Bierman| Globe Staff May 13, 2013 WASHINGTON — It’s early to be drinking, but just after 10:30 a.m. on a weekday, Jim Koch, the founder… -
media mention May 16, 2013 Pryor Creek Times: Income tax reduction done deal
(Original Post) The plan to reduce Oklahoma’s income tax from 5.25 percent to 5.00 beginning in 2015 is a done deal. We know it means losing $200 million from state… -
media mention May 10, 2013 The Morning Sentinel: Bipartisan plan to overhaul state income taxes unveiled today
(Original Post) By Steve Mistler [email protected] House Bureau AUGUSTA — A Maine family of four earning $50,000 a year would save about $647 on its state income taxes under a… -
media mention May 10, 2013 Alabama 13: Taxing the Dinner Table
Posted: May 09, 2013 6:25 PM EDT Updated: May 09, 2013 11:10 PM EDT By Jon Paepcke BIRMINGHAM, AL – With every bar code swipe, the numbers add up in… -
media mention May 8, 2013 Go Local Prov: Rhode Islanders Speak In Favor of Raising Income Tax
(Original Post) Wednesday, May 08, 2013 GoLocalProv Politics Team An assemblage of Rhode Islanders, including labor leaders, municipal leaders, wealthy Rhode Islanders, Providence public school students, small business owners, economists… -
media mention May 8, 2013 WFAE: N.C. GOP Leaders Unveil Plan To Cut, Expand Taxes
(Original Post) 5:13 pm, Tue May 7, 2013 By Michael Tomsic “The largest tax cut in North Carolina history.” That’s how Republican state senate leaders describe the tax plan… -
media mention May 8, 2013 Progress Illinois: Online Retailers May Soon Lose ‘Unfair Advantage’ As Marketplace Fairness Act Heads To House, Proponents Say
(Original Post) Ashlee Rezin Wednesday May 8th, 2013, 1:11pm The U.S. Senate voted to approve the Marketplace Fairness Act, a bill that would require online retailers to comply with sales… -
media mention May 7, 2013 Governing: Senate Passes Online Sales Tax Bill; House to Decide Its Fate
(Original Post) Posted By Ryan Holeywell | May 7, 2013 The U.S. Senate passed the Marketplace Fairness Act (MFA) 69 to 27 Monday night, marking a historic victory for state… -
media mention May 7, 2013 USA Today: Consumers, advocacy groups largely silent on sales tax
(Original Post) Jayne O’Donnell USA TODAY9:30 p.m. EDT May 6, 2013 Shoppers may flock to free shipping offers, but the online sales tax debate hasn’t interested consumers nearly as much.… -
media mention May 6, 2013 Chattanooga Times Free Press: Some lawmakers say they may kill Georgia’s income tax next year, but there would be a cost
(Original Post) published Sunday, May 5th, 2013 by Tim Omarzu A group of Republican lawmakers in Atlanta wants to do away with Georgia’s 6 percent income tax and replace it… -
media mention May 6, 2013 The American Prospect: You’ve Got Sales Tax
(Original Post) Jeff Saginor May 6, 2013 The Marketplace Fairness Act, which would finally require online retailers to charge sales tax, is hitting the Senate floor this week. In 1984,… -
media mention May 2, 2013 Winston-Salem Journal: Lights, camera … and a $69 million N.C. rebate to movie industry
(Original Post) Posted: Thursday, May 2, 2013 8:13 am J. Andrew Curliss/News & Observer State leaders blamed each other in October 2011 after Continental Tire chose South Carolina for a… -
media mention May 2, 2013 The Star-Ledger: Putting up a fight with the internet racket
(Original Post) By Star-Ledger Guest Columniston May 02, 2013 at 7:16 AM By Timothy Karr Is your internet bill too high? You can thank the phone and cable companies for… -
media mention May 2, 2013 St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Tax calculator for Missouri legislation doesn’t give the full picture
(Original Post) I’m writing in response to Virginia Young’s “Tax shuffle could shake up Missouri” article (April 29) but specifically regarding the tax plan calculator that accompanies it online. The… -
media mention May 2, 2013 Sussex Countian: Hundreds rally in Georgetown for immigration reform
(Original Post) Posted May 1, 2013 midnight Hundreds of people gathered at the Georgetown Presbyterian Church on May 1 to rally for immigration reform. This effort is one of many… -
media mention May 2, 2013 The Dallas Morning News: Texas Legislature weighs change to power companies’ ‘phantom taxes’
(Original Post) By JAMES OSBORNE Staff Writer [email protected] Published: 01 May 2013 08:56 PM Updated: 01 May 2013 09:01 PM It’s an arcane corner of state law through which utility… -
media mention May 2, 2013 The Huffington Post: Executive Pay Of Austerity Advocates Saves Companies More Than $1 Billion Via Tax Loophole
(Original Post) Zach Carter [email protected] Posted: 05/02/2013 12:00 am EDT | Updated: 05/02/2013 8:26 am EDT WASHINGTON — Companies in the Fix the Debt coalition, which advocates for federal austerity… -
media mention April 30, 2013 Charlotte Observer: On N.C. state sales tax, a special deal for many businesses
By Dan Kane [email protected] Posted: Monday, Apr. 29, 2013 In the thick of the Great Recession four years ago, state lawmakers fought into the evening over a proposed one-penny increase… -
media mention April 24, 2013 The Huffington Post: McDonald’s, Starbucks, Apple Reaping Billions Of Dollars From Little-Known Tax Break
(Original Post) By Jillian Berman Posted: 04/24/2013 3:38 pm EDT | Updated: 04/24/2013 3:44 pm EDT Hundreds of Fortune 500 companies are reaping billions at the expense of Uncle Sam… -
media mention April 24, 2013 MSN News: Two-thirds of Americans oppose gas tax hikes
(Original Post) According to Gallup, Americans may object to increasing gas prices while the economy is still unstable. By Douglas Newcomb As state legislatures across the U.S. debate whether to… -
media mention April 24, 2013 Reuters: State tax reform efforts snarled by politics but backers persist
(Original Post) By Nanette Byrnes Tue Apr 23, 2013 2:19pm EDT (Reuters) – From Louisiana to Ohio, Massachusetts and Nebraska, bold proposals to upend state tax laws are losing momentum… -
media mention April 22, 2013 The Motley Fool: The 7 States With the Lowest Gasoline Taxes
(Original Post) The price of gasoline is constantly on people’s minds. The prices you see on those gas-station signs everywhere you drive are tough enough to swallow, but what you…