June 9, 2013
Oklahoma City attorney Jerry Fent challenged a highly touted tax-cut bill Thursday. Fent filed suit with the Oklahoma Supreme Court alleging that House Bill 2032 violates the state Constitution because it contains more than one subject.
June 9, 2013
Ohio Governor John Kasich is trying to revive a twice-killed new severance tax on shale drilling by offering to send some of the proceeds back to 33 counties in Ohio's Appalachian region.
June 8, 2013
The Maine House fell four votes short Friday of endorsing a measure that would move Maine closer to a statewide vote on legalizing recreational use of marijuana.
June 5, 2013
Gov. Jay Nixon has vetoed a broad-based tax cut bill that Missouri lawmakers have hailed as one of their key accomplishments of the 2013 legislative session.
May 31, 2013
The Maine House on Friday signed off on a measure that would require online retailers to collect Maine sales tax and turn it over to state coffers.
May 26, 2013
The Iowa Senate voted 43-6 Wednesday to pass a wide-ranging, historic tax relief package that will benefit all property classes, provide an estimated $120 credit to income taxpayers, and give a break to low-income working families.
May 25, 2013
Negotiations between House and Senate Republicans over tax-cutting proposals crashed Thursday morning as Senate leaders moved ahead to potentially vote on a new plan that House leaders say they haven't seen yet.
May 25, 2013
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa began the formal transition of power to his successor on Thursday, hosting Mayor-elect Eric Garcetti for breakfast at Getty House where he told reporters that the city councilman had his "full support."
May 25, 2013
In what a key lawmaker called "retribution" for casino gambling being killed by the House, the state Senate Thursday killed the House-passed 67 percent hike in the state's gasoline tax.
May 24, 2013
Some municipalities along South Carolina's Grand Strand have begun to look at fee increases as a way to bolster revenue while keeping residents' property tax rates steady.
May 23, 2013
New businesses would operate completely tax free for 10 years, including no income tax for employees, as well as no sales, property or business taxes.
May 23, 2013
May 23–Seattle Public Schools may have to repay as much as $490,000 to the federal government because state auditors say the district did not spend some of its federal grant money appropriately in the 2011-12 school year. The auditors, in one of their regular audits of the school district, questioned how the district spent funds...…