State and local tax news — from state income tax quirks to property tax fights, because not all tax battles happen in Washington.
According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, a pothole is “a bowl-shaped depression in the pavement surface.” Those aren’t exactly the words that drivers where I live are using to describe them. Those words, I can’t post. After one of the snowiest, coldest winters on record in parts of the country, it’s…
Marijuana is legal now in Colorado and bringing in tax revenue. So what happens to the money?
NY has a message for drivers who owe taxes: you’re running out of time.
Playing the lottery? Do you know where your dollars go?
‘Obama Phones’ are making news again but this time at the state level. One state, fed up with abuse, is taking the issue head on by imposing a new fee on beneficiaries of the program.
What’s it like to go to school in one of the most dangerous high schools in America? Diane Sawyer offered a window into that world when her special “Hidden America” profiled Philadelphia’s Strawberry Mansion High School. The feature touched viewers all across America – including Grammy-award winning singer Drake – who stopped by the school during a follow-up visit by ABC News to offer some news and a message of hope.
There’s currently a petition to exempt what from taxation? Yep, it’s toilet paper. Focusing on the belief that it’s not fair to tax toilet paper and other basic products, a Florida journalist is hoping to “spare the squares.”
Cyber Monday may break records – and state treasuries.
When I was in elementary school, I had two career paths in mind: shortstop for the Atlanta Braves or trial lawyer. This was the result of many long summer afternoons of sitting with my granddaddy watching Dale Murphy in the outfield and Perry Mason in the courthouse. We didn’t live in Atlanta. Or even in…
There she is: Miss America was back in Atlantic City this year. The cost to return the pageant to the boardwalk was not insignificant. Who picks up the tab?