Remember that earlier chatter suggesting that Congress should extend the tax filing season? There’s now a serious proposal to do just that. Representatives Sean Casten (D-IL) and Lauren Underwood (D-IL) have introduced the Taxpayer Extension Act, which would give American taxpayers an additional five weeks to file their individual tax returns for 2018. That would push the deadline from…
It’s not your imagination: It really is a different kind of tax season. It’s so different that the National Taxpayers Union Foundation (NTUF), a nonpartisan research and educational organization, is calling on Congress to extend the filing season. Why the pitch? The NTUF argues that the timing of the shutdown—the longest ever in U.S. history—created a…
The Supreme Court has granted certiorari in the case of Armour, et al., v. Indianapolis, et al (docket 11-161). That’s a lawyerly way of saying that the Supreme Court will hear the matter. Some cases have what’s called “original jurisdiction” in the Supreme Court but most do not. To be heard at the Supreme Court…
When it comes to football, Pennsylvanians are pretty hardcore. From the Steelers to the Eagles, NFL football makes headline after headline in the fall. Also in the state, we have a little college football team called Penn State that seems to do pretty well from time to time. I think it’s fair to say that…