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There seems to be some confusion about what the Women's March is fighting for. As best as I remember, women's reproductive rights were guaranteed in 1973.
In this Aug. 30, 2017 file photo, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner answers questions during a news conference in Springfield, Ill. Failure to pay debts on time has cost Illinois $1 billion in late-payment penalties.
IRS) building in Washington. There's plenty that won't get done if thousands of federal employees are barred from working until dysfunctional Washington agrees on a plan to restore funding.
National parks will likely close if the government can't reach a spending plan to avoid a shutdown. If the federal government shuts down tonight as Congress finds itself deadlocked on a spending plan amid squabbles over immigration and the military, the country won't be out of business.
The White House insisted it was not a political event. But that didn't stop President Donald Trump from throwing his support Thursday behind a Pennsylvania Republican in a House race that is widely viewed as a test of whether the party can stave off Democratic gains.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says a major change he is proposing in the way the state collects income taxes would negate some of the harm that the GOP tax law will do to New Yorkers with more than $10,000 in state and local taxes to deduct. Cuomo proposed as part of his 2018 state budget Tuesday to essentially do away with the state income tax on the wages earned by New Yorkers and replace it with an equivalent tax on employers.
To intertwine cliches, Gov. Jerry Brown let the cat out of the bag last week and acknowledged that he's concerned about killing the golden geese. Those geese are the few thousand Californians with the highest incomes whose taxes allow Brown and other California politicians to spend tens of billions of dollars a year and the new federal tax overhaul encourages them to take their money elsewhere.
Gary Cohn, director of the U.S. National Economic Council speaks as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin during a meeting with members of the Senate Finance Committee at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Nov. 9, 2017. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Andrew Harrer.
U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer unveiled a plan he says will offer a tax cut for New Jersey residents. He was joined by Gov.-Elect Phil Murphy and U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell.
Millions of working Americans should start seeing fatter paychecks as early as next month, Republican leaders say, as a result of the recently passed tax law. But the precise timing hasn't been fixed yet.
In New Jersey and California, top Democratic officials want to let people make charitable contributions to the state instead of paying certain taxes. In Connecticut and New York, officials are exploring a switch from income taxes to new ones on payroll.
In New Jersey and California, top Democratic officials want to let people make charitable contributions to the state instead of paying certain taxes. In Connecticut and New York, officials are exploring a switch from income taxes to new ones on payroll.
Millions of working Americans should start seeing fatter paychecks as early as next month, Republican leaders say, as a result of the recently passed tax law. But the precise timing hasn't been fixed yet.
Millions of working Americans should start seeing fatter paychecks as early as next month, the IRS says, as a result of the recently passed tax law. But the precise timing hasn't been fixed yet.
Many people have questions about the recently passed tax reform. Kristi Noem is making stops in a handful of cities across the state of South Dakota and holding lunch, and small group dialogue to answer any concerns.
Changes have been made to the existing list of tax-exempt student loan cancellations, after a local lawmaker says a new law will not tax student loans canceled as a result of death or permanent disability as income. The Office of United States Senator Chris Coons says on Tuesday, the Stop Taxing Death and Disabilities Act will eliminate the tax penalty on student loans that are forgiven due to death or permanent disability.
Veteran economic guru Larry Kudlow is baffled over why Senator Marco Rubio, who voted for President Donald Trump's tax bill, now claims he thinks that maybe companies got too good a tax break. "I thought we probably went too far on [helping] corporations," Rubio told The News-Press, a newspaper based in Fort Myers, Florida, in an interview published Thursday.
While much of corporate America will enjoy a tax cut in the new year, one industry is getting a tax increase it has fought hard but so far unsuccessfully to avoid. A 2.3 percent excise tax on medical device manufacturers went back into effect Monday after a two-year hiatus.