Tax Revenue

Indiana lawmakers are set to debate a proposed statewide Smoking Ban. The House Public Health Committee takes up the matter Wednesday. The contentious proposal has been suggested for several years but has never passed. The biggest hurdle this year…

New and Veteran Michigan lawmakers are scheduled to convene at the State Capitol for swearing-in ceremonies. The 2011-12 Legislature is expected to meet for the first time Wednesday. The majority of lawmakers will be new to their jobs in both the …

For the first time in three years, California public transit agencies could see a full dose of funding from the State Transit Assistance (STA) fund, thanks in large part to the passage of Proposition 22, which prevents legislators from raiding Loc…

The bill would raise about $6.8 billion a year for the state's beleaguered Budget by raising the individual Income Tax rate temporarily to 5 percent from 3 percent and the Corporate Tax rate to 7 percent from 4.8 percent. Steve Brown, a spokesman…

Michigan's new State Legislature is getting ready to convene for the first time. Lawmakers are scheduled to gather at the State Capitol on Wednesday for swearing-in ceremonies. Republicans retain their majority in the Senate and are replacing Demo…

Democrats, who control both chambers and the Governor's office, have been pushing to pass the plan by Wednesday, when a new legislative session will begin. They revised the plan, first floated last week, to ease a proposed individual income Tax I…

Our new Governor, Andrew Cuomo, issued his First State of the State address late last week.  In the address, he laid out his plan to restart our state’s economy and balance the state’s Budget.  His plan involves lowering taxe…

The businesses built in Southeast San Diego since redevelopment began in Mt. Hope in the 1980s did not produce enough job openings to keep neighborhood residents at work during the Recession. Low receipts and Property Tax revenues stand in the way…