Brownback: Democrats' unease over taxes a 'scare tactic'
Gov. Sam Brownback on Friday called Democrats' concerns about property taxes a Halloween scare tactic and said his administration won't raise state property taxes to offset impacts from his income tax...
View ArticleTax Time Takes Toll
We can't make filing your tax return fun, or even painless. But we can help you find the resources you need to make it through the process with the IRS and the Connecticut Department of Revenue...
View ArticleFor Some, State Income Tax Should Take Even Bigger Bite
Where were you this past weekend? Was that you on the ski slopes, out for some early spring conditions? What a year of snow, huh? I thought I saw you in that Saturday afternoon backup over by the mall....
View ArticleRich Men, Poor Men Cheat Tax Collector
The indictment of former Tyco International Ltd. Chairman L. Dennis Kozlowski on charges of evading more than $1 million in sales taxes is throwing light on a shadowy subject: Americans who try to gain...
View ArticleTax Refund Economy Thrives In City
Among a group of preschool teachers who work on Barbour Street in North Hartford, in one of Connecticut's poorest neighborhoods, the annual federal tax refund is more about the basics than the extras....
View ArticleState Budget Bill Lowers Sales Tax, Increases State Income Tax For Rich
The state House of Representatives late Monday approved a Democratic-written budget bill that would cut estate taxes for the wealthy, reduce the sales tax for everyone and increase the state income tax...
View ArticleCoupon Tax Isn't Just Unfair, It's Unworkable
Connecticut has had zero net job creation since 1988. We have our jobs strategy exactly backward. Jobs are created by small business and shed by large business, yet Connecticut subsidizes big business...
View ArticleMalloy Races Through First Year At Breakaway Speed
In a move that could change Connecticut's liquor landscape, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy will propose allowing Sunday sales of alcohol at package stores and beer at supermarkets. The change must be approved...
View ArticleWith Tax Increases Kicking In, State Budget Surplus Projected At $101 Million
With the largest tax increase in Connecticut history kicking in, the state is projected to generate a surplus of more than $100 million in the current fiscal year - finally pushing the state into the...
View ArticleLegislative Session Opening Day: Minimum Wage
House Speaker Chris Donovan has proposed raising the minimum wage in Connecticut from $8.25 an hour to $9 on July 1 and to $9.75 the following July — and in the future having it rise with inflation....
View ArticleConstitution Center opening Prohibition exhibit, straight up
For almost a century, suffragettes, preachers, populists, presidential candidates, progressives, conservatives, and even the Ku Klux Klan, all railed against the evils of drink. Eliminate "spiritous...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Prop. 30 is best option for schools
As most citizens are surely aware by now, there are two competing tax proposals on the Nov. 6 ballot, both promising to protect public schools from even more of the drastic budget cuts that have...
View ArticleFor the Illinois Senate
The Tribune concludes its endorsements today in contested races for the Illinois Senate. 43rd District: Democratic Sen. Pat McGuire of Joliet was gifted with the incumbent's edge in February, when he...
View ArticleStern Advice: Munibond maniacs, beware
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For almost a year now, investors have been flinging money at municipal bonds like they were $20 iPads. In the week ending October 10, U.S. munibond mutual funds had their biggest...
View ArticleCandidates for governor share their views on tax reform
THIS IS the third of four stories profiling the views of four candidates for West Virginia governor on a variety of issues. Four candidates are on the ballot for West Virginia governor: Democrat Gov....
View ArticleOnly one member of GOP at event
Kansas House candidate Steven Becker was the lone Republican candidate to participate in a political forum Friday night sponsored by the Hutchinson NAACP and the Kansas National Education Association....
View ArticleSurvey: Kansans would rather cut property taxes than income taxes
A statewide survey suggests Kansans want lower property taxes before an income tax cut, the opposite of what the Kansas Legislature and Gov. Sam Brownback enacted this year. Kansas Speaks 2012, an...
View ArticleStatehouse candidates discuss education, income tax
The two candidates for state representative for District 30 disagreed on virtual schools, but agreed they did not support a state income tax on Monday. Incumbent Geanie Morrison and challenger Alex...
View ArticleProp. 39 would recoup $1 billion California lost in tax breaks
SACRAMENTO — At the heart of Proposition 39 is a way to recoup $1 billion the state gave up in tax breaks for Silicon Valley companies and other big California corporations as part of a back-room deal....
View ArticleIncumbents Flaharty, Hermanson face off in new District 98
Voters in District 98 in south Wichita have a choice in November's general election between a pair of Kansas House incumbents seeking to hold onto their jobs in Topeka. Geraldine Flaharty is a...
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