2022 election
One Missouri county passes 10% business tax cut, another defeats 51% reduction(The Center Square) – Voters gave mixed results to ballot initiatives to reduce commercial property taxes in two Missouri counties during Tuesday’s elections. In Laclede County, 60% of… Read More
Public Education
Colorado votes to raise taxes on some for free universal school lunchesColorado voters passed Proposition FF on Tuesday, which will raise state taxes on high-income households to make free school lunches available to all students.Although the results have… Read More
Economy
Survey: Growing number of small businesses can’t pay rent(The Center Square) — Newly released small business survey data shows that an alarming number of businesses are unable to pay rent.Alignable released its monthly small business … Read More
2022 election
One Missouri businessman’s question could lead to a 50% county tax cut(The Center Square) – Voters in Laclede County will decide on lowering its commercial property tax rate in November because a businessman came to a County Commissioners meeting with… Read More
Opinion
OPINION: Charlotte O’Hara wants to save Johnson County Taxpayers….but will they let her?JOHNSON COUNTY, Ks. – On June 23 the Johnson County, Kansas Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) announced its intent to exceed the Revenue Neutral Rate – a.k.a. raising… Read More
Biden administration
Biden takes heavy fire, defends himself after inflation data shows continued price increases(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden came under fire from Republican lawmakers and economists Thursday after newly released inflation data showed consumer prices continued to rise in September. Read More
National
Senator files bill to restrain IRS ahead of plan to hire 87,000 employees(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall has introduced two bills to restrain the Internal Revenue Service ahead of the agency’s planned expansion. Marshall, R-Kansas,… Read More
2022 election
Clay County could become first county in Missouri to lower commercial property surtaxCLAY COUNTY, Mo. – Clay County voters will soon have the chance to make their county the first in Missouri to lower its commercial property surcharge rate. The… Read More
Local News
Used car prices prompt St. Charles County to consider lowering property taxes(The Center Square) – The St. Charles County Council will consider reducing property taxes due to the skyrocketing cost of used cars. If … Read More
Opinion
Op-Ed: Gov. Parson’s tax cut will be for every MissourianThis week, legislators are back in Jefferson City for a special session to discuss and pass Gov. Mike Parson’s historic income tax cut proposal. Under the governor’s plan,… Read More
Economy
Inflation report: Food prices continue sharp rise as gas costs drop(The Center Square) – Prices rose sharply again for food and most other items in the month of August even as gasoline prices dropped, newly released inflation data shows. Read More
Biden administration
Treasury department policy advantages minorities in housing, taxation and finance through new racial preference protocolThe Biden administration has announced a racial preference scheme to govern the application and enforcement of the federal tax code and other aspects of the economy, all in… Read More
Economy
Report: Record 63% of small businesses freeze hiring(The Center Square) – Small businesses are increasingly unwilling to hire because they can’t afford to take on new costs, according to a newly released survey. The small… Read More
Economy
Number of Americans citing ‘hardship’ from inflation rises, particularly among middle class(The Center Square) – The majority of Americans say inflation is causing them financial hardship, according to a new poll. While the Biden administration heralded a pause in… Read More
Biden administration
Student debt will rise to pre-cancellation levels in less than a decade, budget group says(The Center Square) – It will take less than a decade for student loan debt to return to the level it was at before President Joe Biden canceled nearly… Read More
National
Lois Lerner, former head of IRS division that targeted conservatives in 2012 election, professes little knowledge of Tea Party movementLois Lerner, who presided over and then apologized for the IRS targeting of conservatives before the 2012 election, has since professed not to know much about the Tea Party… Read More
Biden administration
Budget group: Student loan payment deferments cost taxpayers $155 billion, benefits doctors, dentists more than most(The Center Square) – Estimates vary widely on how much President Joe Biden’s $10,000-20,000 per borrower cancellation of student loans will cost taxpayers, but a new analysis estimates the… Read More
Biden administration
Americans expect beefed up IRS to target political opponents, audit lower and middle class Americans(The Center Square) – More Americans believe the latest legislation to hire 87,000 Internal Revenue Service agents is part of a plan to audit middle and lower class Americans… Read More
Biden administration
McMorris Rodgers calls student loan forgiveness a ‘slap in the face’ to taxpayers(The Center Square) – U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Spokane, calls President Joe Biden’s decision to transfer student loan debt from borrowers to taxpayers a “dramatic overreach of his… Read More
Biden administration
Biden plan: Taxpayers to pay billions after administration ‘forgives’ $10K to $20K in student loan debt per borrower(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden announced Wednesday his administration would “forgive” $10,000 in federal student loan debt for those making less than $125,000 per year. The Committee… Read More