States use marijuana taxes, lottery money to conserve land, report says (www.eenews.net)
But the Center for American Progress says states need to do more on conservation.
Statehouse scraps: GOP leaders' tax bill lavishes top 20% of Kansas earners with 70% of benefits - Kansas Reflector (kansasreflector.com)
The majestic halls of the Kansas Statehouse echoed this week with downright mendacious chatter about taxes.
'Historic tax relief': Kansas House advances flat tax plan to governor - Kansas Reflector (kansasreflector.com)
Republicans in the Kansas House of Representatives sent a sweeping flat tax plan to Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly.
[Opinion Analysis] Trump’s Economic Plan: Raise Taxes on the Middle Class, Cut Them on the Rich - Johnathan Chait (nymag.com)
The discourse of the Trump era has been dominated by a conceit that the two major parties have swapped economic identities. The Democrats have supposedly abandoned their historical role as spokespeople for the working class to represent the neoliberal global elite, while the Republicans have been transmuted into scruffy...
Washington is considering replace gas tax with controversial pay-per-mile program (www.kiro7.com)
Plug in or gas up, it doesn’t matter. The more you drive the more you pay.
The Mansion Tax Effect: Luxury Home Sales Stall in Los Angeles (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
L.A.’s ULA Measure, which raises money for affordable housing by adding a 4 percent transfer tax to home sales above $5 million, has “chilled” the market: “People started pulling their listings.”
CT to take a deeper look at whether state taxes are fair (ctmirror.org)
CT's first tax fairness studies concluded the poor and middle class proportionally pay more than the wealthy. Its next study will go deeper.
Milwaukee Common Council passes 2% sales tax aimed at averting a financial crisis (www.jsonline.com)
The measure needed a supermajority of 10 council members to pass and ultimately was approved on a 12-3 vote.
Milwaukee Common Council passes 2% sales tax aimed at averting a financial crisis (www.jsonline.com)
The measure needed a supermajority of 10 council members to pass and ultimately was approved on a 12-3 vote.