The Best Policy Advance for Missouri in 93 Years
It may have taken 93 years to accomplish, but for the first time since 1921, lawmakers in Jefferson City have decreased Missouri’s income tax rate.
View ArticleCA Can't Mimic No-Tax TX Without Spending Cuts
Recently, the Los Angeles Times published an opinion piece by UCLA economics professor Ivo Welch discussing what California might do to fix the state’s seemingly broken tax code and maintain its...
View ArticleMaine Has Most Ambitious Tax Reform Plan
At the heart of the proposed legislation is a cut in income taxes; Mainers would see their state tax obligation fall from 7.95 percent to 5.75 percent. Understanding that tax cuts cannot exist in a...
View ArticleHartford, Hit with Brunt of CT Tax Hike, Hires Bankruptcy Att'y
On the brink of bankruptcy and facing a $50 million deficit, Hartford has hired Greenberg Traurig, LLP, a high-profile international law firm that specializes in municipal restructuring.
View ArticleHow Seattle's New Homeless Tax Could Wreck its Economy
There are better ways to combat homelessness.
View ArticleSeattle Should Stop Taxing Heads, and Use Them
Sometimes an idea comes along thats so bad, even the politicians have to admit they were wrong. This rare circumstance came to pass [this week] in Seattle, where the City Council voted, 7-2, to repeal...
View ArticleMassachusetts Dodged a Bullet With Its Rejected Millionaire's Tax
Over $2 trillion of wealth moved between states from 1995 to 2010, as individuals and companies relocated from poorly governed, high-tax states to their better managed neighbors. That trend is about to...
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