Oregon residents will vote in November on a $1,600 annual universal basic income

Oregon residents will vote in November on a $1,600 annual universal basic income

Economy Oregon residents will vote in November on a $1,600 annual universal basic income Katie Balevic 2024-08-16T15:29:34Z Share icon An curved arrow pointing right. Share Facebook Icon The letter F. Facebook Email icon An envelope. It indicates the ability to send an email. Email Twitter icon A stylized bird with an open mouth, tweeting. Twitter … Read more

Palm Beach Post recommends voters approve tax abatement extension

Palm Beach Post recommends voters approve tax abatement extension

Palm Beach PostShow Caption Hide Caption West Palm Beach downtown office towers, real estate developmentNew office towers in downtown West Palm Beach, or already completed ones, such as 360 Rosemary, have lured about 100 firms since 2019 to Palm Beach County.Greg Lovett, Palm Beach PostPalm Beach County voters face a local ballot question that will … Read more

Gov. Tim Walz Raised Taxes as Most Governors Cut Them

Gov. Tim Walz Raised Taxes as Most Governors Cut Them

Tim Walz Tax Policies: Details & Analysis Skip to content Home • Blog • Gov. Tim Walz Raised Taxes as Most Governors Cut Them Most states have cut taxes at least once since 2021, with a renewed emphasis on taxA tax is a mandatory payment or charge collected by local, state, and national governments from … Read more

Senate Tax Impasse Makes 2025 More Consequential

Senate Tax Impasse Makes 2025 More Consequential

Senate Republicans block vote on child tax credit expansion and business tax deductions. As expected, Senate Republicans blocked legislation Thursday that would have cut taxes for working families and extended some corporate tax breaks. The vote was 48-44, falling well short of the 60 votes needed for cloture. The House had overwhelmingly approved the $79 billion bill in … Read more

How a Washington Tax Break for Data Centers Snowballed Into One of the State’s Biggest Corporate Giveaways

How a Washington Tax Break for Data Centers Snowballed Into One of the State’s Biggest Corporate Giveaways

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Seattle Times. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. Reporting Highlights Job Promises: Washington lawmakers approved a tax break for data centers to create more jobs in rural Washington, but they can’t say … Read more

Power Hungry: Was one of WA’s biggest corporate tax breaks worth the cost?

Power Hungry: Was one of WA’s biggest corporate tax breaks worth the cost?

POWER HUNGRY | Second in a Seattle Times and ProPublica series about the impact of data centers in Washington. This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Seattle Times. Times Watchdog stories dig deep to hold power accountable, right wrongs and create change. This work is made possible by The … Read more

Democrats Dare GOP to Vote Against Child, Business Tax Breaks

Democrats Dare GOP to Vote Against Child, Business Tax Breaks

Democrats in the Senate are daring their GOP colleagues to vote against a $78 billion tax package that would expand the child tax credit and boost tax breaks for companies with large capital and domestic research expenditures. A procedural vote on the stalled bill, which passed the House in an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote in January … Read more

Senate rejects legislation that would expand child tax credit and restore business tax breaks

Senate rejects legislation that would expand child tax credit and restore business tax breaks

WASHINGTON — A bill to expand the child tax credit and restore some tax breaks for businesses failed to advance in the Senate on Thursday as Republicans largely opposed the measure, arguing they would be in position to get a better deal next year.Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., dared Republicans to vote against the tax … Read more

Bipartisan Tax Bill with Child Tax Credit and Business Provisions Fails in Senate

Bipartisan Tax Bill with Child Tax Credit and Business Provisions Fails in Senate

Caitlin ReillyCQ-Roll Call(TNS) WASHINGTON — The Senate fell short as expected Thursday of the 60 votes needed to start debate on a $79 billion tax bill that would deliver financial relief to businesses and low-income families, amid opposition from most Republicans and some on the majority side of the aisle as well. Though the procedural … Read more

Measure to extend child tax credit meets GOP opposition; falls short in Senate | Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Measure to extend child tax credit meets GOP opposition; falls short in Senate | Arkansas Democrat Gazette

WASHINGTON — A bill to expand the child tax credit and restore some tax breaks for businesses failed to advance in the Senate on Thursday as Republicans largely opposed the measure, arguing they would be in position to get a better deal next year.Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., dared Republicans to vote against the tax … Read more