Timber Tax Cuts Cost Oregon Towns Billions. Then Polluted Water Drove Up the Price.
Rural communities in Oregon paid millions of dollars for clean, safe drinking water because the state didn’t protect their watersheds from logging-related contamination.
Atlantic City Auctions Off Right to Push Button on Trump Casino Demolition
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Massachusetts contemplates lobster restrictions to save whales … Country music star was paid $1.7 million to perform at Texas governor’s inaugural ball … Kansas mayor resigned after mask threats.
The Pandemic Created New Hunters. States Need to Keep Them.
“If we let them go next year, they're not going to be coming back.”
Seeking To Boost Savings and Safety, One State Eliminates Paper Tax Forms
Missouri will stop printing paper taxes forms and encourage residents to file electronically, which a spokeswoman said most taxpayers already do.
Deepening Statehouse Divisions Foretell Big Policy Fights
Staunchly partisan lawmakers may heed their most ardent constituents.
Two-Decade Push to Build a Grocery in a Food Desert Finally Pays Off
A mix of public and private support has come together to make the project in northeast Oklahoma City possible.
Biden Names Intergovernmental Affairs Chief
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | New Orleans nixes Mardi Gras parades due to Covid … Mississippi governor calls for axing state’s income tax … Leaders in both parties urge against out-of-state political supporters moving to Georgia ahead of special election.
States Go After Small Businesses on Amazon—and Sometimes Amazon—for Millions in Back Sales Taxes
The Supreme Court in 2018 gave states the power to make new rules for collecting sales taxes online. But back taxes on products sold by small businesses on Amazon’s marketplace are still a major point of dispute.
San Francisco Voters Approve ‘Overpaid Executive Tax’
The surcharge will apply to businesses where top executives earn more than 100 times the median pay level for a company’s employees in the city.
Rejecting the ‘Fair Tax’ Ballot Measure, Illinois Voters Decide to Keep a Flat Income Tax
Illinois voters rejected a ballot measure that would have allowed the state to implement a graduated income tax. Campaigns for and against the initiative together raised more than $120 million.
If You Soak the Rich, Will They Leave?
COMMENTARY | States and cities struggling through the pandemic recession are wondering if higher taxes will raise revenue, or cause a mass exodus.
Report: Amazon Got $741 Million in Tax Incentives to Build 36 Warehouses Around Chicago
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Nevada county considers allowing brothels to open for non-sexual escort services … Utah hospitals preparing to ration care … Maine town booms during pandemic.
New Hampshire to Sue Massachusetts Over Income Tax Policy
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Michigan governor accuses President Trump of inciting terrorism … Trump administration reverses stance on California wildfire relief … Wisconsin to deploy National Guard as poll workers.
Some States See Better Than Expected Revenues, But Budget Outlook Is Still Tough
Evaporating federal aid and uncertainty over what will happen next with the virus and the economic recovery are casting a long shadow over states’ finances.
Remote Work Boom Complicates State Income Taxes
“The nature of work is changing.”
Ohio Just Ordered GM to Repay $28 Million in Tax Breaks for Closing the Lordstown Auto Plant
General Motors received more than $60 million in tax credits to operate a massive assembly plant in Lordstown until 2040. But after the facility closed last year, the state says GM must pay back roughly half of those tax benefits.
Why States and Localities Should Increase—Not Decrease—Spending
COMMENTARY | State and local governments that cut public spending after the Great Recession fared worse than those that increased spending. Let’s not make the same mistake again.
New Jersey Leaders Agree On Deal to Hike Taxes on Millionaires
Governor Phil Murphy and top Democratic lawmakers announced plans on Thursday for a higher tax rate on incomes between $1 million and $5 million. The bulk of the revenue from the tax increase would cover the cost of a new middle class tax break.
Paid Leave Measure to Appear on Colorado Ballot This November
The medical and family leave program would be funded by a tax paid by employers and workers in the state. Eight other states now have similar programs in place.
In One State, a Threat to Freeze Property Taxes in Cities That ‘Defund’ Police
The proposal from Texas’ governor and other Republicans in the state comes in response to cuts and other changes that Austin made to its police budget.
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