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Several issues left for Missouri Legislature on final day of session
St. Louis Post-DispatchTax credits, liquor legislation, spending disagreements. Missouri lawmakers face a hefty helping of issues heading into their final day of the 2013 legislative session. Legislators have until 6 p.m. today to attempt to resolve some lingering, and...Tags: St. Louis, Jay Nixon, Missouri Legislature, Labor Legislation, Finance
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The Sacramento Bee Dan Walters column
The Sacramento BeeWhen voters passed Proposition 30 last year, they unwittingly accelerated one of the most perilous trends in California governmental finance -- an ever-increasing reliance on income taxes from rich people to finance schools and myriad other state and...Tags: Consumers, Finance, Politics, Jerry Brown, Executive Branch
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Bradford County hires company to do $25,000 housing study
The Daily Review, Towanda, Pa.The Bradford County commissioners on Thursday hired a Mechanicsburg company to conduct a study to gauge the long-term need for housing in the county in light of the Marcellus Shale drilling boom, and also put out to bid two projects that will improve...Tags: Local Government, Petroleum Industry
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Columbus wants voters to OK $800 million bond issue
The Columbus DispatchColumbus plans to seek voter approval of a bond package in the Nov. 5 election to pay for infrastructure improvements without raising taxes. City Auditor Hugh J. Dorrian said he estimates the city will ask voters to approve an $800 million bond package,...Tags: Credit and Debt, Ratings, Elections, Finance, Credit Ratings
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After Google, Amazon to be grilled on UK tax presence
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc. will be called back to the British parliament to clarify how its activities in the UK justify its low corporate income tax bill, two lawmakers told Reuters. Amazon will follow search giant Google,...Tags: Google Inc., Agriculture, Marketing, E-Commerce Industry, Luxembourg
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The Front Burner: Costly expansion wouldn't improve Floridians' health
The state Legislature's decision this year to reject Medicaid expansion was the correct decision for Florida. There is little evidence that growing the health-care program for the poor would improve the health of state residents. A recent study in the...Tags: Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), Medicaid, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Finance, Budgets and Budgeting
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Md. retirees are lucky if they're affected by O'Malley's income tax hike
Constance Kihm writes that she is leaving Maryland because she "can no longer afford to support fiscal and social programs with which we do not agree" ("Farewell, my Maryland, farewell to taxes, farewell to extreme liberalism," May 10). She resents that...
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Fitch gives thumbs up to California budget restraint
ReutersMay 17 (Reuters) - California Governor Jerry Brown's fiscal 2014 revised budget proposal is built on a "prudent" revenue forecast and "restrained" spending growth, Fitch Ratings said on Friday. The plan "would continue the disciplined approach to...Tags: Credit and Debt, Thomson Corporation, Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC, Ratings, Budgets and Budgeting
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Norquist leads tax reform advocates across state
Times-News, Burlington, N.C.As the state's Republican Party began a push toward tax reform, Grover Norquist and representatives of Americans for Prosperity traveled the state Thursday campaigning for reduced income tax. They stopped by the Times-News to share some of their ideas,...Tags: Labor Markets, Career and Workplace, Unemployment, Employment Opportunities, Americans for Prosperity
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Which NC bills survived crossover?
The News & ObserverLawmakers in the House and Senate raced this week to meet their Thursday crossover deadline -- when bills that don't deal with money or constitutional amendments must pass at least one chamber. Of course, that deadline has always been a bit artificial...Tags: Abortion Issue, Finance, Health Treatments, Laws, Economy, Business and Finance
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EDITORIAL: County should not ban Plan B
Greeley Tribune, Colo.Plan B, an emergency contraceptive known as the morning-after pill, should not be banned from county health clinics. At a hearing last week to approve a federal grant that funds birth control and family planning, commissioners said they would stand by...Tags: Family Planning, Social Issues, Birth Control, Family, Hospitals and Clinics
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Dayton turns to smokers to fill Vikings stadium funding gap
Star TribuneA bailout of the $977 million Minnesota Vikings stadium by smokers and businesses was proposed by Gov. Mark Dayton on Thursday as a hedge against the limited success of electronic gambling games that were supposed to help build the sports palace. The...Tags: Highway Transportation, Budgets and Budgeting, Mark Dayton, Mayo Clinic, Electronics
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