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Delta, Guns, And Economic Development Tax Breaks

Delta Airlines announces it is cancelling its affinity program with the National Rifle Association. In retaliation, Georgia’s lieutenant governor says he’ll try to kill a...

March 1, 2018Howard Gleckman

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Maybe Tax Increases Will Be Easier with a Little Southern Charm

Alabama’s GOP Governor wants higher taxes on car and cigarette sales. Robert Bentley released details on how he’d close the state’s $700 million budget shortfall. And $587 million would come from new revenues. He’d raise an estimated $200 million by doubling the state sales tax on automobiles from

March 2, 2015Renu Zaretsky

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The Senate Keeps Working...

Still on deck in the Senate: It is expected this week to renew dozens of expired tax breaks, including tax cuts for business research, wind power, and foreign profits. It’s worth remembering that if a $42 billion package like this gets passed every year , the federal deficit could grow by $800

December 16, 2014Renu Zaretsky