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State and Local Issues

Are Public Pension And Benefit Shortfalls And Local Taxes Worthy Of A Neighborhood Duel?

May 1, 2019 –
Our local elected officials were debating a new tax to help offset a big public pension shortfall... If people dueled in 2019 like Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton did in 1804, a couple of township trustees might have been drawing pistols at dawn.

Tax Day Is Here, And State Budget Offices Share Your Fears And Hopes For A Good Return

April 15, 2019 –
With Tax Day here, taxpayers are scrambling to finish up their returns—both federal and state (that is, if their state has an individual income tax)...
State and Local Issues

State Revenue Picture in Post-TCJA Era: Joy, Sorrow, and Uncertainty

March 12, 2019 –
The Tax Policy Center’s State and Local Finance Initiative’s quarterly “ State Tax and Economic Review ” shows solid revenue growth in the third quarter...
State and Local Issues

Your Guide to States and Localities: The Governments That Are Still Open

January 25, 2019 –
Whenever the federal government goes completely nuts , it can be comforting to remember the United States is a highly decentralized country . Fifty states...
State and Local Issues

TPC’s Sports Gambling Tip Sheet

January 10, 2019 –
I don’t have an official over-under for the number of states that will legalize sports gambling in 2019, but I know it’s high. Since the...

The TCJA Eliminated Personal Exemptions. Why Are States Still Using Them?

December 17, 2018 –
A key provision of 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) was the elimination of the personal exemption. The change has a major effect on...

How Should Government Return Carbon Taxes To Households?

December 12, 2018 –
Carbon dividends are the hottest idea in climate policy. A diverse mix of progressive and conservative voices are backing the idea of returning carbon tax...
State and Local Issues

Amazon HQ2 Tax Incentives: There Ought To Be A Law… Or Something

November 20, 2018 –
Amazon’s decision to build big new facilities in New York City and Northern Virginia prompted a predictable outcry about the reported $2 billion plus in...

What Lessons Can We Learn from Amazon’s HQ2 Drama?

November 16, 2018 –
Now that Amazon has finally chosen Long Island City, NY and Arlington, Virginia as co-winners in its second headquarters sweepstakes, it’s a good time to...
State and Local Issues

What Do Women Want?

November 14, 2018 –
I’m not trying to win an election and I certainly don’t want to antagonize my friends, but there are good reasons why a sales tax exemption for feminine hygiene products is the wrong call.