Biden’s proposed tax hike would crush workers and the economy Biden is eager for more hard-earned money from U.S. taxpayers, and he is willing to drive businesses overseas again by raising corporate tax rates. 05/20/2024 - 12:00 am | View Link
Mecklenburg County recommended budget with boost schools, hike taxes Mecklenburg County Manager Dena Diorio is asking elected officials to adopt a 1.5-cent property tax rate increase in the 2025 fiscal year budget. Why it matters: The proposed $2.5-billion county ... 05/16/2024 - 8:12 am | View Link
Ohio's governor says tax cuts are driving factor in lower-than-expected revenue collections Ohio’s tax revenue has come in below projections for four out of the last five months. And while some state leaders who advocated for tax cuts in the last budget say they're still waiting to see more ... 05/16/2024 - 3:45 am | View Link
Opinion: Newsom Finally Accepts Gloomy Budget Deficit, Cites ‘Massive Volatility’ in Tax Collections California Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a revised state budget last week that increases the projected deficit by billions of dollars and contained real cuts, something his initial version mostly lacked. 05/15/2024 - 1:27 am | View Link
Revenue forecasts hold steady as budget chair floats sales tax hike Treasurer Liz Muoio told lawmakers that new, stable revenue forecasts are more than welcome after years of a “revenue roller coaster.” ... 05/14/2024 - 12:58 pm | View Link
(DALLAS) — They’re six-legged, hairy home invaders that just won’t die, no matter how hard you try.
Cockroaches are experts at surviving indoors, hiding in kitchen pipes or musty drawers. But they didn’t start out that way.
A new study uses genetics to chart cockroaches’ spread across the globe, from humble beginnings in southeast Asia to Europe and beyond.
Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Austin Maddox was arrested in Florida as part of an underage sex sting, authorities announced Monday.
Maddox was one of 27 people arrested as part of a multi-agency operation late last month, Jacksonville Sheriff T. K. Waters said. They are accused of soliciting sex over the internet from people who they believed were children, officials said.
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James Hill, a defense attorney for Maddox, said he intends to fight the allegations against him and will enter a plea of not guilty should formal charges be filed.
Maddox, 33, began communicating with an undercover agent pretending to be an underage girl on April 28, an arrest report said.
mdash; A video link between New York City and Dublin that was shut down due to inappropriate behavior on both sides of the Atlantic has reopened with new security measures.
The open-air video link between the two cities, which opened May 8 and was taken offline last week, reopened Sunday and will operate between the hours of 6 a.m.
Amal Clooney is one of the legal experts who recommended that the chief prosecutor of the world’s top war crimes court seek arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and leaders of the militant Hamas group.
The human rights lawyer and wife of actor George Clooney wrote of her participation in a letter posted Monday on the website of the couple’s Clooney Foundation for Justice.
(WASHINGTON) — Cyberattacks against water utilities across the country are becoming more frequent and more severe, the Environmental Protection Agency warned Monday as it issued an enforcement alert urging water systems to take immediate actions to protect the nation’s drinking water.
About 70% of utilities inspected by federal officials over the last year violated standards meant to prevent cyberthreats, the agency said.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a protege of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, as well as Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian were killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday. The pair were returning to Tehran after attending a ceremony with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on the Iran-Azerbaijan border to inaugurate the building of the new Qiz Qalasi Dam.
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Khamenei said that the country would undergo a five-day mourning period.