Taxes

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The Seattle City Council will vote Monday on a progressive tax that would cost Amazon $20 million.

Gov. Jerry Brown proposed a $137.6 billion general fund budget for California Friday amid surging revenues, kicking off his last round of negotiations with Democratic legislative leaders.

A top aide to Gov. Kim Reynolds took a management job with tech giant Apple months after helping promote a $208 million incentive package for the company's planned Iowa data center as a good deal for taxpayers.

Connecticut lawmakers announced on Wednesday they had reached an 11th-hour bipartisan budget agreement and planned to vote before the legislative session adjourned at midnight.

A new report finds that legalizing and taxing marijuana boosts revenue for state and local governments, but not by much.

Seattle's latest tax proposal to combat homelessness takes aim at large businesses such as Amazon that have helped drive Seattle's economic boom.

Renowned economist Thomas Sowell dismissed Democrats who have continued to knock the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Jacobs, now the GOP nominee for Knox County mayor, looks to take advantage of business fleeing high-tax states.

Proponents say the “head tax” would raise $75 million in 2019 that would be used to build low-income housing and outreach efforts for the city’s homeless.

Three decades after doing away with highway tolls, Connecticut's legislature is taking a hard look at bringing them back to help fill a depleted fund for transportation projects.

The Ohio Supreme Court has set a date for arguments in a dispute over promotions offered by the Cincinnati Reds to ticket buyers including bobbleheads and other items.

Arizona lawmakers are rushing to pass a plan that will give a pay bump to teachers who have walked off the job in an unprecedented statewide strike, closing schools for the fourth day.

The attorney reportedly owns as many as 30 medallions in New York.

Florida senator who lost in presidential bid can’t see a major positive impact.

Facing a rising death toll from drug overdoses, state lawmakers across the country are testing a strategy to boost treatment for opioid addicts: Force drug manufacturers and their distributors to pay for it.

State lawmakers across the country have been considering taxing prescription opioids.

A University of Michigan survey marks the first time since 2009 that most thought the government is doing a “good job.”

More residents will keeping voting with their feet if the governor adds to their burden, according to Stephen Sweeney.