Taxes

Democrats who control New Jersey's Legislature are teeing up a budget showdown with Gov. Chris Christie that appears destined to end with the Republican governor's veto.

With proposals to expand casino gambling to other parts of New Jersey gaining momentum, Atlantic City has two choices.

For decades, state lawmakers have tried unsuccessfully to eliminate or at least fix Connecticut's unpopular local car tax, criticized as unfair because the same vehicle can be taxed at wildly different rates depending on where the owner lives.

The new fiscal year for Pennsylvania state government begins July 1 and Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and leaders of the Republican-controlled Legislature are meeting regularly in an effort to reach agreement on granting the state another year of spending authority.

New Hampshire lawmakers and Gov. Maggie Hassan are speeding toward a budget showdown this week that could result in months of financial uncertainty for state programs, workers and residents and set up the political dynamics of the next election.

HBO's "Veep" is leaving Maryland after four years after the series scored $6.5 million in California film tax credits.

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Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul is calling for a "fair and flat tax" that he says would "blow up" the nation's tax code.

The persistent battle over Connecticut's budget continued Thursday as a coalition of labor unions and social service advocates urged state lawmakers to increase income taxes on the wealthy rather than impose eleventh-hour spending cuts on a budget they argue is already bare bones.

Targeting youth unemployment, Hillary Rodham Clinton plans to propose tax credits to encourage businesses to train young people and offer apprenticeships to develop lifelong job skills.

State senators on Tuesday scrapped a plan to freeze tax credits for historic preservation work for two years amid concerns that the proposal could stop some significant restoration projects around the state.

The Pennsylvania Senate unanimously approved a measure Tuesday to impose up to an additional 65 cents per phone line and an extra $52 per household to help counties pay for the growing cost of their 911 emergency communications centers.

A $115.4 billion budget deal would make California the first in the nation to offer state-subsidized health care to children who are in the country illegally while expanding other social welfare programs, Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders said Tuesday.

Maine's Democratic-controlled House supported a $6.7 billion budget deal on Tuesday that slashes income taxes, boosts property tax relief and changes how the state reimburses for welfare programs after weeks of partisan wrangling over a spending plan that must be in place by June 30 to avert a government shutdown.

The state's highest court sided with the Senate in a constitutional dispute with the House over taxes.

Republican legislators in Kansas narrowly approved tax increases Friday, responding to pleas from their leaders and a warning from GOP Gov. Sam Brownback's aides about draconian spending cuts that could result if they didn't erase a budget deficit.

Republican leaders pushed a new plan for raising taxes through the Kansas House early Friday morning, hours after top aides to GOP Gov. Sam Brownback warned them that failing to erase a budget deficit risked funding for universities and invited a downgrading of the state's bond ratings.

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The IRS is joining with state and private industry to combat identity theft by sharing more data about how tax returns are filed and taking other steps, officials announced Thursday.

Measures to help Atlantic City's finances, schools and casinos are making their way through the New Jersey Legislature.