Taxes

Advocates of renewable energy are hailing the rejection of Rocky Mountain Power's request for a new fee for residential rooftop solar panels in Utah.

Local officials have approved a tax break for Intel Corp. that could be worth about $2 billion during its expansion in Washington County west of Portland.

Alaska voters have rejected a repeal of the state's new petroleum tax system.

If you're one of the millions getting tax credits to help pay health insurance premiums under the Affordable Care Act, you need to start reviewing your taxes now.

Using the federal income tax system to promote social policy goals is a time-honored strategy for policymakers of both political parties.

Nobody wants to start thinking about taxes around Labor Day.

Cameron County commissioners have agreed to waive 10 years of county taxes as part of an agreement bringing the world's first commercial site for orbital rocket launches to the southernmost tip of Texas.

Building more affordable housing for Maine seniors and boosting Medicaid reimbursements to home care workers were among several policy ideas rolled out by House Speaker Mark Eves on Wednesday.

Pennsylvania's middle class is getting lots of attention from the gubernatorial candidates, but the TV campaign messages are vague and sometimes wrong.

Amid a fog of conflicting claims, Alaskans head to the polls Tuesday to decide if the state's old system for taxing oil companies, passed in 2007 after some lawmakers were suspected of bribery, is better than the new system, a tax cut passed last year to try to attract investment from petroleum companies.

Connecticut has launched a video to help Spanish-speaking residents navigate state tax forms.

Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation that extends a $420 million state tax credit to aerospace giant Northrop Grumman Corp. after approving a similar deal for its competitor, Lockheed Martin Corp.

Mississippi Power Co. says a key part of its $5.5 billion Kemper County power plant is operational.

Dueling bidders for a major Pentagon stealth bomber contract would be eligible for massive tax credits under a bill that's on Gov. Jerry Brown's desk.

Revel Casino Hotel has announced it will shut its doors on Sept. 10.

Republican Senate hopeful Thom Tillis cut $500 million in funding for North Carolina schools while giving tax breaks to his rich friends, the campaign arm for Senate Democrats said Wednesday, in the first piece of a $9.1 million ad campaign set to stay on the airwaves through November's elections.

During the first month of legal marijuana sales in Washington state, stores sold just under $3.8 million, which is expected to bring in more than $1 million in state taxes.

Wisconsin's sluggish recovery from the Great Recession was reflected Thursday in new figures that show growth in consumer spending has lagged behind neighboring states and the nation as a whole.

Kansas will face a budget shortfall of $238 million by the end of July 2016, the Legislature's nonpartisan research staff said Friday in a new forecast predicting that the gap will emerge a year sooner than it had anticipated.

                The World Bank has lowered its Philippine growth forecast to 6.4 percent this year and 6.7 percent next year but says the country remains one of East Asia's fastest growing economies.