EconomyNews
St. Paul Retailers Forced to Pay for Light Rail
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Just as St. Paul retailers began recovering from an average 30 percent loss in sales during the new $1 billion light… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Want an Economic Boost? Let’s Kill the Death Tax
Death and taxes are two of life’s certainties, but the tax on death itself should certainly be eliminated. A recent analysis by The Heritage Foundation’s… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Liberals Don’t Understand Dynamic Scoring or Tax Reform
Two liberals, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman and Slate columnist Jamelle Bouie, launched misguided broadsides against dynamic scoring this week. Dynamic scoring pertains to… Read More
EconomyNews
Job Losses Adding Up in America’s Most Liberal State
Jeb Spaulding’s unexpected departure as secretary of the Vermont Agency of Administration spells the loss of one of Gov. Peter Shumlin’s trusted advisers at a… Read More
EconomyCommentary
New Treasury Measures Will Do Little to Stop Businesses From Fleeing U.S.
American companies are merging with foreign firms and relocating their headquarters to those foreign countries because our tax structure is uncompetitive. So what does the… Read More
EconomyNews
Senate, Obama Renew Push for Broad Internet Sales Tax
Before the August recess, the House easily passed a bill to renew, without limit, a longstanding ban on taxing access to the Internet. Now some… Read More
EconomyNews
City Surprises Taxpayers With Monthly Fee to Fix Potholes
DULUTH, Minn.—All one needs to do to get a clue about the scope of this city’s street repair problem is log on to the local… Read More
EconomyNews
Data on Migration From Red States to Blue States, or Vice Versa, Slow Thanks to IRS
SPRINGFIELD — The Internal Revenue Service is slowing the pace with which it releases data on the migration of people — and thus their income… Read More
EconomyNews
California to Triple Tax Credits to Hollywood
In an effort to revive a struggling entertainment industry, California Gov. Jerry Brown and state legislative leaders announced a five-year expansion to the state’s film… Read More
EconomyNews
‘Taxes Really Do Matter’: Whopper of a Lesson From Burger King’s Move
Following Burger King’s example, more companies will aim to move their headquarters to other countries if the United States doesn’t lower — or eliminate —… Read More
