Local, state and federal governments need to tax citizens so that they can pay for the programs and services those citizens need. And while U.S. federal taxes are a progressive tax system, there are ...

Until the state’s adoption of its Working Families Tax Credit program and its capital gains tax, ITEP had ranked the state as ...

Maine Gov. Janet Mills enters the House chamber for the annual joint State of the Judiciary address on Feb. 25, 2025. (Photo by Jim Neuger/ Maine Morning Star) While Democratic Gov. Janet Mills has ...

Ahead of the November 1932 election, organizers in Washington gathered enough signatures to place an initiative on the ballot ...

Washington state’s taxes have been called the most regressive in the U.S. Voters will have a chance to change that come November. RELATED: Washington taxes are trickling down into renters’ pockets A ...

Gov. Jeff Landry would cut taxes for virtually everyone but keep in place a regressive tax system that continues to hit the poor harder than the wealthy, according to the first independent analysis of ...

Most U.S. states have an income tax, and the author believes it could raise billions to address Florida's challenges as a ...

2025 featured a variety of major tax debates across the federal, state, and local levels. From Congressional discussions over ...

Re “Let’s force change at City Hall” (Oct. 12): Your idea for a “2022 Restoration Act” signature-gathering campaign is compelling. You have rightly spurred the public to take overdue action against a ...

Soda taxes are once again back in the news thanks to several recent developments. First, Vermont’s Democrat-run state legislature passed a bill on April 30 setting up a commission to study an excise ...