By nearly 2-to-1, voters believe President Joe Biden is using the Justice Department to hobble former President Donald Trump and jail him so that he can’t win the fall election. In the latest McLaughlin and Associates survey shared with Secrets on Wednesday, 56% said they believe that “Joe Biden wants to stop President Trump from […]
(The Center Square) — As Pennsylvania’s orphan well-plugging program ramps up, state officials seem optimistic about the albeit bumpy road ahead. Cost estimates, for example, are up, driven by federal requirements and supply issues. Pennsylvania has plugged 200 orphan wells under Gov. Josh Shapiro as the state kicks in more money to complement a massive […]
(The Center Square) — The Georgia Senate could vote Wednesday on whether to lower the state’s income tax further. House Bill 1015 would lower the individual income tax rate from 5.49% to 5.39% for the tax years starting Jan. 1, 2024. It would decrease the rate by 0.1% annually starting Jan. 1, 2025, until it reaches […]
(The Center Square) – A new study shows that Illinois is not the place to be for low to middle-income wage earners from a tax perspective. The personal finance website WalletHub has released “The Best States to be Rich or Poor from a Tax Perspective.” Researchers identified the best states where the residents spend the most and […]
Voters in six states headed to the polls Tuesday to cast their votes in a slew of races up and down the ballot. Arizona, Illinois, Kansas, and Ohio cast their votes in both the Democratic and Republican presidential primaries, while Florida only held a GOP primary after the Democratic one was canceled. President Joe Biden […]
(The Center Square) – Washington retailers are feeling a bit more optimistic about dealing with theft now that lawmakers have passed changes in state and federal law. This session, the Washington State Legislature passed Initiative 2113 to lessen restrictions on police pursuits. Retailers hope the new measure, which goes into effect in June, will provide some relief for […]
(The Center Square) – Chicago residents were asked during Tuesday’s primary election whether the city should change the way it assesses real estate transfer taxes on the sale of higher-valued property for the stated purpose of addressing homelessness. Voters appear to have rejected the tax increase referendum in Tuesday’s primary. Chicago already levies some of […]
The special election to replace former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is headed to a runoff after none of the candidates reached the 50% threshold on Tuesday. California Republican Assemblyman Vince Fong, the frontrunner in the race, was unable to pocket enough votes to fend off challenges from Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux and Democrat Marisa […]
President Joe Biden is pulling out all the stops to reinvigorate his winning 2020 coalition ahead of a toss-up rematch with former President Donald Trump in 2024. No minority voting bloc is a monolith, and while polling data conducted ahead of Biden-Trump round two generally show Asian, black, and Latino voters still leaning Democratic, yet […]
Former President Donald Trump‘s influence over the GOP further solidified Tuesday evening when his candidates won their primary races. But Trump and President Joe Biden still face nagging problems within their parties as protest voters continue their ongoing snub of both candidates after Tuesday’s elections in Arizona, Illinois, Kansas, Ohio, and Florida. Plus, no victor emerged in a special election in […]
