(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 […]
The next Supplemental Security Income payment, which marks April’s payment and is worth up to $943 for individual filers, will go out to millions of beneficiaries in a little under two weeks. The next installment will go out 12 days from now, on Monday, April 1, to people who struggle with a serious debilitating disability […]
The second of March’s three Social Security payments, worth up to $4,873 for the biggest income earners who retire at 70, went out to the second group of retirees on Wednesday. The payment went to beneficiaries born on or between the 11th and 20th of the month, according to the Social Security Administration’s calendar. Every […]
As national security officials prepare to brief senators on Wednesday about threats posed by TikTok, lawmakers questioned whether a forced sale of the Chinese-owned social media platform could lead to a different kind of foreign ownership. The closed-door briefing on Wednesday comes after the House passed a bill to push ByteDance to divest within six months or face […]
