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Bill advances to amend motion picture tax credit program
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Legislation is advancing in Rhode Island's General Assembly to draw more movie and television productions to the state. The House of Representatives passed a motion picture tax credit bill Thursday night, sending it to the state Senate. The bill was sponsored by House Finance...
Trump's story about veteran's comeback was not quite true
NEW YORK (AP) — Tony Rankins, a formerly homeless, drug-addicted Army veteran, got a standing ovation at the State of the Union after President Donald Trump described how he turned his life around thanks to a construction job at a company using the administration's “Opportunity Zone” tax...
Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Pennsylvania's newspapers: North East charts path to future Erie Times-News Feb. 10As the 2021 closure of the Mercyhurst University North East campus draws near, the North East community stands at a pivotal crossroads. We don’t have to look far to...
Nebraska property tax package advances out of committee
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A bill designed to lower property taxes by boosting state aid for Nebraska's K-12 public schools advanced Wednesday out of a legislative committee but will still face opposition when lawmakers debate it. Members of the Revenue Committee voted 6-2 to send the proposal to the full...
Republicans push $30 million a year in farm tax breaks
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Lawmakers are moving quickly on a pair of bills cutting taxes for Wisconsin farmers by nearly $30 million a year, after Democratic Gov. Tony Evers called for the Legislature to take emergency action to help the state's agriculture economy. The Republican-authored bills were introduced...
WNMU students to provide income tax filing assistance
SILVER CITY, N.M. (AP) — Western New Mexico University students are set to offer tax help to seniors and low-income families in the southwest corner of the state. The school announced the students this week will begin the local Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program. The free service is for people whose...
Wisconsin Republicans propose tax cuts for farmers
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin farmers would receive up to a $7,500 tax break this year under a bill that's part of a fast-moving package of proposals Assembly Republicans unveiled Monday to dovetail with Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' special session call to help the state's struggling agriculture industry....
House revenue committee rejects Idaho food tax proposals
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Two attempts to introduce bills to repeal Idaho grocery taxes on food failed Monday and another was withdrawn by its sponsor, leaving only one grocery tax relief bill pending in the Legislature. The House Revenue and Taxation Committee rejected holding a hearing on proposed bills by...
Prosecute firms that lie to get tax breaks, panel recommends
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Lying on applications to get tax breaks in New Jersey should open companies up to prosecution, and the state should create an inspector general post to watch over the agency handing out incentives, according to a new report published Friday by a legislative committee probing the...
House passes Puerto Rico aid in face of Trump veto threat
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-controlled House on Friday passed a $20 billion-plus aid package for Puerto Rico, where a swarm of earthquakes last month set back the island territory's slow, troubled recovery from the hurricane devastation of 2017. The legislation, approved by a mostly party-line ...
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