(The Center Square) – As the U.S. nears a mid-2027 debt-limit deadline with debt approaching $40 trillion, two Republican bills would bar Congress from raising the ceiling without matching any increased spending with spending cuts elsewhere.
(The Center Square) – In the past decade, government grants to nonprofits and the number of nonprofits that receive tax money has doubled, raising questions about whether public money is being wasted, an investigation by The Center Square found.
The Cascade Locks City Council has decided to put a Prepared Food and Non-alcoholic Beverage Tax on the November ballot. If passed by voters, the 5% tax would be levied on food and beverages sold for immediate consumption, like scooped frozen desserts.Â
Tammy Lohr-Schweitzer from Baker Tilly, an advisory, tax, and assurance firm, attended a Hood River County Board of Commissioners work session July 20 to discuss the county’s fiscal situation. Baker Tilly has worked with county leadership and staff for approximately the past six months.
(The Center Square) – In an effort to escape the proposed California billionaire tax, several notable billionaires might have already cost the state more than $1 trillion in tax revenue by moving to other states, one attorney to the rich told The Center Square.
Washingtonians feel about income tax the way Oregonians feel about sales tax. So when the legislature in Olympia passed a 9.9% tax on annual incomes over $1 million, it unleashed a major backlash.Â
(The Center Square) - Legislators fear California will become noncompetitive again in attracting major film and TV productions if changes aren’t made to the state budget.
