Dan Walters: Democrats' tax-indexing plan is of dubious legality - San Jose Mercury News

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Dan Walters: Democrats' tax-indexing plan is of dubious legality San Jose Mercury News,  USA - 3 hours ago The other proposed tax change is subtler: freezing for one year the indexing of income tax brackets to inflation that voters decreed in a 1982 ballot ... Arnold's 'Ishtar' Wall Street Journal Will these tax proposals close state's $28 billion budget hole? OCRegister Schwarzenegger Calls Fiscal Emergency in California (Update2) Bloomberg California Progress Report - Sioux Falls Argus Leader all 534 news articles

For College-Bound, New Barriers to Entry - Wall Street Journal

For College-Bound, New Barriers to Entry Wall Street Journal - Dec 2, 2008 The mammoth California State University system -- with 450000 students -- has announced plans to reduce its head count by up to 10000 students for the next ... User Friendly College-Aid Form Won't Be Ready For Jan. 1 EasyBourse.com Economy tanking? Invest in higher ed Berkeleyan Online Utah gets F on affordability of higher education KSL-TV 6abc.com - Daytona Beach News-Journal all 890 news articles

Economist: More financial problems in SC next year - Forbes

Economist: More financial problems in SC next year Forbes, NY - 7 hours ago Woodward puts much of the problem thus far on property and sales tax breaks. "Those two things really had an impact on the state's budget this year, ...

Obama warns US governors of “hard choices” - World Socialist Web Site

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Obama warns US governors of “hard choices” World Socialist Web Site, MI - Dec 2, 2008 This has resulted in state tax regimes in which financial resources are dependent upon regressive forms of taxation such as the “sales tax,” whereby a flat ... Obama Asks Governors for Input on Stimulus Proposals Wall Street Journal Ideological Purity Versus Helping States Get Out of the Ditch California Progress Report The Register-Guard The Register-Guard Irish Independent all 2,173 news articles

Property-tax collections climb as home prices fall - USA Today

Property-tax collections climb as home prices fall USA Today - 1 hour ago The housing market collapse has caused a recession that's hurt sales and income tax collections. But property taxes — collected mostly for public schools ...

State must make changes, controller says - Thousand Oaks Acorn

State must make changes, controller says Thousand Oaks Acorn,  USA - 1 hour ago According to Chiang, one out of four households in the state that qualified for income tax credit didn't collect their money—about $850 million. ...