Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to date of wrongdoing close to the Oval Office. "Absolutely not," Steven Miller, the recently resigned ...
Prosecutors say a 42-year-old man accused of embezzling $255,000 from an office supply company in Cortez is expected to change his plea. Jeff Dorschner, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's office, tells the Cortez Journal that (http://bit.ly/14h7q3v ) Brian K. Shoults initially pleaded not guilty to wire fraud and tax ...
Legislation passed in the closing hours of Missouri's annual session Friday could patch a hole in the state budget for early childhood programs and some health care initiatives. Legislators gave final approval to two measures, each of which would order the transfer $55 million of general revenues into a newly ...
The Missouri Legislature concluded work Friday on its 2013 session. Here's a look at what passed and what failed. WHAT PASSED: ABORTION Requires a physician to be present when administering the initial dose of an abortion-inducing drug. HB400. BENEVOLENT TAX CREDITS Reinstates expiring tax credits for certain charitable donations, such ...
The state's independent budget analyst said Friday that California will take in $3.2 billion more in tax revenue than Gov. Jerry Brown estimated, providing Democratic lawmakers an argument to funnel more money into state programs and setting up a spending showdown with the administration. The Legislative Analyst's Office released its ...
Your daily look at news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today. STATE'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DROPPING On Friday, Gov. Rick Scott used a Twitter account — (at)ItsWorkingFL — to announce April unemployment figures dropped to 7.2 percent. The governor called that "great news." That's down from ...
Texas on Friday became the fifth state to sue British oil company BP over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, seeking damages related to the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. The lawsuit, filed by the office of Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott in federal court in Beaumont, is ...
A Texas tea party group said the Internal Revenue Service asked about its involvement in verifying signatures provided in the effort to recall Republican Gov. Scott Walker, of Wisconsin. IRS officials asked for extensive information about its activities, including an explanation of its involvement with Verify the Recall, which worked ...
U.S. lawmakers are ready to question the ousted head of the federal tax authority as Congress holds its first hearing Friday on the tougher scrutiny the IRS gave tea party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. On Thursday, President Barack Obama picked a senior White House budget ...
Iowa legislators reached a compromise deal Thursday on a broad tax reduction package that includes commercial property tax cuts — a longtime priority of Gov. Terry Branstad's. Lawmakers said the tentative agreement will gradually reduce taxable assessments of commercial properties by 10 percent and provide property tax credits geared for ...
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