A report released in November from the Idaho Center for Fiscal Policy, a private nonprofit, says since 2021 Idaho has lost ...

Let’s just get it out of the way quickly on perhaps the most hotly debated measure on the local ballot for Nov. 5. We recommend a No vote on Measure Z, the city of Santa Cruz soda tax. We were against ...

Maine Gov. Janet Mills enters the House chamber for the annual joint State of the Judiciary address on Feb. 25, 2025. (Photo by Jim Neuger/ Maine Morning Star) While Democratic Gov. Janet Mills has ...

A Jacksonville public policy analyst makes a case for revamping Florida's tax system — but not by eliminating property taxes.

Power Play: A series of special reports examining the push to reduce or eliminate property taxes in Florida. Florida’s state and local tax structure makes Florida an excellent place to be an affluent ...

Washington’s proposed Road Usage Charge under House Bill 1921 is being marketed as a forward-thinking solution to declining gas tax revenues. Don’t be fooled: this legislation represents yet another ...

The top tax rate wealthy Americans pay on their investment gains today runs barely half the top rate the rest of us pay on our wages. But that only begins to tell the story of how lightly taxed our ...

In the distant past, Republican moderates were people like Senators Pete Domenici of New Mexico and Bob Packwood of Oregon who preached fiscal responsibility and were reasonably tolerant of the ...

In Louisiana, sales taxes are way too high. They need to come down. By most measures, Louisianans pay the highest sales taxes (state and local combined) in the nation. This matters. Sales taxes at ...

Some Alaskans resent paying taxes that help other people’s children. They often say, “But I don’t have any kids in school!” ...

Yet less than half a year ago, Louisiana lawmakers went in the wrong direction. In the midst of a host of tax reforms and trade-offs, they actually raised state sales tax rates rather than reduced ...