Tag: Taxes

The Health Insurance Tax is buried in Obamacare's 2,700 pages, but the National Federation of Independent Business' Dan Danner says the measure's impact will be felt all over the country. (Thinkstock)

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Obamacare’s ‘HIT’ on small business will hike health insurance costs, reduce employment

Mark Tapscott · May 19, 2014 4:00 am

The exterior of an Office Max store in Chicago. Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is pushing to give small companies in the state equal access to the tax breaks that big corporations have. The plan takes aim at special EDGE credits _ tax breaks a small number of big companies like Sears Holding Corp. and OfficeMax have sought by going directly to the General Assembly with threats to leave Illinois. Madigan's plan would make the tax credits available to businesses with fewer than 100 employees, and target credits at areas of high poverty and unemployment. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Tax-break expansion plan raises concerns, shrugs

David Mercer · May 19, 2014 4:00 am

A car drives by a pothole in Detroit. The state House's vote to slowly raise gasoline taxes over time if prices increase has senators asking: Is it enough to fix Michigan's deteriorating roads? Talks are underway on whether lawmakers can capitalize on voter anger over shoddy roads and commit to a much higher tax increase, phased in over a handful of years. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Michigan Senate eyes bigger gasoline tax increase

David Eggert · May 19, 2014 4:00 am

How does a state worker get a pension seven times higher than it should be?ÃÂ (Thinkstock)

Error allows Illinois to overpay state pensions

Kelly Cohen · May 16, 2014 4:00 am

As cigarette tax revenue lowers, state officials are looking at taxing e-cigarettes. (Thinkstock)

State tax officials cast greedy looks at electronic cigarettes

Jared Meyer · May 15, 2014 9:14 pm

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.:ÃÂ "Instead of preserving the Senate's prerogatives, they've systemically weakened or destroyed them. They've turned the Senate into a graveyard of good ideas, and open, Democratic debate."ÃÂ (AP Photo)

Republicans protest power struggle in Senate by blocking tax cut bill

Susan Ferrechio · May 15, 2014 9:01 pm

Construction crews use barges and cranes as work continues on a replacement for the 58-year-old Tappan Zee Bridge spanning the Hudson River, Tuesday, May 13, 2014, near Tarrytown, N.Y. On Wednesday, President Barack Obama plans to speak by the bridge just north of New York City to press his case that a key federal government fund used to pay for the nation's roads, bridges and ports is running dry and that the economy would be damaged if it is not replenished. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

The tricky politics of infrastructure spending

Brian Hughes · May 15, 2014 4:00 am

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VIDEO: Philip Klein interviews Heritage Action CEO Michael Needham

Philip Klein · May 15, 2014 4:00 am

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Why do prices on public works projects often inch higher and higher?

Kelly Cohen · May 15, 2014 4:00 am

Ohio House approves tax hike for shale drillers

Ohio House approves tax hike for shale drillers

Washington Examiner · May 15, 2014 1:16 am

GA Senate Candidate Suggests He’d Support Tax Increase

Michael Warren · May 14, 2014 7:54 pm

Appeals court hears health care tax credit case

Appeals court hears health care tax credit case

Washington Examiner · May 14, 2014 6:40 pm