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California cities losing millions in sales tax receipts
15 hours ago ago from Finance news
Cities and counties in California are losing millions of dollars in sales tax receipts due to slower retail sales, compared with last year. In the most recent data available from the state Board of Equalization, jurisdictions around the state got $244 million in October, 14.5 percent less than they got in October 2008 as their share of the state's 8.25 percent sales tax. One percent from the sales tax $1 on each $100 of sales goes back ...
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10 hours ago ago from NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias
A breaking dispatch from the Associated Press sure makes it look like Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl (picture at top right is from his Wikipedia entry) is engaging in extortion directed at the institutions of higher education that happen to be within the city's borders. The ostensible reason for the stickup is to shore up the city's foundering pension system. It will be interesting to see how or if the AP develops this story in the ...
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14 hours ago ago from Capital Business Blog
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11 hours ago ago from Governor Jennifer Granholm: The Conversation
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14 hours ago ago from Texas housers
Despite federal loan-modification programs, foreclosures continue to boom and are predicted to worsen. Some former homeowners are finding relief in paying rent. In Galveston, the city has finally approved a rebuilding plan for public housing destroyed by recent hurricanes. For a pdf version of the full articles, plus contextual stories in social, environmental and legal areas, contact Bo McCarver at bmccarver@austin.rr.com U.S. ...
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3 hours ago ago from The New York Times
The mayor of Pittsburgh calls it the Fair Share Tax. But to officials at the city's 10 colleges and universities and many of their 100,000 students, it is anything but. Jeff Swensen for The New York Times David Gau, a senior at the University of Pittsburgh, said a proposed tuition tax on students was the furthest thing from fair. Jeff Swensen for The New York Times Mayor Luke Ravenstahl said the universities rejected ...
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8 hours ago ago from U.S. News
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17 hours ago ago from All Things D
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8 hours ago ago from U.S. News
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16 hours ago ago from Media General - TBO.com
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