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State Capitol Week in Review
12 hours ago ago from Monticello Live
Senator Bud Canada of Hot Springs was best known as the moral force behind efforts to eliminate the sales tax on groceries. Canada, who died on December 21, sponsored numerous other bills to lower taxes on middle income and low-income families. Some were enacted into law and some were not, which is typical of the career of any successful legislator. Canada sponsored bills to increase credits on homestead property taxes, to remove ...
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4 hours ago ago from Sandy Berger Blog
santa_claus Remember the holidays when you were a child? Whether it was a quiet dinner with close family or a more raucous celebration with extended family and friends, it was nothing like today’s celebrations. The high tech world has thoroughly infiltrated the holidays. In days past, family celebrations were only rarely interrupted by the ring of a telephone. Today we have family members answering their cell phone almost constantly ...
Related contentWhat Widgetbox Wants for the Holidays
18 hours ago ago from Widgetbox
With the Holidays almost here, a few of us Widgetboxers decided to pull together a little wish list I want back the Megatron Transformer toy that my cousin broke when I was 8 A cell phone that's not busted, and by not busted, I mean not a cheap free phone I received with my last contract renewal Urban Curry Chicken Tikka Masala ...
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8 hours ago ago from taxmanblog
Thanks reader Bartman....... As expected, Schaumburg trustees voted unanimously Tuesday night to impose the village's first property tax, adding about $252 to the tax bill for a home with an equalized assessed value of $50,000. The vote left both residents and officials frustrated. "I have no say-so in what you do with that money, I never did," said resident Joe Librizzi, one of eight residents from a crowd of 50 ...
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11 hours ago ago from Clean, Clear, Calm
Hmmm… I sense a theme. Futures are +25bps this morning and the Bloomberg headline exclaims “Stocks Rise Around World on Economic Recovery.” As I mentioned here yesterday, this is generally code for “all is quiet, there is not much news but it’s as good a headline as any…” There is some mixed economic data, however, as Durable Goods Orders were slightly worse than expected at +0.2% vs. 0.5%/e. Initial Jobless Claims were better, at 452k vs. ...
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Senate Health-Care Bill: Two Small-Business Views - Washington Wire - WSJ
24 minutes ago ago from Wall Street Journal
Gary Fields spoke with two small businessmen about the health-care bill. Mike Brey , owner of Laurel, Md., retailer Hobby Works, supports the bill, especially the parts that he says will increase options and reduce health-insurance costs for small business. Mr. Brey, who employs about 45 people and offers coverage, said, We have seen astonishing increases in premiums. It costs the company about $5,000 a year for each of the dozen or so ...
Related contentSenate passes $871 billion health care reform bill
4 hours ago ago from CNN Money
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Senate passed a potentially historic $871 billion health care reform bill Thursday morning, handing President Barack Obama a Christmas victory on his top domestic priority. The bill passed after months of heated partisan debate in a 60 to 39 party line vote. Every member of the Democratic caucus backed the measure; every Republican opposed it. If enacted, the measure would constitute the ...
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4 hours ago ago from Politics Daily
After nearly a year of negotiations, concessions, fits and starts, the U.S. Senate passed sweeping health care reform legislation in an early-morning vote Thursday, by a party-line tally of 60 to 39. The Christmas Eve vote was the first on record for the Senate in nearly a century, and marked the end of a grueling work session for the lawmakers, who had plowed through three working weekends since Thanksgiving, often voting into the early ...
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