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California voters to decide on controversial one-time tax on billionaires

California voters will decide whether the state will charge a one-time tax on billionaires. The idea that has split Democrats and labor unions.

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What the bond market reveals about Congress, the national debt and the middle class-and where America goes from hereThe only real solution is to put fiscal policy on a sustainable trajectory, but on the tax side, it’s important to realize we have limited room.

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Iowa lawmakers to vote on raising tax incentive cap for a $15B steel plantIowa lawmakers are set to return to the Statehouse Friday to consider expanding state tax incentives. DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa lawmakers will

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Hochul officially opts NY into Trump admin's 'Freedom' scholarships for studentsGov. Kathy Hochul is officially opting New York into a federal "education freedom" tax credit scholarship program championed by President Trump that could benefit more than 2.7 million New York students.

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Gavin Newsom backs measure to kill the billionaire tax and ban future wealth taxesThe governor announced his positions on most of the 14 propositions on the November ballot.

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