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Kentucky Becomes 27th Right-to-Work State
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R) signed into law a bill allowing workers to opt out of union membership, removing requirements that workers join a union as a condition of employment. -
Montana Bill Would Restrict Government E-Surveillance
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The Montana Legislature is considering a bill that would require local and state government law enforcement agencies to obtain search warrants before demanding private companies to turn over consumers’ private data. -
Congressman Proposes Bill Delaying New Broker Regulations
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Congress is considering a bill to delay the federal government’s implementation of an Obama administration rule tightening regulations on how retirement investment advisors may serve consumers. -
Federal Judge Dismisses CFPB’s Attempt to Quash ‘Operation Choke Point’ Lawsuit
Opinion -budget-tax-news -A federal judge is scheduled to hear arguments from lawyers representing a consumer mortgage company who hope to present evidence alleging a federal government agency participated in a controversial program. -
Federal Lawmaker Starts Work on Trump Childcare Tax Incentive Plan
Opinion -budget-tax-news -A federal lawmaker announced plans to collaborate with the president’s daughter to use federal tax policy to encourage parents to return to work and place their children in daycare centers. -
An Informative Defense of American Market Freedom
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Review of Not Half Free: The Myth That America Is Capitalist, by Walter Donway (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform), 2015, 160 pages, ISBN-13: 978-1511767873; $6.93 on Amazon.com. -
California Overregulation Drives Uber Testing to Arizona
Opinion -budget-tax-news -After California government regulators stopped Uber, a popular transportation network company connecting drivers and riders, from conducting real-world tests of autonomous navigation technology, the company moved its test grounds to Arizona. -
Trump Advisors, Officials Fill Potholes in Government Infrastructure Initiative
Opinion -budget-tax-news -President Donald Trump and federal lawmakers are working on filling in details of a proposed $1 trillion federal initiative to build and repair roads, using taxpayer-funded debt financing, public-private partnerships, and direct taxpayer funding. -
Lawsuit Challenging Federal Cigar Regulations Moves Forward
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Trade organizations representing cigar manufacturers and vendors are suing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over a regulatory expansion the agency enacted in 2016. -
Lawmakers’ Deal Sets Stage for April Budget Bill
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Lawmakers’ last-minute approval of a bill appropriating temporary federal government spending will delay federal budget battles until April 2017. -
Trump ‘Big Border Tax’ Talk Stirs Up U.S. Businesses
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Taking to social media to express his displeasure with an April 2015 siting decision by a multinational automobile manufacturing company, then-President-elect Donald Trump threatened to make the company “pay [a] big border tax.” -
Texas Lawmakers Propose Amendment Convention Resolution
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The Texas Legislature is considering a resolution calling for a national convention to draft and enact a balanced budget amendment prohibiting the federal government from running budget deficits. -
Missouri Governor Opposes Sports Stadium Subsidies, Tax Credits
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Characterizing a proposed financing deal for a St. Louis soccer stadium as “welfare for millionaires,” Missouri’s new governor ruled out in January the possibility of using taxpayers’ money or tax credits to entice stadium developers to Missouri. -
Right-to-Work Bill Proposed in New Hampshire
Opinion -budget-tax-news -New Hampshire legislators are considering a bill that would allow workers to opt out of union membership, freeing them from being forced to join a union as a condition of employment. -
Indiana Lawmaker Proposes Curtailing Government ‘Policing for Profit’
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The Indiana General Assembly is considering reforming its laws permitting governments to take ownership of people’s cash and property without first proving they were used in the commission of a crime. -
Failing Dallas, Texas Pension Fund Prompts Mayor’s Call for Criminal Investigation
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Dallas, Texas Mayor Mike Rawlings (D) is requesting a criminal investigation of the city’s government pension fund program after the government employees’ union rejected reforms proposed to rescue the fund from insolvency. -
Arkansas Taxicab Owner Beats City Hall in Anti-Monopoly Case
Opinion -budget-tax-news -A Pulaski County, Arkansas judge ruled in favor of a small business owner in December 2016, finding lawmakers in Little Rock violated the state’s constitution by restricting the number of taxicab companies allowed to operate in the city. -
Federal Lawmakers Compile Wish List for Regulatory Rollback
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Congressional Republicans are preparing a federal-regulatory-repeal wish list for President-elect Donald Trump. -
NFL Player Joins Private Investors’ Stadium Financing Proposal
Opinion -budget-tax-news -A player on a Seattle, Washington professional sports team is partnering with a group of private investors to finance construction of a new sports stadium in the city. -
Chicago Homeowners Challenge City’s Airbnb Law
Opinion -budget-tax-news -A group of Chicago, Illinois homeowners is challenging a new law that imposes city taxes on individuals using Airbnb and other peer-to-peer economy companies that match homeowners with people seeking short-term housing. -
Chicago Business Appeals Judge’s Rotten Food Truck Ruling
Opinion -budget-tax-news -A Chicago, Illinois business owner is appealing a county judge’s decision upholding restrictions on where food truck owners can operate. -
WI Lawmakers Include Occupational Licensing Reform in 2017 To-Do List
Opinion -budget-tax-news -A group of Wisconsin state lawmakers is proposing to reform the state’s laws on occupational licensing when they return to work in 2017. -
Ohio Lawmakers Approve Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Ohio lawmakers approved a bill restricting local and state government police agencies’ ability to take ownership of and profit from citizens’ property taken without a criminal conviction. -
NY Court Denies Tax Carve-Outs for Gentlemen’s Club
Opinion -budget-tax-news -New York State judges disagreed with the interpretation of state tax exemptions asserted by owners of an adult entertainment club, ordering the business to remit more than $2 million in overdue sales taxes.
