Grover Norquist discusses the economic impact of tax policies, how past tax cuts averted a $4 trillion hike and how Republican efforts at federal and state levels aim to reduce tax burdens.

Americans are facing an affordability crisis after 40-year high inflation under the Biden administration. A quarter of U.S. households are living paycheck to paycheck, while 56% of voters say that affordability is their top concern.

Speaker Hall warns of a fiscal cliff, but Republican tax laws created it — leaving North Carolina 48th in education funding and billions behind on basics.

WASHINGTON — House Republicans released a budget plan Wednesday that sets the stage for advancing many of President Donald Trump’s top domestic priorities, providing for up to $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and a $4 trillion increase in the debt limit so ...

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President Donald Trump’s so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act will shift billions in costs for SNAP and Medicaid to states. But with 26 having cut or eliminated state income taxes just since 2021, they may not have the money to continue the programs.

A group of Democratic senators introduced legislation to reverse gun tax credits in the Republicans’ summer spending bill and use the repurposed funding for Medicare. The Medicare Investment and Gun Violence Prevention Act aims to strike credits for silencers,

Like the poor goat sacrificed for sins, Palm Beach and other Florida counties that rely on ad valorem taxes are being scapegoated.

That rate — $3.23 per $1,000 in assessed value — will be the lowest it has been since 1990. It follows a string of back-to-back property tax cuts totaling more than 40% from McLaughlin’s administration over seven years.

Such a decision would represent one of the ​most significant federal changes to marijuana policy in decades. It could reshape the cannabis industry, ease criminal penalties, unlock billions in research funding and lead to the opening ​of doors long closed ⁠to banks and investors.

The Florida House moved forward with four property tax cut bills Dec. 2, despite concerns they would result in drastic cuts in services.