While the majority party insists state government is facing revenue shortfalls, the data show we have simply built a bureaucracy designed to grow faster than taxpayers' ability to pay for it. House Republicans’ have…
Introduction For many years, economists and tax policy researchers maintained that North Carolina’s tax system needed a major overhaul. The system was a model of hodgepodge tax policy with high marginal rates on personal and…
Share this Story on Facebook, X, Text, LinkedIn, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, or OutlookGovernor Glenn Youngkin has proposed that Virginia conform its tax rules to most of the changes in federal taxes adopted by Congress last summer,…
A Missouri woman on Thursday receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funds complained about only being able to buy “real food” with the program, according to St. Louis TV station KMOV.Secretary of…
Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Sean Duffy on Friday threatened to withhold tens of millions in federal taxpayer highway funds for New York and other blue states that issue commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) to…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday blasted several blue states over their “ongoing refusal” to embrace some “key provisions” of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB).Trump signed the OBBB,…
For years, warnings about Washington’s unsustainable spending growth went unheeded. You cannot triple the size of government in a decade without eventually hitting a wall. That reality is now coming into a sharp focus. As …
This article originally appeared in IndyStar on June 27, 2025. Indiana’s 201% hike in its cigarette excise tax, which takes effect July 1, will reshape consumer behavior, and not necessarily in the way lawmakers expect. While…
Join the Beacon Center for a timely discussion on Tennessee’s tax system, ongoing reform efforts, and how tax policy impacts families, workers, and businesses across the state. We’ll be joined by a panel of experts: Carey…
Washington state, a beacon for innovators and entrepreneurs, is witnessing a troubling trend: a steady outflow of its wealthiest and most entrepreneurial residents. High taxes, burdensome regulations, and an anti-business…
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