Republicans have clawed back part of the funding allowing the agency to chase after millionaires for unpaid taxes. In less than a year, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has been able to capture over $1 billion in unpaid taxes, the agency announced on Thursday, due to its new campaign targeting wealthy tax cheats. As part
State legislation passed this week paves the way for Pittsburgh to exempt or defer tax increases for longtime homeowners whose property values have jumped since they purchased their houses. The goal is to protect longtime residents from being taxed out of their homes in developing neighborhoods where skyrocketing property values could lead to major increases
The following commentary was written by Lisa Cunningham, architect and co-founder ZeroCarbonMA, and Dr. Wynne Armand, MD, Associate Director at MGH Center for the Environment and Health and Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School. Her opinion does not necessarily reflect the position of Mass General Brigham. See our commentary guidelines for more information. Ten years after our nation’s independence, Benjamin
A bed in the former Sitka Community Hospital (KCAW/Kwong) Nearly two decades ago (2005) Sitka voters approved a tax on cigarettes and tobacco products to fund Sitka Community Hospital. The Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium purchased the city-owned hospital in 2019, but the hospital fund still exists today. At the Sitka Assembly meeting on July
Phillips 66 is poised to be a leader in the energy future, meeting the growing demand for energy while achieving sustainability targets, Phillips 66 Executive Vice President of Emerging Energy and Sustainability Zhanna Golodryga said at the Reuters Global Energy Transition 2024 conference in New York City. The conference coincided with the company’s announcement that production of
NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / July 11, 2024 / Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) (NYSE:ARDC) announced today the declaration of its distribution for the month of July 2024 of $0.1175 per common share, payable as noted below. The following dates apply to the declared distribution: Ex-Date: July 22, 2024 Record Date:
The University of Utah is seeking a director of investments, according to a job posting listed on Tuesday. In 2022, the university transferred its investment organization to a nonprofit called University of Utah Growth Capital Partners following the retirement of CIO Jonathan Shear, a spokesperson for the university says. The Salt Lake City-based
DETROIT (WXYZ) — The Detroit Police Department and the American Civil Liberties Union have come to an agreement that covers the department’s use of a controversial facial recognition technology. The ACLU calls it a “groundbreaking settlement” that “achieves the nation’s strongest police department policies and practices constraining law enforcement’s use of this dangerous technology” and
PROTECTING HOMES— Firefighters try to cut open a garage door in an attempt to save a home on Kellwood Court in Oak Park during the 2018 Woolsey fire. Insurance companies are using fire as an excuse to drop coverage. Acorn file photo A proposal by state Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is aimed at stemming the
The US Supreme Court’s recent decision to scrap a keystone principle of administrative law — the so-called “Chevron doctrine” — has put US energy and climate policy on shaky ground, raising fresh questions for key agency rules and future executive actions of the Joe Biden administration. The landmark decision could also have a dramatic chilling