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Midwest lawmakers seek tax relief for flooding
Victims of recent storm and flood damage in the Midwest could get some tax relief under a new bill pending in Congress. The nearly $4 billion measure would let disaster victims take money out of retirement plans without facing tax penalties. It also...Tags: Floods, Emergency Incidents, Disasters, Retirement, National Government
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Home Sales Tumble 2.6%
The Associated PressSales of existing homes fell more sharply than expected in June as the housing industry continued to be bruised by the worst slump in more than two decades. The National Association of Realtors reported that sales dropped by 2.6 percent last month to a...Tags: Inventories, Fannie Mae, George Bush, Foreclosures, Sales
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Wis. man charged with tax fraud in Minn.
A Wisconsin man has been charged with tax fraud for allegedly filing false tax returns in Minnesota. The Minnesota Revenue Department says 30-year-old David Paul Thompson of Roberts, Wis., has been charged in Ramsey County for allegedly filing false...Tags: Prosecution, Corporate Crime, Fraud
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Suozzi lobbies lawmakers to OK property tax cap
william.murphy@newsday.comNassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi, who chairs a state committee on property tax relief, kicked off a campaign Thursday to get state lawmakers to approve a cap on property taxes. However, he said this effort would be somewhat kinder and gentler than...Tags: Sheldon Silver, Property Tax, Laws, Political Candidates, Elections
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MTA ready to vote on $30 billion sales tax increase initiative today
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe Metropolitan Transportation Authority board of directors this morning will vote on whether to place a $30 billon sales tax increase on the November ballot that if approved would spark three decades of road and rail construction, including the first...Tags: Transportation, Commuting, Road Transportation, Public Transportation, South Pasadena
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Hollywood vote: New faces, same old result
Mayo on the Side: Broward news columnist Michael Mayo | Sun-Sentinel BlogsBy a 4-3 vote late Tuesday, the Hollywood city commission voted to approve a 22-story residential complex on Young Circle that included some major concessions and incentives for the developer. The $120 million project has been cut from 25 stories......Tags: Charter Schools
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Ad: Hitting Obama on troop funding
Spin CycleThe RNC releases a radio ad (audio at left) attacking Obama for voting against funding for the troops. It's apparently supposed to step on Obama's message when he speaks to an expected throng in Berlin -- airing in Berlin,......Tags: John McCain, George Bush
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Few would want slots near home
Marylanders can expect a deluge of out-of -state money from gaming corporations that support the slots amendment to the Maryland Constitution ("Wealth driving 'No' vote on slots," July 20). Citizens need to ask themselves if these private corporations...Tags: Casino and Gambling Industry, Casino and Gambling, Tourism and Leisure, John Bailey
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Currie probe looks at possible influence deals
Sun ReportersThe federal investigation into state Sen. Ulysses Currie's work for Shoppers Food Warehouse is centered on whether the grocery chain paid the lawmaker to use the prestige of his office to secure favorable legislation and actions by state agencies,...Tags: Safeway Inc., Consumer Electronics Industry, Laws, Martin O'Malley, Real Estate Sales
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Housing rescue bill OK'd
The House approved a sweeping plan yesterday that responds to the most serious housing crisis since the Depression by providing a federal backstop for struggling mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and aid to homeowners facing foreclosure.
In a...Tags: John P. Sarbanes, Maxine Waters, Nancy Pelosi, Elijah E Cummings, Laws
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