Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Maine Gov. Janet Mills enters the House chamber for the annual joint State of the Judiciary address on Feb. 25, 2025. (Photo by ...

(The Center Square) – Manufacturers say legislators at the Illinois State Capitol have done enough damage, and a progressive tax would be too much. Last week, former Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn proposed a ...

A progressive tax is a system of taxation where the tax rate increases as the taxpayer's income increases. A progressive tax reduces income inequality by redistributing wealth from high-income to ...

To the editor — As a medical student, I have witnessed how access to health care can mean the difference between stability and crisis. Throughout my clinical rotations in South Puget Sound and time in ...

The top tax rate wealthy Americans pay on their investment gains today runs barely half the top rate the rest of us pay on our wages. But that only begins to tell the story of how lightly taxed our ...