Tax Increase

The $28 million increase in the budget is meant to cover some “one-time costs” the county will incur this year, plus wage increases and county projects that were postponed due to the pandemic.

Aimee Clay, a member of the Sumner High School ROTC Drill Team, began playing the national anthem on her violin at the start of the campaign kickoff for…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 13, 2013 - In a sign that fiscally conservative groups are gearing up again in Missouri, the…

Reporting from Illinois Public Radio's Luke Runyon used in this report.Illinois State Republican lawmakers continue to push for a rollback of the recently…

In an expected move after yesterday's press conference on the subject, Ill. Gov. Pat Quinn has signed legislation into law that temporarily increases the…

The Illinois General Assembly has passed several major bills in the last few days of its lame-duck session.Two of the bills, one on an income tax increase…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 31, 2010 -An unbiased review of the facts surrounding Proposition A in St. Louis County on…