State and Local Taxes February 20, 2026
Which States Have the Highest Taxes?
"Tax burden" measures the proportion of total personal income that residents pay toward state and local taxes. And it’s not uniform across the U.S. either.
May 13, 2013
North Carolina gets closer to repealing estate tax
North Carolina's "death tax" has one foot in the grave after a Wilson lawmaker's bill passed the state House on Wednesday.
May 9, 2013
State to spend $15 million for cybersecurity
South Carolina needs to spend nearly $15 million next year to bolster cybersecurity in the wake of the largest hacking at a U.S. state agency, a consultant told state leaders Wednesday.
May 8, 2013
Virginia governor candidate proposes $1.4 B in tax cuts
Under Cuccinelli's proposal, the income tax rate would drop from 5.75 percent to 5 percent over four years starting in 2014, and the corporate income tax rate would drop from 6 percent to 4 percent.
May 7, 2013
Healthcare law spurs state college to offer more faculty insurance coverage
The oldest public, state-run university in Oklahoma has made a determination on how to respond to the work-hour requirements of the Affordable Care Act, aka ObamaCare.
May 6, 2013
With shrinking funding, many state agencies going unaudited
Out of Mississippi's 120 state agencies, boards and commissions, dozens have gone years without a comprehensive state audit, including the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, which went a decade without a full state review.
May 2, 2013
$520M Shortfall for Pennsylvania Budget
An estimate released Wednesday by the state's Independent Fiscal Office shows a $520 million shortfall between projected general fund revenues and Gov. Tom Corbett's proposed budget through the end of the next fiscal year.
April 25, 2013
Are some California residents leaving state over high taxes?
Why retirees are the most likely residents to flee high state taxes...
April 19, 2013
‘Tax Freedom Day’ arrived five days later this year
Tax day might have been Monday, but "Tax Freedom Day" arrived on Thursday, April 18, the 108th day of 2013, according to the Tax Foundation's annual calculation. Up until today, Americans have been working for the government.
April 18, 2013
No retail marijuana sales in Washington state before 2014
Residents in Washington state shouldn't plan to buy any legal pot before well into 2014.
April 15, 2013
New tax laws in Michigan have many on edge
Michigan taxpayers take their anger out on Gov. Rick Snyder
April 11, 2013
Boy Scouts may risk loss of tax exemption in California
Some California lawmakers seeking to pressure the Boy Scouts of America to abandon its ban on openly gay members are taking a novel approach: They are threatening to strip the organization of its state tax exemption.
April 8, 2013
Daytona Speedway may get $100M in tax breaks, even with first quarter profit of $13.5M
Just days after Daytona-owner International Speedway Corp. reported a first-quarter profit of $13.5 million, the Florida Senate on Monday began moving a bill that would give the NASCAR promoter and racetrack owner nearly $100 million worth of tax breaks over the next 30 years. Executives at Daytona Beach-based ISC said the incentives in the bill...…