For decades there was little opposition to making taxpayer-funded pension information available to the public. It was hard for regular citizens to get their hands on the information. Most smaller newspapers didn't have the time or manpower to file Read More
Legislators in Maryland are again debating raising the state minimum wage, this time from $7.25 to $10.00 per hour (a 38 percent increase) and indexing it to the cost of living so that future changes would be automatic, with no vote or legislative ac Read More
State lawmakers are close to agreeing on a new state spending plan that would include a deal to raise taxes on the wealthy, and raise the minimum wage. They failed to seal a pact Monday night, but they're back today to try again..... Read More
Gov. Cuomo declared extending high income tax rates on New York’s top earners would amount to a “new tax.” That was when he was running in 2010. Fast-forward to 2013 — as Cuomo and legislative leaders reached a tentative agreement on a Read More
Gov. M. Andrew M. Cuomo and top state lawmakers are looking ahead to election year politics with a proposal for a second extension of higher tax rates on wealthy New Yorkers as part of budget negotiations that were still under way Wednesday. Also Read More