After the House of Representatives and Senate voted to pass the Republican tax bill, Executive Director Benjamin Orr of the Maryland Center on Economic Policy released the following statement: “By passing this damaging tax bill, congressional Republicans have put the
Following Senate passage of the Republican tax bill, Executive Director Benjamin Orr of the Maryland Center on Economic Policy released the following statement: “Both the Senate and House tax bills are costly new giveaways to the very wealthy and major
By John Fritze Senate Republicans were scrambling Thursday to lock down support for a major tax overhaul that could deliver President Donald J. Trump one of his first legislative victories while potentially cutting — or increasing — the taxes paid
By Emma Kotifica The Washington, D.C. Council proposed a bill Nov. 7 to increase the city’s sales tax to 6.5 percent from 5.75 percent to fund repairs and other expenses for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority as the transit
About 488,000 Marylanders would gain paid sick leave and thousands more would gain new workplace protections under the final version of the Healthy Working Families Act, according to updated analysis from the Maryland Center on Economic Policy. The new report
By John Fritze About 31 percent of Maryland households would pay a higher tax bill and roughly two-thirds would receive a tax cut under a proposal announced by President Donald Trump and Republican leaders in Congress, according to an analysis released Wednesday.
Nearly one-third of Marylanders would see their federal taxes go up while the wealthiest few would get massive tax breaks under the tax framework President Donald Trump and congressional leaders released last week. Almost all Marylanders in the top 1
By John Fritze resident Donald Trump outlined a sweeping plan Wednesday to lower corporate taxes and simplify the rules for individual filers, the first step in what will be a contentious debate over a top White House priority. With GOP
By Nancy Lavin Frederick County continues to enjoy favorable economic conditions compared to the state and nation, according to the latest estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. More county residents benefit from high-paying jobs, evidenced by the household median income
Read the original letter in The Baltimore Sun. We at the Maryland Health Care For All Coalition commend our two U.S. senators, Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, for strongly opposing the disastrous new Senate proposal to gut the Affordable Care Act and deny
