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Walters: Becerra Slants Two Ballot Measure Titles

July 27, 2020

California’s attorneys general, the state’s top legal officers, have developed a bad habit in recent years — skewing the official titles of ballot measures. Since all have been Democrats for the past two decades, that’s meant writing favorable titles for me...

Walters: Appeals Court Makes Tax Increases Easier

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

July 23, 2020

The March primary election was rough on advocates of new taxes. Hundreds of tax hikes — sales and parcel taxes, mostly — were placed on the ballot by cities, counties and school districts whose finances were...

Bill Would Add Taxpayers to List for Juries in California

AP News

July 16, 2020

SACRAMENTO — Paying taxes in California could make you eligible for jury duty under a proposal backed by some prominent state lawmakers on Wednesday who worry the people deciding criminal and civil cases are “w...

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Income Tax Filing Deadline Moved to July 15 From April 15

AP News

March 20, 2020

WASHINGTON — The income tax filing date has been pushed back from April 15, to July 15, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said. Mnuchin announced the decision in a tweet Friday saying that at President Donald Trump’s direction “we are moving Tax Day from Ap...

Amazon Is Big … Really, Really Big; Workforce Hits 500k

AP News

February 2, 2020

NEW YORK — Need more proof that Amazon is big? It came this week. Amazon's U.S. workforce has topped 500,000 for the first time, up 43% from the year before and more than triple what it was five years ago, t...

Budget Deficit to Break $1 Trillion Despite Strong Economy

AP News

January 28, 2020

WASHINGTON — An annual congressional report says the U.S. budget deficit is likely to burst through the symbolic $1 trillion barrier this year despite a healthy economy. “As a result of those deficits, feder...

Walters: Slanting Ballot Measure Titles

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

October 28, 2019

Article II Section 10(d) of California’s constitution is brief, to wit: “Prior to circulation of an initiative or referendum petition for signatures, a copy shall be submitted to the attorney general who shall prepare a title and summary of the measure as p...

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Just Like Texas, California Is Rated ‘Tax Friendly’

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October 8, 2019

Kiplinger, a personal finance publication, has assembled a detailed summary of state taxes on income, property, and everything you buy. While not landing among the Top 10 most-tax friendly states, California...

Hidden in Plain Sight: California Illegal Pot Market Booming

AP News

August 16, 2019

LOS ANGELES — California's struggling legal cannabis industry is expected to grow this year to $3.1 billion, but it remains outmatched by a thriving illegal market ripe with bargains, a report concluded Thursda...

Newsom Signs Tax-Returns Law Aimed at Trump

AP News

July 30, 2019

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law Tuesday requiring presidential candidates to release their tax returns to appear on the state's primary ballot, a move aimed squarely at Republican President Donald Trump. Trump could avoid the requirements by cho...

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Walters: Becerra Slants Two Ballot Measure Titles

Walters: Appeals Court Makes Tax Increases Easier

Bill Would Add Taxpayers to List for Juries in California

Income Tax Filing Deadline Moved to July 15 From April 15

Amazon Is Big … Really, Really Big; Workforce Hits 500k

Budget Deficit to Break $1 Trillion Despite Strong Economy

Walters: Slanting Ballot Measure Titles

Just Like Texas, California Is Rated ‘Tax Friendly’

Hidden in Plain Sight: California Illegal Pot Market Booming

Newsom Signs Tax-Returns Law Aimed at Trump

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