Opinion
Requiring two-thirds support to pass local taxes for parks, housing, transportation and other public investments is undemocratic. Proposition 5 would lower the threshold to pass a local tax to a more reasonable 55%.
Sept. 20, 2024
Politics
A cap on the federal tax deduction for state and local taxes, known as SALT, was a controversial part of Trump’s 2017 tax overhaul.
Sept. 18, 2024
Business
The Trump administration ended eligibility for overtime pay protection for 8.2 million workers. That makes his proposal to make OT pay tax-free hollow indeed
Sept. 17, 2024
California
A ballot measure that would mandate “a new approach to expand programs that are proven to prevent homelessness and increase housing affordability” is a sales tax increase. But you wouldn’t know it from a flier arriving in mailboxes around the county.
Sept. 16, 2024
Letters to the Editor
Putting a tax on all real estate sales above $5.1 million has put a damper on new apartment construction in Los Angeles.
Trump called for no taxes on overtime pay, his latest economic pitch to voters at a rally in Arizona.
Sept. 12, 2024
Figuring out the ideal time to spend funds from health savings accounts can be tricky. Wait and the nest egg will grow. But wait too long and money is left unspent.
Sept. 15, 2024
After cutting taxes mostly for the rich in his first term, former President Trump says he will help others by exempting tips, overtime and Social Security from taxes.
Google has lost its final legal challenge against a European Union penalty for giving its own shopping recommendations an illegal advantage over rivals in search results, ending a long-running antitrust case that came with a whopping fine.
Sept. 10, 2024
World & Nation
Opening statements begin in the trial of three former Memphis police officers charged in Nichols’ beating death.
Sept. 11, 2024