Report: Coal industry costs state government – Lexington Herald-Leader
FRANKFORT — The coal industry takes $115 million more from Kentucky’s state government annually in services and programs than it contributes in taxes, according to a study to be released Thursday. The Berea-based Mountain Association for Community
Open source webERP takes on the big guns – Industry Standard
ERP software may be largely the realm of large enterprises, but little known open source application, webERP, is becoming more popular and fits into businesses of all sizes. WebERP is released under the GPL and now averages more than 100 downloads
Building America With Obama Bonds Signals Munis Losing Appeal – Bloomberg
June 25 (Bloomberg) — Barack Obama may be the worst thing that ever happened to the tax-exempt bond market and, so far, states and municipalities are loving it. Build America bonds, taxable securities that pay 1 percentage point more in interest
Report: Coal costly for Kentucky’s state budget – Daily Independent
BEREA — Kentucky spends a significant amount of public resources every year to subsidize the coal industry, according to a new study by the Mountain Association for Community Economic Development (MACED). The report finds that coal industry
VIEWPOINT/Pat Keogh, Phil Griffin/Fernandina Beach – News Leader
Now is the time to suspend city impact fees and make significant changes whenever they Suspend impact fees, reexamine policies are reinstated. There should not be much question that our city economy is suffering and it seems like the historic
Brewer won’t budge on sales tax stance – Mohave Daily News
SCOTTSDALE – Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said Wednesday she is holding firm on her demand that a budget agreement with the Legislature include asking voters to approve a sales tax increase. Asked whether she could sign a budget without her proposed one
Tax Credit Gets Credit – Modesto Bee
State tax credits for new home buyers fueled demand and sparked sales this spring. Now California home builders want lawmakers to triple the number of homes eligible for the credit to stimulate construction. “They need to keep throwing wood on the
WSJ: Cap-and-tax a great deal … if you don’t measure the costs – Hotair.com
Democrats have hailed the CBO estimates of the costs per family of their new cap-and-trade carbon-emissions scheme, which show an impact of only $175 annually. What they don’t tell voters, the Wall Street Journal explains , is that those costs
Report: City’s finances healthy – Homer News
Despite financial impediments like the downturn in the national economy and skyrocketing fuel prices, the city of Homer’s overall financial situation ended up better than expected last year, according to a comprehensive annual report filed by the
Report: Coal industry costs state government – Lexington Herald-Leader
FRANKFORT — The coal industry takes $115 million more from Kentucky’s state government annually in services and programs than it contributes in taxes, according to a study to be released Thursday. The Berea-based Mountain Association for Community
Open source webERP takes on the big guns – Industry Standard
ERP software may be largely the realm of large enterprises, but little known open source application, webERP, is becoming more popular and fits into businesses of all sizes. WebERP is released under the GPL and now averages more than 100 downloads
Building America With Obama Bonds Signals Munis Losing Appeal – Bloomberg
June 25 (Bloomberg) — Barack Obama may be the worst thing that ever happened to the tax-exempt bond market and, so far, states and municipalities are loving it. Build America bonds, taxable securities that pay 1 percentage point more in interest
Report: Coal costly for Kentucky’s state budget – Daily Independent
BEREA — Kentucky spends a significant amount of public resources every year to subsidize the coal industry, according to a new study by the Mountain Association for Community Economic Development (MACED). The report finds that coal industry
VIEWPOINT/Pat Keogh, Phil Griffin/Fernandina Beach – News Leader
Now is the time to suspend city impact fees and make significant changes whenever they Suspend impact fees, reexamine policies are reinstated. There should not be much question that our city economy is suffering and it seems like the historic
Brewer won’t budge on sales tax stance – Mohave Daily News
SCOTTSDALE – Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said Wednesday she is holding firm on her demand that a budget agreement with the Legislature include asking voters to approve a sales tax increase. Asked whether she could sign a budget without her proposed one
Tax Credit Gets Credit – Modesto Bee
State tax credits for new home buyers fueled demand and sparked sales this spring. Now California home builders want lawmakers to triple the number of homes eligible for the credit to stimulate construction. “They need to keep throwing wood on the
WSJ: Cap-and-tax a great deal … if you don’t measure the costs – Hotair.com
Democrats have hailed the CBO estimates of the costs per family of their new cap-and-trade carbon-emissions scheme, which show an impact of only $175 annually. What they don’t tell voters, the Wall Street Journal explains , is that those costs
Report: City’s finances healthy – Homer News
Despite financial impediments like the downturn in the national economy and skyrocketing fuel prices, the city of Homer’s overall financial situation ended up better than expected last year, according to a comprehensive annual report filed by the