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Taxes Stories Posted in May 2008
Minnesota Outdoors, Arts Groups Start Campaign
Category: Taxes · State: Minnesota · Source: Grand Forks Herald
Minnesotans worried about the future of the state’s natural resources and its cultural institutions will pay more to protect them, predicted advocates of a constitutional amendment directing new tax revenue to those areas. Appearing at a picturesque lakeside park southwest of Minneapolis, the Vote Yes Minnesota coalition Tuesday kicked off its five-month campaign to build support for an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution raising the state sales tax to pay for outdoors initiatives and arts programs.
Activists Push to Repeal State Income Tax
Category: Taxes · State: Massachusetts · Source: Boston Globe
A group of antitax activists launched a campaign over the weekend to abolish the state income tax, setting the stage for a contentious public battle if the measure is added to the ballot this fall. more stories like this After pushing a similar initiative that almost passed six years ago, a group called the Committee for Small Government is back for another round, asking voters to end the income tax and save the average taxpayer $3,600 a year. The group, led by libertarian Carla Howell, is almost certain to gather the 11,000 signatures needed to put a question on the November ballot. To say that state officials are worried about the prospect would be an understatement.
Big Guns Hired In Severance-Tax Fray
Category: Taxes · State: Colorado · Source: Rocky Mountain News
Well-known local political consultants will square off over a ballot initiative that would increase oil and gas tax revenue and create a huge college scholarship fund. David Kenney, an influential political insider who backed Ritter and worked on John Hickenlooper's reelection campaign, will be the campaign manager for the initiative. He said the campaign will be called "A Smarter Colorado" and will be funded by conservation, renewable energy and education advocacy groups. The ballot initiative, introduced last week, would remove a state credit that saves oil and gas firms about $200 million a year in severance taxes. The additional funds would help communities affected by oil and gas drilling, pay for college scholarships and fund water and wildlife projects.
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