- Sep 2, 2010 State pursues health-exchange grant (Omaha World Herald) ...health care law is in dispute.He said he believed Nebraskans would pay for medical and educational needs of residents, even if that required a tax increase.Higgins and board members Patricia Timm and Kandy Imes said they would favor a broader resolution expressing the board's concern about... more...
- Sep 1, 2010 Having it both ways on health care (Omaha World Herald) ...the costs of maintaining health insurance for early retirees.A case of playing both sides of the health care issue?Sure, but state leaders offered no apologies for that Tuesday.Gov. Dave Heineman said he remains opposed to the federal health care law and believes an overwhelming majority of... more...
- Sep 1, 2010 Wonkbook: Jobs bill details sketched; unions target boardrooms; new oil reg rules (Washington Post) Meanwhile, an SEC decision expanding shareholder power over corporate boards has led unions to consider installing their supporters on target companies' boards. It's not clear what those tax breaks would target or how much they might cost in lost revenue to the government. That the Reagan and... more...
- Sep 1, 2010 EDITORIAL (The Kansas City Star) So Let Voters Decide--has gathered enough signatures to ask Missourians on Nov. 2 to decree the once-every-five-years votes in the two largest cities. Again, they have no clue. Ellinger and Charton are especially blank on the impact on Kansas City's fees, taxes or basic public services if voters... more...
- Aug 31, 2010 Why health care is different (Washington Post) First, if you don't get good health care, you might die. more...
- Aug 31, 2010 Wonkbook: More jobs bills; Wall Street turns on Obama; the calorie information cometh (Washington Post) Andrew Ross Sorkin tells you why finance turned on Obama. And did you know that health-care reform included a little-noticed provision that will force every eatery with more than 20 locations to post calorie information on their menus? Individuals who work under the table are unlikely to report... more...
- Aug 30, 2010 Sudden layoff can destroy retirement plans:: (The Dallas Morning News) Montanaro said. "If you're younger, you'll want to seek out a private health insurance policy or seek some form of employment that provides health care coverage."You also may be able to hop on your spouse's employer health insurance coverage.Shomer maintained his employer health coverage through... more...
- Aug 29, 2010 The Holdouts (New York Times) They smoked at their desks, or, later, in a smoking lounge. The nicotine patch did nothing; he smoked while wearing it. Davila smoked a few when he went out with friends. more...
- Aug 29, 2010 Insurance perks go further in Sarpy (Omaha World Herald) Douglas and Hall Counties require elected officials and employees to pay a portion of their insurance premiums. Lancaster pays full premiums for elected officials and most employees. more...
- Aug 27, 2010 Quinn suggests tax switch (Chicago Tribune) Monique Garcia and Rick Pearson Aug. 27, 2010 (McClatchy-Tribune Regional News delivered by Newstex) -- Gov. Bill Brady, of Bloomington, who favors unspecified budget cuts over any tax increase to ease the state's cash crunch. more...
- Aug 27, 2010 The Kansas City Star, Mo., Mike Hendricks column (The Kansas City Star) Mission's City Council did, and levy a special tax to fix roads, rather than jack up the property tax, you're demonized by talk radio screamers. E-mailers and bloggers say, "How dare you tax someone's driveway." "I've been accused of destroying small businesses," McConwell said. "This has been... more...
- Aug 26, 2010 Quinn suggests tax switch could happen down the line (Chicago Tribune) Monique Garcia and Rick Pearson Aug. 26, 2010 (McClatchy-Tribune Regional News delivered by Newstex) -- Gov. Bill Brady, of Bloomington, who favors unspecified budget cuts over any tax increase to ease the state's cash crunch. more...
- Aug 26, 2010 ‘Wheel fee' fuels outrage (Omaha World Herald) Because he is a city employee who commutes in from outside the city, a city ordinance requires him to pay Omaha's existing vehicle registration fee, which was increased Tuesday. more...
- Aug 26, 2010 Questions About Setting Up a Will (New York Times) She had several questions: Is a revocable trust better than a will? Randolph, who helped create the Quicken and Nolo programs. Many Californians choose to use revocable trusts for that reason, she said. more...
- Aug 26, 2010 Plan advances to apply 80 percent of health premiums to costs:: (Chicago Tribune) ...care," said Robert Zirkelbach, spokesman for America's Health Insurance Plans, a lobby for large health insurance companies like UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) , Humana Inc. (NYSE:HUM) and Health Care Service Corp., parent of Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in Illinois, Texas, New Mexico and... more...
- Aug 26, 2010 9 Dallas-area employers unite to collect data on health benefits (The Dallas Morning News) Texas Health Strategy Project to help the partners create better health benefit packages for their workforces. They'll do this by collecting more detailed employee health data, reorganizing how they manage benefits and purchasing only the most needed health options to keep workers healthy and... more...
- Aug 26, 2010 Dan Seals and Robert Dold disclose finances in 10th District House race (Chicago Tribune) His parents bought the Kenilworth house that Dold said he rents from them for $10,000 a year, plus property taxes. His mother, Judy, is chairwoman. In 2004, Dold bought a Racine exterminator business. The Dold family paid about $52,000 in federal income taxes, and the Seals family about $30,000. more...
- Aug 26, 2010 'Those of us who work on children's issues are very depressed' (Washington Post) Most industrialized countries have a child care system. I saw some new figures from the National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies (NACCRRA). They keep studying child care in America. They have these child care centers in federal buildings all over the country. more...
- Aug 26, 2010 Exclusive (The Dallas Morning News) Texas employers have formed a partnership to help each other get a grip on rising health care costs. The employers are Archon Group, Brinker International (NYSE:EAT) , the cities of McKinney and Mesquite, Energy Future Holdings, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Haggar Clothing, Interstate... more...
- Aug 26, 2010 Wonkbook: Bernanke expected to announce policy; risky bets allowed; SEC empowers shareholders (Washington Post) Meanwhile, despite FinReg, banks will still be allowed to make risky bets that could destabilize the economy at large. Simpson, who turns 79 next week, should resign or be fired. It did not, however, lead to an explosion in corporate investment. more...
