- Sep 2, 2010 Report looks at health-care reform's tax credits for small businesses (Richmond Times-Dispatch) The credit phases out as wages go up and employee numbers increase. "The mandate is that you pay 50 percent of the employee premium. more...
- Sep 2, 2010 Oklahoma health plan rates hold steady (The Daily Oklahoman) The revised rates will replace rates the council announced last month. For 2011, state employees and their families may choose health coverage from three HMO providers: CommunityCare, GlobalHealth and PacifiCare. Agencies are required to fund the benefit allowance for all active employees but... more...
- Sep 2, 2010 Rate increase lowered for Oklahoma worker insurance plan (The Daily Oklahoman) The motion failed. No other insurance policy in the state has a $50 co-pay for specialists, Clingman said. more...
- Sep 2, 2010 Patrick won't commit to sales tax rollback (The Boston Globe) But the point is that if we're going to be responsible as leaders and as candidates, then we're going to have to tell the truth to voters. And I keep meeting people who make the same two points, that they want their taxes cut but they don't want their services affected. more...
- Sep 2, 2010 94 Texas employers to get federal aid for retiree healthcare (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) The city of North Richland Hills has a self-insurance fund for both employee and retiree health insurance coverage. more...
- Sep 2, 2010 Senate hopefuls wage hard battle in 1st debate (Los Angeles Times) What she did there counts, so I'm going to keep on telling the truth about it," Boxer said.The candidates also sparred over immigration. Fiorina reiterated her objections to comprehensive immigration reform. more...
- Sep 1, 2010 Hot Lunch At An Aetna Parking Lot (The Hartford Courant) After the tasting, as the final tally was being added up, Flay said little about the food -- so as not to give preference to one over another. A review of the scores reveal that Chinitz came in third place after green papaya soup made by Tritobia Figaroore-White of Plantation, Fla. more...
- Sep 1, 2010 BRIEF (The Kansas City Star) Diane Stafford Sep. 1, 2010 (McClatchy-Tribune Regional News delivered by Newstex) -- Out of work and looking for health insurance alternatives? more...
- Sep 1, 2010 The Philadelphia Inquirer PhillyDeals column (The Philadelphia Inquirer) Vanbreda sales topped 50 million euros last year. 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 Northwood council mulls dropping payroll levy (The Blade) We've taken money from capital improvements and used it as general operating funds. more...
- Sep 1, 2010 Waterville residents asked to offer ideas for spending cuts (The Blade) Guzman said the village cannot continue to borrow as it has. Some of that "borrowing" has been in the form of money diverted from the capital budget into the general fund. Gouttiere suggested the village receive some royalty from the sale of the products, and dissented when council voted to... more...
- Sep 1, 2010 Feds to subsidize health insurance for early retirees (USA Today) Among those taking the federal subsidies are Levi Strauss, United Airlines, Kellogg Co., Mattel, Hewlett-Packard, Dow Chemical and Koch Industries, the second-largest private company in America. Koch Industries owns Brawny paper towels, Dixie cups, Georgia-Pacific lumber, Stainmaster carpet, and... more...
- Sep 1, 2010 West Penn Allegheny Health System chief looks to the future (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) Olivia was apparently referring to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's decision to close UPMC Braddock Hospital in January on three months' notice. Shortly afterward, both Moody's and Standard and Poor's (NYSE:MHP) downgraded the WPAHS bond rating, already at junk status. Dr. Other... more...
- Sep 1, 2010 Dooley releases tax returns (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) Paul Hampel Sep. 1, 2010 (McClatchy-Tribune Regional News delivered by Newstex) -- CLAYTON -- St. more...
- Sep 1, 2010 Contract deal is reached at EMU (Detroit Free Press) They will also receive a onetime $1,000 payment in January that is designed to offset the cost of those higher premiums. Both sides were pleased with the agreement. For example, a person with a family of three to four that now pays nothing toward the premium will pay $1,200. more...
- Sep 1, 2010 New York Lowers 529 Plan Fees (New York Times) Well, the fee cut happens to come at the precise moment that New York’s seven-year contract with the plan manager, Upromise, had been set to expire. He added that he still expected the state to issue the request for proposals. Only New York State taxpayers, however, get a state income tax... more...
- Sep 1, 2010 At lager heads over alcohol tax (The Boston Globe) For a year now, we lager lovers have borne an insufferable tax burden on our broad bellies. As I understand it, that same tax has decimated the state's liquor industry. In the fiscal year before the new tax took effect, the existing excise tax on liquor brought in $71.8 million. more...
- Sep 1, 2010 Cahill committee didn't pay state tax (The Boston Globe) Cahill's campaign said it has paid, in all, about $102,000 in federal taxes on the interest the account has earned since 2002. The federal tax rate is 35 percent on the interest. The state levy is pegged at 5.3 percent.Over the years, Cahill has raised millions of dollars to further his political... more...
- Sep 1, 2010 Judge blocks NY's bid to tax cigarette sales (Newsday) They said the restraining order covered at least two weeks. Aides to Gov. more...
