California tax hikes: voters open to local levy expansions
A Los Angeles Times USC survey shows over 60 percent of registered California voters would permit local officials to seek higher taxes on oil soft drinks cigarettes and liquor. Critics warn the measure would create a one way ratchet boosting local revenues and deepen the state’s costly tax climate.
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Los Angeles Times
University of Southern California
Sacramento
Senate
Darrell Steinberg
Steinberg
Lawmakers and Federal Officials Contact Guide for Texas
A compact list of U S representatives and senators with district and Washington D C office addresses. It includes U S Rep Mike Conaway Randy Neugebauer and Senators John Cornyn Kay Bailey Hutchison plus State Official Rep Tryon Lewis with office locations and phone numbers.
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Mike Conaway
Republican
Midland
Cannon House
Washington DC
Eighth St
Odessa
Desta Drive
Conaway
House
Randy Neugebauer
Lubbock
Cannon
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Russell Senate
Washington, D.C
Hutchison
Senate
Tryon Lewis
West 4Th Street
Austin
Tryon
Let Peace Begin With Me Statement Copy
A brief editorial note proclaims the newspaper’s mission to inform readers so they better promote and preserve freedom. It emphasizes self control as the path to human development, asserting freedom as a divine gift aligned with moral guides and the Declaration of Independence.
The Real Effects of Gambling Across States
Stephen Chapman surveys gambling expansion in Illinois Ohio Maine and Massachusetts noting limited rise in problem gambling. Harvard psychiatrist Howard Shaffer explains that while some increase occurs with new access, the rate of pathological gambling remains roughly stable over 35 years and most problem gambling ties to underlying mental health issues.
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America
Illinois
Ohio
Maine
Massachusetts
Howard Shaffer
Harvard Medical School
Harvard
Ryan Martin
Annual Review of Clinical Psychology
Shaffer
CRC Health Group
United States
U.S
The day the strength of men failed
Bill Wilson of Americans for Limited Government laments Congress vote to raise the debt ceiling. He warns a pending downgrade by credit agencies and criticizes the deal as insufficient to curb spending, urging use of borrowing leverage and deeper cuts.
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Tolkien
Middle Earth
America
U.S
Reuters
CNN International
Dagong
Treasury
Tim Geither
Obama
United States
Reid
Senate
House
S&p
Moody's
White House
Congress
House of Representatives
Washington
Sen
John McCain
Bill Wilson
Americans For Limited Government
Bill
Billwilsonalg
Odessa American urges praise for conserving resources in heat wave
The Odessa American invites comments praising or opposing topics about conserving electricity and water during a drought. Readers may email onletters oada.com and note a thumbs nomination.
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