HoustonChronicle.com -- Business
The Senate voted Thursday to block a looming tax increase averaging $2,000 for millions of taxpayers after Senate Republicans succeeded in thwarting a Democratic plan to also raise taxes on investors.
ChicagoBusiness.com -- Breaking News
(AP) -- Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan has backed away from a proposed Chicago-area sales tax increase to bail out mass transit. Madigan now says he'll advance legislation modeled on a Republican proposal to redirect state sales tax revenue on gasoline purchases to the area's ...