The state’s tax code is pretty much upside-down. Higher income earners should pay a higher tax rate, also known as a progressive income tax. Why? Because they’re the ones who can afford it. Solving ...

Tax policy experts and lawmakers have long circled 2025 as a year to prepare for. What makes it so significant? For one thing, federal COVID money to states is expiring, straining state budgets at the ...

Seven Days is 30, and we need your help to celebrate. With your donation, we’ll stay on track, delivering rigorous reporting on Vermont news and culture. On the front lawn of the Statehouse Wednesday, ...

The minister said any increase in taxes needed to be "fair and progressive" and ultimately be invested in public services.

Heading into Tax Day, if you listen to progressive policymakers for a few minutes, you’ll likely hear that few problems on Earth can’t be solved by “taxing the rich.” Want to nationalize health care?

Southwest Side Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez stopped Gov. JB Pritzker after a Veteran’s Day ceremony in Little Village, demanding the governor explain how he would “tax the rich.” ...