Brian Davis dodges questions [www.clipsyndicate.com | WIVB CBS 4 Buffalo]
Private and household consumption rebounds in South Korea. (The Trade) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Bloomberg]
A group led by Maine's chapter of the American Lung Association wants state lawmakers to add another dollar onto the tax for a pack of cigarettes. News 8's Steve Minich reports. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WMTW ABC 8 Portland ME]
Senate votes on health care bill 11:00 p.m. 21 Dec. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WAVY NBC 10 Norfolk]
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Tanning salon owner Marc Winner said he feels he's getting burned. He said he’s angry over a proposed 10 percent tanning tax that's just been added to the Senate's health care bill. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WFLD FOX 32 Chicago, IL]
For years a city work crew power-washed the underpasses in Albuquerque once a week but neighbors say that came to a halt three weeks ago, around the time Richard Berry took office. It's leading one man to ask: "Do you know how to get the new mayor to clean the downtown underpasses?" Neighbors along I-25 and Central are complaining about filthy conditions at street level where major streets run underneath the freeway. A brief excursion confirmed their complaints-- besides plenty of pigeon droppings-- dead birds, food wrappers, cigarette butts, and liquor bottles were strewn beneath the underpass. The State Department of Transportation used to pay the city around $460 thousand dollars a year to clean up pigeon dung and litter along the interstates, but because of the statewide budget shortfalls, that funding is no longer available. The department plans to ask the legislature to re-fund the contract with Albuquerque when it meets in January, but chances are slim with hundreds of millions of dollars to cut in state spending. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KOB Albuquerque]
Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry, trying to stave off a $40 million budget hit, Monday asked state legislators not to change a sales-tax law. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KRQE CBS 13 Albuquerque]
Dec. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Deborah Kostroun reports on the performance of the U.S. equity market today. U.S. stocks rose, erasing last week’s loss, as analysts recommended companies from Alcoa Inc. to Intel Corp. and health-care shares surged after Congress delayed a new tax in the proposed industry overhaul. (Source: Bloomberg) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Bloomberg]
If you thought the economy was bad in 2009, you're not alone. But while the Fed did predict declines in employment, income and housing, the last year of this decade was eve worse than they expected. The only good news for 2010 is the worst is likely behind us. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KMSP FOX 9 Minneapolis]
State Comptroller Thomas Dinapoli says schools face a $2 billion shortfall when federal stimulus funds run out. He says districts statewide will face a gap unless the difference is made up by governments or property taxpayers. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WIVB CBS 4 Buffalo]
With a nearly $900 billion health care bill, someone's got to foot the bill. The House and Senate versions of health care reform include a number of increased taxes to do just that, some which might seem a little strange - anything from getting a tan, to pumping insulin, to even buying a prosthetic could end up costing you more. The two current bills include provisions that would tax certain medical devices and the use of indoor tanning services. Taxing the use of tanning beds is a last-minute provision Senate Democrats inserted into their health care overhaul. It imposes a 10-percent sales tax on clients who purchase tanning services. The rationale is that tanning beds create health problems. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WUPW FOX Toledo, OH]
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City Officials: Pittsburgh Mayor Reaches Deal To Table Tuition Tax
City officials said Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl has reached a deal with university leaders which averts the need to impose a first-of-its-kind tax on students. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WTAE ABC 4 Pittsburgh PA]
does the city of albuquerque need its own lobbyist making almost a six-figure salary in washington d-c? at least one city councilor says yes, while another says it's a bad use of money... as the city faces a 12 million dollar budget shortfall. councilors will be addressing the issue tomorrow. jeff maher is live downtown with the details. jeff. john o'donnell, a contracted employee, has been lobbying for the city for more th 15 years. tomorrow, the albuquerque city council will decide whether to renew his contract, but one councilor says his position should be scapped all together. john o'donnell, lobbyist for the city of albuquerque, maintains an office in washington d-c, and gets paid 90- thousand dollars per year from the city. albuquerque is just one of many companies and municipalities that o'donnell lobbies for. he's been without a contract with the city since july. if councilors decide to renew o'donnell's contract, they will then have to decide whether to continue paying him his current salary, or bump him down to 80- thousand dollars per year "i just don't think it's a good use of our money, we have a very good working relationship with our legislators out there in washington and i just think it's kind of a waste of money" city councilor brad winter says for the ten years he's been a councilor -- he hasn't seen o'donnell do much of anything for the city in washington "we should not only not give him a raise, but i think we ought to just cut having a lobbyist in washington" city councilor ken sanchez disagrees, and says o'donnell has helped bring in millions of dollars of federal stimulus money to albuquerque "you've got fifteen years of lobbying experience working in washington d.c. on behalf of the city of albuquerque, i think it makes a big differen when you are working with new legislators, a new u.s. senator to collaborate in bringing resources to albuquerque" we contacted o'donnell tonight in d-c, he says the decision about his future with the city is up to the council, and declined to comment any f
On our show this morning a look back on the year that was. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WTMJ Milwaukee, WI]
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London Banker Exodus to Geneva Runs Into 44% Income Tax: Video
Dec. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Geneva, touted as a haven for London bankers facing heavier U.K. taxes, may lure fewer than predicted because of a housing shortage, crowded schools and a 44 percent income-tax rate. Bloomberg's Elliott Gotkine compares the two cities. (Source: Bloomberg) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Bloomberg]
Just after 1 a.m. Monday, health care reform cleared its toughest remaining hurdle in the senate. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WIVB CBS 4 Buffalo]
Another tax break could be in the works, and it stems from an idea by a Baldwin, North Dakota woman. Back in November, Cheryl Woodcock paid a visit to our nation's capitol to lobby her winning idea of giving people a tax credit for spaying or neutering their pets. She recently returned home and says members of congress... liked the idea. While in DC Woodcock and the Humane Society met with our own Congressional delegation as well as a California Represenative. She lobbied the idea of a 100 dollar tax credit for those willing to have their pet spayed or neutered. She says Representative Pomeroy was interested in the idea, Senator Dorgan was excited and Senator Conrad was ready to get started. (Cheryl Woodcock / Lobbying Bill) "Conrad on the other hand was anxious about getting started on getting some facts and figures and seeing how much it would cost and how far they would want to try the pilot program to see how far they would want to go with it." Woodcock says currently the lawmakers are looking at starting a pilot program to see how well the idea would be received. She says they are still working on compiling information, working out the facts and figures, and deciding where the funding would come from, and how much would be needed. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KXMC CBS Bismarck North ]
Taxpayers may be pleasantly suprised this year, as they receive their property and income tax statements. That's thanks to the 400-million dollar tax relief and reform plan that passed in the legislature this past session. It's estimated that property taxpayers will see an average reduction of between 15 and 19 percent on their property taxes. This reduction comes in the form of lowering the school districts general fund levy cap. Governor John Hoeven says the school districts will not be out any money. The state will be increasing the amount of money it provides to public education. (John Hoeven/Governor of ND)" So very strong commitment, ongoing to funding K12 education, as well as providing ongoing tax relief for the citizens of North Dakota." VO CONTINUES Income tax payers can expect to see an average savings or return of 12-percent. Governor Hoeven says a family with two wage earners who gross 60-80 thousand dollars a year...can expect tax relief of between six and seven hundred dollars. The property tax reduction works out as follows... (John Hoeven/Governor of ND)"For a homeowner that has a home that is worth approximately 150-thousand dollars thats more than 500 dollars in property tax relief." Property tax returns have already been sent out. Income tax returns will be filed between January and April. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KXMC CBS Bismarck North ]
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Good afternoon and thanks for joining us, Catherine Ross has the weekend off. Securing a place to live has been a growing problem for many individuals and families throughout the area- and members of Minot's Housing Authority say the problem will continue to grow, as long as the cost of rent does the same. Each year, the Housing Authority provides rental assistance to hundreds of low income families. Executive Director, Tom Pearson, says as the number of people asking for help and the cost of living has increased, their ability to provide assistance has greatly decreased. A majority of their funding comes from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Pearson says many communities are facing this same dilemma. HUD is currently conducting a survey to determine where fair market rent should be set for our community. Pearson hopes their results will be positive for Minot and its surrounding area. (Tom Pearson, Minot Housing Authority) "As federal programs are being cut, dollars are getting tougher and you're gonna be taking money from one community to put into another, somebody else is going to lose money, and that normally does not happen. But it's going to be an interesting process, we will try to get more dollars coming into our community, but there's no guarantee that we're going to see that." The Minot Housing Authority currently serves over 740 individuals through their rental assistance program, but Pearson says if current trends continue, that number could drop to around 720 by the end of 2010. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KXMC CBS Bismarck North ]
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