Duke University and Duke University Health System can ensure that the tax burden is more fairly distributed and more people in our city share in our growing prosperity.
The term "allowance" may make you think of money a parent gives to a child. But married partners sometimes use it, too. Here's what to try instead.
Cash-strapped and cautious broadcasters may be able to de-risk their scripted commissions and bring down their development and writing costs by turning to the formats market, according to Leona Connell, chief commercial officer at France’s Newen Connect
Jac Mullen We have a choice: We can allow Big Tech to solve the problem with invasive brain technology. Or we can let educators teach students how to pay attention.
As the legislative session unfolded in Indianapolis, a theme emerged – the government must be more accountable to the people. Gov. Eric Holcomb's recent signing of a suite of new bills ensures that Indiana’s courts and executive agencies are serving their proper roles and not abusing their power. Hoosiers across the state will benefit from these reforms. House Bill 1003, brought by Rep. Gregory Steuerwald, ensures the deck is not stacked in favor of government...
Amidst a decline in traditional democratic structures and financial systems, cryptocurrencies emerge as a revitalizing force, offering a new form of accountability and transparency that could potentially restore public institutions. Cryptocurrency Might Be the Last Hope for a Crumbling Democratic System It’s become clear that democracy is in trouble, especially after the scale of disasters […]
Financial literacy is the least expensive and most effective tool for community economic development in existence, writes John Hope Bryant, yet we don't use it.
It is folklore that middle-class Americans received perpetual relief in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. Here's how to prepare for changes on the horizon.
Main Streets where everyone knows your name, tight-knit communities that come together to share and solve problems, and backroads that wind through crop fields as far as the eye can see. These are only a few examples of what made my experience growing up in small-town Iowa – and all those in rural communities across the country – such a special one. Unfortunately, more and more of our rural friends feel left behind and disconnected from a shared future of progress with their...
The last several elections demonstrate that Iowans support the tax relief efforts of Gov. Kim Reynolds and those legislators who have voted to cut taxes. Iowa’s legislature continued the tax cut momentum late last week, by passing the fourth round of income tax reforms in recent years. This new legislation will push Iowa’s personal income tax down to a single, flat rate of 3.8 percent in 2025, delivering more than $1 billion of tax relief over the next six years. Further, the...
Louisiana’s lawmakers are working tirelessly to write our comeback story and revive our economy. Meanwhile, the Biden administration’s January decision to hit pause on liquefied natural gas (LNG) export projects has been a major setback for our state’s economy and job market. The administration claims the pause would allow the government to take a step back and have a “hard look” at the impact of LNG on our economy and environment. But Louisiana families know the impact of a...
Economists Richard Vedder and Lowell Gallaway contend that “the seven years from the autumn of 1922 to the autumn of 1929 were arguably the brightest period in the economic history of the United States.” This decade is often described as the “Roaring Twenties” or “Coolidge Prosperity” for the significant economic growth and entrepreneurship that occurred. It is also a decade of controversy, and many economists and historians continue to debate whether or not the seeds of the...