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.
Houston artist David McGee explains why a film about the famed Italian artist is his choice for the next "Movies Houstonians Love" screening from MFAH.
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.
This holiday’s opportunities for interfaith connection come at a particularly crucial time.
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 […]
Charlie Puth: I enjoy his mournful and angelic singing on that one Fast & Furious Wiz Khalifa song. Otherwise, I couldn’t tell you much else, other than that the singer-songwriter once contributed a crucially-important two-word phrase to the modern vernacular: “I’m hungies.” Today, Puth is back in the news, after being namechecked on the title track of Taylor Swift’s new album, The Tortured Poets Department: "You smoked then ate seven bars of chocolate We declared Charlie Puth should be a bigger...
Charlie Puth: I enjoy his mournful and angelic singing on that one Fast & Furious Wiz Khalifa song. Otherwise, I couldn’t tell you much else, other than that the singer-songwriter once contributed a crucially-important two-word phrase to the modern vernacular: “I’m hungies.” Today, Puth is back in the news, after being namechecked on the title track of Taylor Swift’s new album, The Tortured Poets Department: "You smoked then ate seven bars of chocolate We declared Charlie Puth should be a bigger...
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...