Georgia lawmakers vowed to restrain tax breaks. But the governor's veto saved a data-center break | Georgia Public Broadcasting
Georgia lawmakers vowed they were going to rein in tax breaks for businesses this year, but their efforts came to nothing. Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday vetoed a bill to pause for two years a sales tax exemption the state gives for building and equipping computer data centers.
Justice Department expected to file antitrust suit against Live Nation, owner of Ticketmaster | CNN Business
The Justice Department and several states are expected to file a lawsuit as soon as Thursday against Live Nation Inc, citing alleged antitrust violations at least in part due to the market dominance of the company’s Ticketmaster unit, a person briefed on the planned legal action said.
The Wealth of Billionaires: Where It Came From, Where It Is, and Why It Matters | The Heritage Foundation
Is the economy a zero-sum game? When the rich get richer, does that come at the expense of everyone else? Much political discourse is predicated on this idea. The common term “wealth distribution,” for example, invokes the idea that there is a fixed quantity of money that policymakers must decide how to divvy up.
All that 'checkout charity' adds up. Domino's plans $174 million from it for St. Jude hospital
The world’s top-selling pizza chain is betting big on the generosity of its customers. And they are not alone. Domino’s recently pledged $174 million over the next ten years to benefit St.
The Net Worth Of Every American President From Washington To Biden - 24/7 Wall St.
This Independence Day, Americans celebrate the founding of our country, and the people who founded it. This includes several of the men who would become president: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, John Adams, and of course, George Washington. These individuals who made our country what it is today also happened to be some of […]
USDA ERS - Dollar Store Entry Affects Rural Grocery Stores More Than Urban
Using proprietary data, researchers from USDA, Economic Research Service, North Dakota State University, and the University of Connecticut found that the entry of dollar stores had a more significant impact on independent grocers in rural census tracts than in urban ones.
Locked In, Priced Out: How Prison Commissary Price-Gouging Preys on the Incarcerated
The Appeal's 9-month investigation uncovered prison commissaries’ exploitative, inconsistent systems with inside prices up to five times higher than in the community and markups as high as 600 percent.
Bob Menendez: What to know about the New Jersey Democrat’s trial | CNN Politics
A sitting US senator faces a weekslong trial over charges of taking bribes including gold bars, cash and a luxury car to, among other things, help push US aid and weapons to a foreign government and stop a federal case against one of his co-defendants.