Category Archives: state legislature
Illinois Eyes 30 Cent Gas Tax Hike, Chicago Faces Yet Another Property Tax Hike
Authored by Mike Shedlock via TheMaven.net/MishTalk, The Illinois legislature is in recess right now. Other than disbanding the body, that's the best place for them. When they return, they are going after your pocketbook in the form a gas tax hike. Not to be outdone, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is pondering property tax hikes. In […]
Amazon Has Received 238 Proposals For The Company’s Second Headquarters
Just days after we reported that in the mad dash by virtually every American city to become Amazon’s second headquarters, in which some such as New Jersey offered as much as $7 billion in state and city tax credits, today Amazon announced that that it has received 238 proposals from “cities and regions in 54 […]
Judge Blocks Texas Sanctuary City Law; Finds Mandatory Enforcement Of Federal Law Is ‘Unconstitutional’
Back in May Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott signed into law a measure to punish so-called “sanctuary cities,” despite pleas from some of the police departments of cities like Austin to halt the bill they said would hinder their ability to fight crime. You know, because enforcing laws tends to ‘hinder’ the crime-fighting process. Per […]
“We’re All A ‘Walking Illinois’ Now”
Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, Who needs Russia when the Tweety-Bird-in-Chief is hacking his own presidency into a global joke? Or at least it might be a joke if the USA weren’t such a menace to international order, and to itself, by the way. Interestingly, the 25th amendment allows for the removal of […]
L.A. To Worsen Housing Shortage With New Rent Controls
Authored by Ryan McMaken via Mises Institute, Los Angeles, home to one of the least affordable housing markets in North America, is now proposing to expand rent control to “fix” its housing problem. As with all price control schemes, rent control will serve only to make housing affordable to a small sliver of the population while rendering […]
Ruled by DC: Get The Feds Out Of Western Lands
Submitted by Ryan McMaken via The Mises Institute, In the final days of his administration, President Obama has decided that with the stroke of pen, he shall further consolidate direct federal control over lands within Western states. Specifically, Obama created the Bear Ears National Monument and the Gold Butte National Monument in Utah and Nevada, […]