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Elliott hits Lamonts on several counts, but the main one is the governor’s resistance to follow Massachusetts and adopt a 4% surtax on annual incomes exceeding $1 million or so.

— Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2026
Kansas also imposes a corporate surtax that Missouri does not.

— Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026

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The bipartisan package allows the president to impose tariffs on the world’s top five purchasers of Russian oil or natural gas, including China and India.

— Mary Clare Jalonick, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
The facility, which would be the first of its kind built in the US since 1980, could help ease Washington’s concerns about access to the metal, and gives EGA a break from tariffs on its exports to the US.

— Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2026

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Seemingly more significantly, Missourians voted on amendments that would have limited the initiative petition process and eliminated the state’s income tax — both of which were soundly rejected.

— Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2026
Players on teams in states with no income tax, like Florida or Texas, enjoy a considerable advantage, while those in high-tax states such as California or New York face substantial liabilities.

— Nathan Goldman, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

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Lazio’s deal with Polymarket, which is unlicensed by Italy’s customs, excises and monopolies agency, is compliant under the same criteria.

— James Horncastle, New York Times, 28 July 2026
Yet his progressive tax proposals sat atop a federal revenue system that was still heavily dependent on excises.

— Joseph Thorndike, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

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Enrollment in that program is automatic for all gig workers and taxi drivers, with benefits paid for through a passenger surcharge collected instantly via fares.

— Jacob Lederman, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026
After that master list was published, around 17,000 homeowners received letters warning them that the city had identified them as subject to the tax and needed to contest the finding or get hit with the surcharge.

— Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026

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