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How the housing bill would help
$300 billion in loan guarantees for mortgages refinanced to make homeowner payments affordable. $3.9 billion in grants to the hardest-hit communities for buying and fixing foreclosed property. $15 billion in housing tax breaks, including for low-...Tags: Freddie Mac, Mortgages, Real Estate Buyers, Fannie Mae, Financial and Business Services
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Both candidates' plans raise deficit, tax group says
Los Angeles TimesThe competing tax plans laid out by Barack Obama and John McCain would both add trillions of dollars to the national debt and could add to the tax system's complexity, a nonpartisan tax research group concluded Wednesday in a newly released report....Tags: Political Candidates, Elections, John McCain, Barack Obama, Personal Income
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House Responds to Housing Crisis
Los Angeles TimesThe House approved a sweeping plan Wednesday that responds to the most serious housing crisis since the Great Depression by providing a federal backstop for struggling mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and aid to homeowners facing foreclosure....Tags: Sam Johnson, Texas, Nancy Pelosi, Fannie Mae, House
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Lake Bluff house-church tax case to get state's attorney's help
Chicago Tribune reporterFinancial investigators with the Lake County state's attorney's office plan to assist the village of Lake Bluff in its appeal of a property-tax exemption the state granted last month to a resident who contends he turned his lakefront mansion into a...Tags: George Michael, Shore Acres, Church and State Relations, Lake Bluff
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Still stalled
Now, weren't those back-ups on I-64 fun this weekend? Great for tourism, and what a grand message to send to the business world: Visit the Peninsula and watch the bumper in front of you. The General Assembly has met repeatedly over multiple years, in...Tags: Virginia, Timothy M. Kaine, Metal and Mineral, Sales, Fuel-efficient Cars
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Rebates Make Sense
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative will essentially impose a "green" tax on power plant operators based on greenhouse gas emissions from their fossil fuel-burning plants. This tax will be passed on to consumers in the form of higher electric bills....Tags: Government, Global Warming, Jodi Rell, Executive Branch, Personal Income
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Chicago school officials to dip into reserves to fund budget
Chicago Tribune reporterChicago Public Schools leaders won't ask homeowners to pay more in property taxes this year and instead will raid the district's reserves by $100 million, cut hundreds of non-classroom jobs and streamline bus routes in a move that could mean new start...Tags: Richard M. Daley, Schools, Heads of State, Chicago Public Schools, Government
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Grimaldi's re-opens after tax flap
anthony.destefano@newsday.comGrimaldi's, the Brooklyn eatery renowned for its tasty pizza and long lines, was shuttered for several hours yesterday while it tussled over dough, said a state spokesman. For two years the pizzeria, tucked under the Brooklyn Bridge, has been embroiled...Tags: Food and Dining Culture, Brooklyn Bridge, Williamsburg
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Iowa lawmakers urge federal tax relief
Iowa's entire congressional delegation has joined other members of Congress in introducing a nearly $4 billion plan for federal tax relief for flood, tornado and severe storm victims. Sen. Charles Grassley, a Republican, and Sen. Tom Harkin, a Democrat,...Tags: National Government, Government, Kansas, Indiana, Missouri
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Failed Dillon recall effort tries again
A taxpayer who wants to recall Democratic House Speaker Andy Dillon is trying to revive the failed effort in federal court. State election officials ruled that not enough valid voter signatures were turned in by recall supporters to put the issue on the...Tags: Political Candidates, Elections, Regional Elections, Referenda, Local Authority
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