Chicago politicians seek new taxes, fees
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Life in America's third-largest city is already expensive: Motorists pay some of the highest gas prices in the nation, and shoppers get hit with sales taxes higher than those in New York or Los Angeles. Now it could get even worse.
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg keeps saying he's not a presidential candidate, but analysts are calling his new plan to extend a $1 billion property tax cut a shrewd political move if he does make a bid for the Oval Office.
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After raising record sums to win high office, the region's politicians are preparing to party -- and again looking for someone to pick up the costs.
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The New York attorney general is pursuing reports of payoffs that may increase coverage costs for tens of millions.
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U.S. gasoline taxes should be raised at least 25 cents over five years to pay for upgrades to highways, bridges and other transportation networks, a congressionally appointed panel recommended on Tuesday.
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RICHMOND, Dec. 14 -- Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) on Thursday proposed spending an additional $500 million next year on transportation projects but said that the one-time expense would do little to solve the state's worsening traffic problems unless the General Assembly agrees to raise taxes or fees.
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People with homes worth Â£1m or more should face a new tax, says Lib Dems  treasury spokesman Vince Cable.
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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Thursday he was "committed" to a $1.25 billion tax rebate and unveiled high-tech improvements to city services, as speculation mounts he will run for president.
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By Lee Bergquist, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  Feb. 15--Gov. Jim Doyle's proposal to provide more funding for a state land purchase program will heap an estimated $1.6 billion in new costs on taxpayers in the next 10 years of the initiative.
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By Laura Figueroa, The Miami Herald  Feb. 18--Members of the Miami Lakes Town Council were back to a familiar discussion point at Tuesday night's council meeting: the fight to eliminate the county mitigation fee.
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Some U.S. lawmakers want wireless networks to be opened up to new devices and applications, and they questioned expensive early termination fees on wireless service contracts.
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CHICAGO The Chicago Cubs have forked over more than 67-hundred dollars in penalties for renovating Wrigley Field without the necessary city permits.
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House Democrats looking to spare millions of middle-class families from the expensive bite of the alternative minimum tax are considering adding a surcharge of 4 percent or more to the tax bills of the nation's wealthiest households.
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New York state voters oppose a plan by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to impose fees on drivers in Manhattan, but they would support it if the money raised staves off hikes in tolls and transit fares, according to a poll released on Tuesday.
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Leading Democrats introduced legislation that would more than double taxes on most of the income earned by partnerships.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton is accusing rival Barack Obama of proposing a $1 trillion tax increase with a plan to require high income earners to pay more Social Security taxes. Clinton outlines the charge, which she previously has made, in a mailing to voters ahead of Saturday's presidential caucus.
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Democratic presidential rivals called for higher taxes on the wealthiest Americans and on some corporations Thursday and said any thought of balancing the federal budget would have to wait.