The Trump administration is expected to allow states to require many Medicaid recipients to work. Some 60% already do, according to a new Kaiser Family Foundation report.
It's always good to inherit money, whatever the tax consequences. But for the lucky few, it will be especially lucrative and tax free over the next eight years.
Even though Maine's residents voted in favors of expanding Medicaid, Republican Governor Paul LePage has said that opening up the program to more poor adults threatens the state's financial stability and that lawmakers shouldn't raise taxes to pay for it.
The Saudi government is trying to cushion the blow of tax hikes and subsidy cuts to avoid a backlash that could threaten its plans to overhaul the economy.
Now that Congress has passed its tax overhaul plan, state budget offices across the country face the daunting task of figuring out what the new law means for their budgets and their citizens' tax burdens.
The highlight of the latest jobs report? Strong gains for the construction and manufacturing sectors. Experts say a hot housing market, the potential for more infrastructure spending and a return of overseas jobs could keep the party going.
The Trump administration wants to open virtually all federal waters to offshore drilling even as his administration pushes to relax regulations designed to prevent a repeat of the devastating BP oil spill.