Region Briefs
NATIONAL EPISCOPAL HEAD Bishop to meet at St. James Church Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold, nationwide head of the Episcopal Church, will hold services today at 11:30 a.m. at…
Coalition Proposes Simpler Tax System
WASHINGTON -- The bewildering federal income tax system should be replaced with something simpler and far less burdensome, a coalition of interest groups and two senior House Republicans said Thursday.
New Air Rules Already Help City
Stringent new environmental restrictions on Houston are already paying off for Corpus Christi. On Wednesday, the day that the state approved the restrictions, H.E. Butt Grocery Co. scheduled an…
Federal Income Tax Overhaul Mulled
The bewildering federal income tax system should be replaced with something simpler and far less burdensome, a coalition of interest groups and two senior House Republicans said Thursday. Like previous…
New Effort Promised to Overhaul Federal Income Tax Laws
The bewildering federal income tax system should be replaced with something simpler and far less burdensome, a coalition of interest groups and two senior House Republicans said Thursday. Like previous…
Viewpoints
Trolleys a first-order folly The Metropolitan Transit Authority's plan of laying "streetcar tracks" down the middle of Main Street is a folly of the first order. Tracks are…
Capitol Hill News Conference to Unveil Broad-Based Coalition on Tax Reform
News Advisory: As federal budget surpluses accumulate in Washington amidst record-high tax burdens and mounting public frustration with the current Tax Code, this week more than 15…
Robbins the First to Enter Open Race
JUPITER - A 30-year-old Highwood Circle man has announced plans to run for the seat Tom McCarthy plans to leave when his term expires in the spring. "I believe…
Citizens for a Sound Economy Releases Taxpayer Alert on Cost of Palm Beach Recount
Citizens for a Sound Economy today issued a Taxpayer Alert to its more than 180,000 grassroots activists advising that the election vote recount is costing Palm Beach County taxpayers $25,000…
Poll: Environment Worries Texans
Fewer than one in five Texans think their local environment has gotten better over the last 10 years - and one-third think it has gotten worse, according to a Scripps…