How One Duo Uses California Voting Rights Act to Flip Red Cities—With Your Tax Dollars

CA Billionaire Tax to Appear on November Ballot

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rxnfsVmKyyo California voters will decide this November whether to approve a new tax targeting the state'...

Even Gavin Newsom knows his wealth-tax flip-flop won’t work

Gov. Gavin Newsom seems to understand the folly of a wealth tax in California, yet he’s suddenly pushing one for the whole nation. Sorry, Gav — you had it right the first time: It’s bad for your state and for the country. Newsom has opposed a California ballot measure that would slap a one-time []

New Tax Stupidity: Will the Last Productive Person to Leave California, Please Turn Out the Lights?

New Tax Stupidity: Will the Last Productive Person to Leave California, Please Turn Out the Lights?

California Voters Will Decide If Local Taxes Should Be Harder to Approve

California voters will decide in November if the state will make it more difficult for cities to raise local taxes similar to Los Angeles’ 3-year-old Measure ULA “mansion tax” via the ballot box. State lawmakers on Thursday advanced a measure that would require some special taxes to receive support from two-thirds of voters, rather than []

Tech billionaires pour $120M into killing California’s wealth tax

Silicon Valley’s wealthiest are spending heavily to stop California’s proposed billionaire tax, according to a Business Insider tally of campaign filings. Opponents have poured more than 120m into sinking or blunting the measure, roughly four times the 31m raised by its union backers. Proposition 40 would impose a one-time 5 tax on residents and trusts worth over [] This story continues at The Next Web

Voters in deep blue California are souring on ballot measures that add new taxes

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California is a blue state, and one of the manifestations of its political orientation has been a tolerance for one of the nation’s highest levels of taxation. The state’s tax rates on retail sales and personal and corporate incomes are among the highest []

Direct US stocks or GIFT City? Which saves more tax

Direct US stocks or GIFT City? Which saves more tax

California’s Biggest Tax Hike Is Mike McGuire’s Blueprint

Gavin Newsom and corrupt Sacramento Democrats just approved “the largest tax increase in state history,” including new taxes on software downloads and raising health insurance premiums. Mike McGuire didn’t just cheer on California’s failed formula, he voted for it: higher taxes, higher prices, and bigger government. That’s why McGuire refuses to call out Gavin Newsom’s record and [] The post California’s Biggest Tax Hike Is Mike McGuire’s Blueprint appeared first on NRCC.

California’s billionaire tax proposal heads to voters as Newsom pushes national wealth tax

California voters will decide whether the state’s billionaires should face a 5 net-worth tax in November after Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) opposition to the idea failed to stop it from getting on the ballot. The ballot measure will decide if the state should impose a one-time 5 tax on its billionaire residents, an idea that []

California’s wealthy are trading the Golden State for the Golden Nugget

California's 13.3 top income tax rate drives residents to Nevada, where zero state income tax and lower costs offer a compelling financial alternative.

What to know about California’s billionaire tax measure

Millions in opposition spending from Silicon Valley, a counterproposal from Sacramento and dissent among the state’s most powerful labor unions: Here’s how California’s controversial billionaire tax made it on the ballot, and what it could mean come November. The post What to know about California’s billionaire tax measure appeared first on MS NOW.

Move Indigo - Yes, New Yorkers with second homes in the Empire State can choose where they want to vote

New York state law allows citizens with dual residences to choose where they want to vote.

Meet The Members Of Congress Who Want To Turn Back Clock 100 Years On American Institution

Members of Congress are pushing to repeal the 17th Amendment and elect senators the way the Constitution originally decreed. Nine GOP House lawmakers have co-signed a joint resolution introduced by Republican Texas Rep. Keith Self to repeal the amendment that mandates that U.S. senators be chosen by direct election. If the resolution passes and is []

California’s Billionaire Tax Is Officially Headed to the Ballot—and Inc. 5000 Founders Are Already Planning Their Exit

Here’s where top CEOs say they’ll move next.

San Francisco Trans March Turns on One of California's Most Radical Progressive Democrat

San Francisco Trans March Turns on One of California's Most Radical Progressive Democrat

Equalization Board agrees to apply tax cap while legal battle unfolds

The agreement, granted by a district court, is designed to minimize disruptions to Wyoming’s tax system. The post Equalization Board agrees to apply tax cap while legal battle unfolds appeared first on WyoFile .

The 'Florida Flip' for Roth Conversions: How to Use a No-Tax State to Lower RMDs

The 'Florida Flip' for Roth Conversions: How to Use a No-Tax State to Lower RMDs

“Taxpayers Got Stuck Footing the Bill”: Reporter Questions Cost of Southern California Sidewalk Project

A video shared on X is drawing attention after a reporter questioned the cost of a sidewalk project in San Bernardino County, California, claiming taxpayers spent about 1 million on a small section of concrete. In a news report posted to X, a woman shares how a controversial tax project made very little difference in Sign up to receive the Daily Dot’s Internet Insider newsletter for urgent news from the frontline of online. The post “Taxpayers Got Stuck Footing the Bill”: Reporter Questions Cost of Southern California Sidewalk Project appeared first on The Daily Dot.

Billionaire Wealth Tax Headed to the California Ballot

Billionaire Wealth Tax Headed to the California Ballot Ira Sun, 06/28/2026 - 23:34

Pritzker doubled your gas tax and is sitting on the money

The law promised major infrastructure improvements, but the state’s roads aren’t in any better shape than when it took effect seven years ago. The post Pritzker doubled your gas tax and is sitting on the money appeared first on Illinois Policy.

9 GOP House members propose ending direct election of senators

Members of Congress are pushing to repeal the 17th Amendment and elect senators the way the Constitution originally decreed. Nine GOP House lawmakers have co-signed a joint resolution introduced by Republican Texas Rep. Keith Self to repeal the amendment that mandates that U.S. senators be chosen by direct election. If the resolution passes and is []...Click to read more

Burnham wins backing for land tax and stamp duty reform

Radical overhaul of property taxes such as council tax and stamp duty under consideration

July 1 tax grab about to take effect across Washington, and you didn’t get a vote

A wave of new Washington tax laws takes effect July 1, hitting data centers, mortgage lenders, estates, and local property owners. Here's what changes.

What a Miles Bridges extension could look like for the Suns

Phoenix has two extension paths, and both carry different financial consequences.

Florida Property Taxes: State Control vs. Cities and Counties, Explained by Doug Wheeler

Florida Property Tax: State-Level Control vs. County and City-Level Control Explained. Ed Dean interviewed Doug Wheeler, Director of the George Gibbs Center for Economic Prosperity at the James Madison Institute (JMI), who advocates for structural property tax reform in Florida.

Newsom calls for "ECONOMIC RESET" as he pushes National Billionaire Tax

The deadline has come and gone, there will be 14 propositions on the November California ballot, among them, Voter ID, CEQA reform, and the controversial Billionaire Wealth Tax that aims to impose a one-time 5% tax on the wealth of billionaires in the state of California. Governor Newsom has come out against the tax, warning it may cause billionaires to flee the state, taking their tax revenue with them. However, as the ballot measure now heads to California voters in November, Newsom reacting in an unexpected way, calling for a national Billionaire tax instead, saying the nation needs an "economic reset." With more on the ballot battle, Cher Calvin is joined by "Inside California Politics" host Nikki Laurenzo. Laurenzo also discusses the way the billionaire tax is dividing the Democratic party, the meeting between Governor Newsom and his assumed successor Xavier Becerra, and the latest on the race for Los Angeles Mayor as Karen Bass and Nithya Raman gear up for a heated campaign. June 26, 2026. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/ktla?sub_confirmation=1

California Gov. Newsom Calls Wealth Gap A ‘Five-Alarm Fire,’ Demands Tax On Billionaires

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has called for a comprehensive overhaul of the American economic system, proposing a “national billionaires’ tax” and a “true economic reset” to prevent the consolidation of inherited wealth. In a Substack post titled “It’s Time For a National Billionaires’ Tax and a New Social Compact,” Newsom argued that federal, corporate, and [] California Gov. Newsom Calls Wealth Gap A ‘Five-Alarm Fire,’ Demands Tax On Billionaires

No deal: California billionaire tax heads to expensive November ballot brawl

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A proposed 5 tax on billionaires will appear on Californians’ ballots this November after negotiations to sideline the measure failed. That outcome is likely to drive hundreds of millions of dollars in spending from ...

Pritzker Goes on a Junk Tax Spree – Wall Street Journal

Democrats in Springfield like these digital taxes because they apply to activity that is less mobile than income or corporate taxes. They also figure that most voters won’t notice since they will occur on transactions mediated by business. But they tell you what Mr. Pritzker’s priorities are as he prepares to argue that Illinois policies are right for the entire country.

Mass. primary election overhaul eligible for November ballot, SJC rules

Should Massachusetts run its elections more like California? That question is cleared to appear on the ballot, according to the state’s highest court, possibly teeing up a major shift in our notoriously uncompetitive races.

The Supreme Court Just Told California: Parents Have Rights. Deal With It.

Yesterday in Mirabelli v. Bonta, the Supreme Court put on hold California’s law requiring public schools to secretly transition children without their parents’ knowledge. The state had adopted policies directing public schools to socially transition children to a different gender identity—using different names and pronouns—without ever telling their parents. Not only were mom and dad kept []READ MORE