Texas, Florida and 7 other states have no income tax, but they make up for it with other taxes. Sometimes those taxes mean low-income residents pay a larger percentage of their money in taxes.
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What will our daily lives be like in 50 years’ time? What will our challenges be? Scientific data and analysis are essential, and municipal diplomacy is the key to sharing knowledge.
Few copies remain of the earliest known board game produced in the US.
Tax dollars don’t always go to the communities that need them most.
Filtering out PFAS is only the first step. These ‘forever chemicals’ still have to be destroyed, and there are many questions about how to do that safely.
Every state is poised to receive a large amount of federal money to expand broadband access, but they have a lot of work to do to meet the government’s requirements for distributing it.
This year sees three more states introduce voluntary assisted dying. But there are still several barriers to overcome.
It would be a wasted opportunity if our political leaders came back again in six months without a long-term plan about how to fund and improve the system.
Data privacy is an abstract issue for most people, even though virtually everyone is at risk. Now that abortion may become illegal in some states, digital surveillance could take an even darker turn.
States have widely different track records on expanding broadband internet access. Here are the ones that could struggle to handle the federal funds coming their way.
Multiple amendments could make the law unwieldy, incoherent and even unworkable.
Whether you pay tax on your Halloween treat supply depends on which state you live in and how it defines candy.
The U.S. is broken up into 50 states, plus territories like Puerto Rico and Guam, and a federal district, Washington, D.C. Most other countries have smaller parts too.
Websites that crash. Appointments that fill up within seconds. Scheduling your COVID-19 vaccine shouldn’t be this hard. A few states have found a better way.
Getting pharmacies more involved could be a game changer, particularly for reaching minorities, older adults without internet access and others left behind.
Palmer has lost his challenge to the closure of the Western Australian border in response to COVID-19. But it still remains unclear whether the border closure was and remains valid.
States have been experimenting with more targeted approaches to slow the coronavirus’s spread. Two strategies stand out.
Slow, unreliable labor force data have consequences for out-of-work Americans and the economy.
We’ve compiled the key COVID-19 restrictions in place across the states and territories.
The pandemic isn’t just a health disaster. It’s a disaster for cities and states, where the money to run government that normally comes in every year has evaporated. Congress may or may not help.
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Professor of Law, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, Texas A&M University
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Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Health Policy and Management, Texas A&M University
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Professor of End-of-Life Law and Regulation, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Public Policy (retired), University of Virginia
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Professor and Neustadt Chair, Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University
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Distinguished Fellow, Sustainable Solutions Lab, UMass Boston
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Associate Professor of Law, University of South Australia
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Vice Chancellor's Fellow at Victoria University and Adjunct Professor of Economics, Victoria University
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Professor of Political Science, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer, Public Sector Finance, University of Canberra
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Executive in Residence, American University School of Public Affairs
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin
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Leverhulme Research Fellow, University of Sheffield
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Associate Professor in Law and Public Policy, University of Oxford
