Government finance

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Doing business in different places creates financial hurdles

Courier Newsroom - March 24, 2016

NEW YORK (AP) — As small companies expand their business into more towns, cities and states, that growth often brings higher expenses from taxes...

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Wolf relents after 9-month budget impasse

Courier Newsroom - March 23, 2016

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's Democratic governor backed off his veto threat Wednesday on the GOP's $6.6 billion no-new-taxes spending package, ending nearly nine...

National News

Tampon tax: Does being female in the US carry unfair costs?

Courier Newsroom - March 9, 2016

NEW YORK (AP) — Margo Seibert and Natalie Brasington don't think women should have to pay a "period tax," and like a growing number...

Sports

Former NFL star Plaxico Burress pleads guilty to tax evasion

Courier Newsroom - December 7, 2015

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Former NFL star Plaxico Burress pleaded guilty Monday to New Jersey tax evasion charges after reaching a plea deal that...

National News

Nevada's legal brothels are the state's not-so-secret vice

Courier Newsroom - October 16, 2015

LAS VEGAS (AP) — When former NBA player and reality-TV star Lamar Odom was found unconscious in Nevada, the hardest part of the story...

Opinion/Forum

Republicans are itching for war with Iran

Courier Newsroom - August 12, 2015

With each scare tactic employed by those who oppose the nuclear deal with Iran, I not only become more and more furious, but equally...

Sports

Bonds’ obstruction conviction thrown out by appeals court

Courier Newsroom - April 23, 2015

NEW YORK (AP) — Barry Bonds has been cleared legally after 11 1/2 years in court. His reputation remains tainted in the mind of...

National News

Justices sharply divided over health care law subsidies

Courier Newsroom - March 4, 2015

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sharply divided along familiar lines, the Supreme Court took up a politically charged new challenge to President Barack Obama's health overhaul...

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