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Welcome to the Twilight of Big Tax Prep
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The Secret That's Driving Up Highway Costs
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Break Up Big Title Insurance
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The Car Rental Sales Tax Swap Scam
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States and the Coming Scam-Apocalypse
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Meet the Private Equity Firm Squeezing America for Baseball Stadium Subsidies
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The Corporate Fear Campaign to Keep Workers Locked Into Their Jobs
PLUS: Colorado's governor does the bidding of corporate landlords.
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Beware Corporations Whining About a 'Patchwork of State Laws'
Meet Corporate America's favorite way to stop state regulations.
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The Exceedingly Dumb Politics of Data Center Subsidies
PLUS: Virginia bans junk fees and Apple loses big in court.
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The Lies They Tell Us to Sell Pro Sports Stadium Subsidies
An NFL stadium boondoggle right in my own backyard.
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Arkansas Breaks Up Pharmacy Middlemen
PLUS: Colorado bans junk fees and Trump aims to kill the IRS free file program.
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States Need to Close This Tax Fraud Loophole
Less IRS capacity, more whistleblowers?
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Study Shows the Nexus Between Corporate Subsidies and Corporate Malfeasance
Corruption begets lawbreaking.
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Boondoggle
Boondoggle
Corporate monopolies are ripping off our states, cities, and communities. Find out why and how to stop it.
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