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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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The Car Rental Sales Tax Swap Scam
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Break Up Big Title Insurance
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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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Secret Corporate Subsidy Deals, Under Fire
PLUS: A new report on how to stop surveillance pricing.
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The Sales Tax Holiday Scam Just Won't Go Away
Meet an enduring bad idea.
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States and the Coming Scam-Apocalypse
Reduced federal consumer protections will leave state governments in the lurch.
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4 Ways States Are Taking on Health Care Monopolies
Red and blue states agree it’s time to rein in Big Medicine
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The Most Important Corporate Subsidy Battle of 2025
Kansas City is at the center of it all.
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Locking the Door on Corporate Housing Rollups
A surprising first attack on large, corporate home buyers.
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2025 State Legislative and Policy Preview
11 things I'll be watching at the state level this year.
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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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