A levy of nearly $3 a pack has spawned a lucrative black-market trade in out-of-state smokes.

Santa Clara County officials are preparing to ask voters for higher taxes to protect their poorest public hospital patients ...

New York local governments collected a total of $11.9 billion in sales tax during the first six months of 2025, a 3.7% increase over the same period last year, which benefited local budgets but ...

Manteca has collected $256,000 from the first legal marijuana dispensary to open in Manteca. Off the Charts’ taxable sales reached $2.46 million in nearly six months of operation.

First came the farfetched “Fight for $15.” Now, California has made a $20 minimum wage a reality, at least for workers at large fast-food chains. The pay hike took effect in April 2024, joining the ...

Colorado’s tax code was written in 1935 to capture revenue from tangible goods, long before anyone imagined a world where movies could stream to a portable phone.

Wondering which states might help you get a deal on your taxes when buying a new car? The answer is a little more complicated ...

Southern California home prices leveling off as sales drop Price growth fell to the lowest level in two years after the number of homes for sale nearly doubled in 18 months, Attom data shows.

Jefferson City and Cole County are each likely to attach a 10-year sunset to their capital improvement sales taxes that will go in front of voters in 2026.

Local shoppers look for bargains during an earlier back-to-school state sales tax holiday.

California Forever, the proposed futuristic community backed by billionaire venture capitalists, is now billing itself as a manufacturing center a year after local opposition forced it to withdraw ...