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When governments fail to address community issues, who steps in?

by Michelle Wilde Anderson
Jul 6, 2022
In an excerpt from "The Fight to Save the Town," the author describes how residents get by in an Oregon county with a declining government.
A person in Detroit walks past the remains of the Packard Motor Car Co., which ceased production in the late 1950s.
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New York's wealthy balk at the new tax law

by Ryan Kailath
Jan 9, 2018
They pay half of the city's income tax revenue. Now that they can't deduct it, some may leave.
At age 71, Diane Gilman finally got her dream penthouse on Fifth Avenue in New York City.
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Officials fight to keep the state and local tax deduction

by Adriene Hill
Sep 22, 2017
GOP lawmakers consider eliminating it as apart of a tax-reform plan.
Anticipating a high volume of calls and the ensuing backlog, the IRS is urging people to prepare as much as possible this tax season.
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