FAIRMONT – Getting ready to do your taxes doesn’t have to be a taxing proposition, Casey Gilbert will tell you. In fact, said Gilbert, who is community impact director of Tygart Valley United Way, you just might come away with some additional money in your refund you may not realize is ...
When it comes to federal money, West Virginia receives more than it gives … a lot more. The Rockefeller Institute of Government’s annual report looked at four major categories of federal spending: direct payments for individuals under programs such as Social Security and Medicare, ...
by Virginia Postrel If you left the U.S. for a summer vacation, you may have encountered a strange and refreshing custom: not tipping. Or at least not tipping everyone in sight. Americans have long been among the world’s most profligate tippers. “We tip more occupations than any ...
When Republicans took control of the House in January 2023, their first order of business was a bill was to cut additional IRS funding from the Inflation Reduction Act. President Joe Biden fought them off and managed to retain $60 billion of that needed money. Had Republicans succeeded in ...
Donald Trump stormed through Las Vegas recently, holding an outdoor rally Sunday at Sunset Park. To nobody’s surprise, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, who narrowly lost Nevada in both 2016 and 2020, went looking for votes from hospitality workers. “For those hotel ...
Was it as bad for you as it was for me? Sending Washington money we earn, but Washington doesn’t, I mean? It’s not just being part of half the nation that pays taxes while the other half doesn’t that bothers me. It’s the waste and unnecessary programs and agencies that have long ...