The federal government abolished wholesale sales tax, which applied inconsistent taxes on certain goods – not services – at discriminatory rates of 12 per cent, 22 per cent and 32 per cent.

1868 – The U.S. Congress enacted legislation granting an eight-hour day to workers employed by the Federal government. 1868 – ...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is now in possession of four key tax reform bills that are set to reshape Nigeria’s fiscal policy landscape.\xa0The bills were formally delivered to the President by ...

The current federal employee retirement system, known as FERS, requires a 4.4% contribution from employees hired since 2014, with the government covering the rest.

Key Takeaways The largest new tax reduction provision in the House’s version of the “Big, Beautiful Bill” is a provision that subsidizes high-tax cities and states.

Medicaid changes in Trump's "big, beautiful bill" have been met with a partisan division. The GOP defends the plan as needed reform, while Democrats blast it as a cut to social services.

U.S. House Republicans criticized the Biden administration’s diversity, equity and inclusion practices for costing billions in tax dollars by awarding contracts to “minority owned companies.” ...

There's no disputing w/Lawrence Lindsey about Janet Yellen's errant imposition of taxation on U.S. corporations, but there is ...

The federal government has an overarching responsibility to protect environments that are important to all of us, in national laws. We call these “ matters of national environmental significance ...

The Republican-controlled Congress could soon give final approval to a sweeping tax and spending bill that incorporates many ...

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I, and many Americans, welcome thoughtful strategic reform of federal agencies, but what we have seen occur over the last several months to the Forest Service is nothing like that. We’ve seen an ...