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It was the last straw. For years, an area-based business owner had managed to deal with the stressful and potentially punitive sales tax collection requirements…

That was my first thought as I stared up at the monitor in the Appropriations Committee hearing room. The committee was just starting to consider…

Would you believe that the House Appropriations Committee approved the 2018 state budget without reading a single word of the bill?

As this legislative year concluded, those who had been trying to raise taxes gave up on all but the smallest pretense of following the Constitution.

Though far removed from reality, the legislative world does share some aspects with the real world.

It was the moment that left no doubt in my mind: the fix was in. Not only would this not be a year for reform…

This year’s legislative session was dominated by a group of “raise taxes at all costs” ideologues who deployed aggressive strategies to advance an array of…

Much of the time and energy of this legislative session was consumed by the push to raise taxes, even if those taxes were unconstitutional. This…