August 5, 2014

Before members of Congress left D.C. for their annual August vacation district work periods, they did pass a short-term funding…

August 4, 2014

Welcome to August. Summer is winding down, but that doesn't mean you get to slow down. In some locations school…

August 3, 2014

As a former cigarette smoker, electronic cigarettes fascinate me. I smoked not because I was addicted. I quit cold turkey…

August 2, 2014

And they're gone. After delaying their annual August recess for a day to complete some politically motivated votes, Representatives and…

August 1, 2014

Your highway tax dollars are back at work, at least through May 2015. The Senate approved a stopgap $11 billion transportation…

July 31, 2014

Senators are taking a shot at fashion bipartisanship today. After a two-year absence, Seersucker Thursday returned to the upper chamber.…

July 30, 2014

A dozen states welcome August with sales tax holidays. Three more will hold similar events deeper into the month. Massachusetts…

July 30, 2014

I know I alluded to kids and day camp not too long ago when our driveway was ground zero for…

July 29, 2014

The summer started with a Congressional effort to make it easier for travelers to see just how much taxes add…

July 28, 2014

The raw numbers are bad enough. Approximately 83,000 Department of Defense (DOD) employees and contractors had unpaid federal tax debt…