Gov. Tim Kaine: “Most citizens are stunned to find out that a portion of the sales tax they pay for services doesn’t go to services, but that $70 million a year stays with the merchants.”
Virginia Fact-Check says: Barely True.
Why: Anticipating a $3.6 billion shortfall, Kaine is preparing a 2010-2012 budget to present to the General Assembly [...]

Normally the opening of a new QuikTrip store is not a news item.  But, tomorrow the QuikTrip Convenience Store at 27 Southwest Blvd will reopen in Kansas City, Missouri after ”moving” about 100 feet from Kansas to avoid higher taxes and more burdensome regulations in Kansas.
In late August the store closed its operation in Kansas and [...]

By Paul Soutar on September 24, 2009
Kansas is slipping in an important national ranking with large implications for businesses and economic development.
Kansas dropped one place to 32nd, second to last among its neighbor states, in the Tax Foundation’s 2010 State Business Tax Climate Index just released this week.
The index ranks South Dakota #1, the most [...]