Massachusetts Question 1 passed, increasing the personal income tax by 4% for those earning more than $1 million in the state. The amendment will be in addition to the already existing 5% flat income tax, shifting the state’s flat tax system to a progressive one.
The fate of the U.S. House and Senate remain undetermined on Veterans Day, three days after voting concluded in the midterm elections.
As mortgage rates climbed, typical monthly mortgage payments on existing single-family homes with a 20% down payment skyrocketed by 50% in the third quarter of 2022 compared to the year prior, according to data released by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) Thursday.
The New Hampshire State House, with 400 seats, is still technically a toss-up. The current balance is 203 Republicans to 197 Democrats. But there are still races undeclared. Also, Republicans could have the “majority” seats but still lose control.
Measure 114, often referred to as the Reduction of Gun Violence Act, will require background checks, firearm training, fingerprint collection, and a permit to purchase any firearm. And it will place every gun owner in a database.
In a staggering unexpected blow to Democrats, New York Congressman Sean Maloney has lost to Republican Mike Lawler in New York’s 17th Congressional District. Maloney is the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
New Hampshire Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan has held off a challenge from Republican Don Bolduc to win a seat pivotal to control of the U.S. Senate.
Neither measure stipulates that the reproductive “right” in question applies only to women or to abortion. Critics argue that both constitutional amendments would enable courts to declare transgender medical interventions a fundamental “right” for minors, excluding their parents from such decisions.
After another clash with foreign nationals illegally entering the U.S., the union representing Border Patrol agents is urging Americans to vote on Nov. 8 for candidates who will defend them, the rule of law, and the southern border.
Alignable released its monthly small business report for October which showed 37% of American small business owners were unable to pay rent on time or in full last month. That is up from 30% who said the same the month before.
President Joe Biden warned that democracy was in peril and on the ballot during a primetime speech Wednesday from Union Station near Capitol Hill. Biden referenced the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot, and talked several times about former President Donald Trump.
Republican senatorial candidate Don Bolduc, who is running against Democratic incumbent Sen. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, has gained a new boost in polls five days before the general election, according to a Trafalgar Group and Daily Wire survey published Thursday.