Category: Tax Code, Regulations and Guidance

June 14, 2019

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf is set to veto a bill that expands taxpayer support for private and religious schools by $100 million. The bill would double the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC), allowing corporations to divert state taxes to support […]

June 13, 2019

US President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order on Tuesday aiming to simplify the review process of agricultural biotechnology. The Executive Order on Modernizing the Regulatory Framework for Agricultural Biotechnology Products stresses the importance of maintaining public confidence in agricultural […]

June 12, 2019

On Monday, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, a Republican, signed into law a bill that requires sex offenders whose victims were younger than age 13 to receive chemical castration as a condition of parole. The Alabama law requires parolees to pay […]

June 12, 2019

Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law Tuesday landmark legislation to reform Texas’ long-beleaguered school finance system. The key provisions of House Bill 3 are increased teacher pay and property tax relief. In addition, the bill put an end to […]

June 11, 2019

The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge to the motto “In God We Trust” being displayed on American currency. The motto was called into question by Michael Newdow, who stated that the inclusion of the phrase violated the […]

June 11, 2019

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday that federal agencies are not “persons” who may take advantage of administrative procedures for challenging patents. The agency in question, the US Postal Service (USPS), attempted to use administrative procedures from the America Invents […]

June 10, 2019

The US Supreme Court’s Monday orders added five new cases on a range of topics from the EPA to race discrimination in media, but denied a case filed by a current Guantanamo prisoner. A Yemeni national, al-Alwi, has been held […]

June 7, 2019

Maine’s legislature approved the Death with Dignity Act this week, sending the bill to Governor Janet Mills on Wednesday for her signature. If enacted, the bill would add a new care option for individuals who are terminally ill and have […]

June 7, 2019

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a state law prohibiting candidates for state political offices from running as candidates for more than one party in the same election. In April 2016 Christopher Rabb secured the nomination for the Democratic […]

June 6, 2019

The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation Tuesday that could provide a path to legal status and citizenship for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients and other young immigrants who are living in the United States without documentation. The American […]