by Tim Donner | Dec 28, 2017 | Politics
It is entirely unsurprising in the current political climate that reducing taxes for almost everyone would produce outrage on the left. At this point, If the GOP eliminated all crime, the left would attack them for lowering the income of thieves. If all poverty were...
by Leesa K. Donner | Dec 23, 2017 | Taxes
Corporate America began spreading the wealth to their employees even before an historic tax cut reached President Donald Trump’s pen. The first to play Santa was AT&T which plans to cough up $1,000 bonuses to an estimated $200,000 employees. Following in their...
by Sarah Cowgill | Dec 21, 2017 | Columns
The Love’s Travel Stop on I-74 in Knoxville, Illinois at noon is a jumping joint. Locals from three counties mingle with road trippers, business travelers, and truckers while filling up the tank, satisfying a fried chicken and gravy or sub sandwich fix, and getting...
by Sarah Cowgill | Dec 14, 2017 | Columns
The high plains and prairies, mineral-rich earth, glacial lakes, and majestic mountains are all found in the Midwestern state of South Dakota. Primarily a rural state, South Dakota consistently ranks nationally in the top ten for production of hay, sunflowers, rye,...
by Tim Donner | Nov 29, 2017 | Trending Now
Is the tax reform glass half-full or half-empty? As the day of reckoning approaches, what exactly is the state of the Republican effort to pass the most sweeping changes to America’s tax laws in over three decades? Remarkably, optimism and pessimism abound in...