Opinion: Shockingly, free school lunch isn’t really free. Colorado could ask voters to foot the bill.

Opinion: Shockingly, free school lunch isn’t really free. Colorado could ask voters to foot the bill.

Subsidize something and you’ll get more of it. Tax it and you’ll get less. That’s Economics 101. It’s not surprising that nearly three years after Colorado voters approved a ballot measure to subsidize free lunches for all students, regardless of parental income, utilization rates are higher than proponents expected, and the program is coming up…

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Here’s how the child tax credit could change in 2025

Here’s how the child tax credit could change in 2025

Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., speaks during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee impeachment inquiry hearing into U.S. President Joe Biden on Sept. 28, 2023. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters As Congress wrestles over President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda, several key tax provisions are in limbo, including the child tax credit claimed by millions of families.   Enacted by…

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Lethbridge city council votes to maintain operations of Lethbridge and District Exhibition – Lethbridge | Globalnews.ca

While avoiding a tax hike, Lethbridge city council has chosen to maintain operations of Lethbridge & District Exhibition (LDE) by using a contingency fund and surplus budget dollars until at least 2027. With the doors remaining open on the Agri-Food Hub and Trade Centre, residents had been facing a 2.24 per cent jump in property taxes…

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RRSP contribution deadline is on Monday. How much can you put in? – National | Globalnews.ca

‘It didn’t happen overnight’: Why property taxes are skyrocketing in some Ontario cities | Globalnews.ca

Steep property taxes increases for next year has several Ontario municipalities seeking change in how tax dollars are divided to curb such a rise again. Cities such as London, Mississauga, Hamilton and Burlington are sounding the alarm, saying deals struck over 100 years ago with the federal and provincial governments are out of date and…

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