Tax changes, big and small, are coming in 2026. New tax rules were signed into law as part of the 2025 Reconciliation Legislation, also known as the Big, Beautiful Bill (BBB). This sweeping ...

A new computational model of the brain based closely on its biology and physiology has not only learned a simple visual category learning task exactly as well as lab animals, but even enabled the ...

Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies and Founders Fund, holds hundred dollar bills as he speaks during the Bitcoin 2022 Conference at Miami Beach Convention Center on April 7, 2022 ...

New Jersey drivers are about to get hit with a nearly 9% hike in the state’s gas tax — leaving them once again grappling with one of the highest rates in the country. Thanks to legislation signed into ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

It’s uncertain whether the proposal will reach the statewide ballot in November, but some billionaires like Peter Thiel and Larry Page may be unwilling to take the risk. By Ryan Mac Theodore Schleifer ...

TRAVERSE CITY — On January 1, Michigan will eliminate its 6% sales tax on gasoline and replace it with a higher cents-per-gallon fuel tax. The change raises the state gas tax from 31 cents per gallon ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Starting Jan. 1, 2026, Kentuckians will be paying less in individual income tax, dropping from 4 percent to 3.5 percent after state lawmakers passed a bill early in 2025 to approve ...

Mark these words: A new American class war is brewing. A union representing health care workers has proposed California put a one-time income tax on the state's billionaires to garner revenue for the ...

Depending on how much you've saved, you may have to pay federal taxes on your retirement income. On the state level, however, there's a lot of nuance: Some states don't have any income tax, while ...