TaxBytes

States are raking in tax receipts, but given their constant moaning about needing to tax Internet sales and access, as well as voice-over-Internet protocol telephone service, who would know? Alaska, for instance, has seen its tax revenues soar nearly 40% from July of last year to March of this year.

By now, most of you have heard about the mess General Motors is in.

Maryland Gov.

In The Gold Diggers of 1933,Ginger Rogers sang “We’re In the Money,” and a catch phrase was born.

President Bush strongly suggested Congress pass a highway bill that does not exceed $284 billion.

The Boston Red Sox easily handled the St.

Policymakers are always looking for something new to tax.

With tax reform on the agenda in Washington, or at least in the White House, this is the season for proposals.

Democrats have cooked up the so-called judicial filibuster to subvert several of President Bush’s nominations to the federal bench, which means that Republicans must find 60 votes just to have an up-or-down vote.

Will The New York Timesever understand economics? Not if a recent column by Fortunemagazine writer Anna Bernasek, published in the NYT, is any indication.