State & Local

  • July 01, 2025

    Hawaii Justices Fault Tax Form, Restore Pair's Energy Credit

    The Hawaii Department of Taxation misinterpreted the state's renewable energy tax credit statute when it prescribed a form requiring an inapplicable election, the state Supreme Court ruled, saying the agency improperly cut a couple's credit amount for failing to make the correct election.

  • July 01, 2025

    Wis. Budget Deadlock Breaks With Deal On $1.3B In Tax Cuts

    Wisconsin's Democratic governor announced a tentative agreement with Republican lawmakers on the state's biennial budget that sets out $1.3 billion in tax relief, according to a statement released Tuesday.

  • July 01, 2025

    Ohio Will Move To Flat Income Tax Rate

    Ohio will move to a flat personal income tax system and repeal certain sales tax exemptions and its film tax credit program under a biennial budget plan signed by Gov. Mark DeWine.

  • July 01, 2025

    Colo. Says No 911 Charge On Unlimited Wireless Minutes

    The unlimited voice minutes in a company's prepaid phone plans do not meet Colorado's definition of prepaid wireless telecommunications service and are not subject to a 911 charge and other costs imposed on such services, the state tax department said.

  • July 01, 2025

    Md. Outlines Data Sales Tax Duties For Multistate Buyers

    Buyers of newly taxable data services in Maryland may avoid some remittance obligations when the item will be used both inside and outside Maryland or resold, the state comptroller said Tuesday.

  • July 01, 2025

    Colo. Says Gun Tax Not Marketplace Facilitator's To Collect

    A marketplace facilitator is not responsible for remitting Colorado's excise tax on guns and ammunition, the state's Department of Revenue advised in a ruling, saying responsibility falls on the sellers of the items.

  • July 01, 2025

    Ariz. Revenue Collection Beats Forecast By $189M

    Arizona's general revenue collection for July 2024 through May outpaced forecasts by $189 million, according to a report by the state's Joint Legislative Budget Committee.

  • July 01, 2025

    Senate Passes GOP Budget Bill With Revised Tax Provisions

    Senate Republicans narrowly passed their sweeping tax and policy legislation Tuesday after conference leaders secured a last-minute compromise with some holdout senators in their conference to revise portions of the bill.

  • June 30, 2025

    Conn. Expects Corporate Tax Changes To Raise Almost $350M

    Connecticut will make changes to corporate taxes that are projected to raise nearly $350 million over two years — largely from repealing the state's $2.5 million cap on tax increases for some combined unitary taxpayers — under the 2026-27 budget signed Monday by the governor.

  • June 30, 2025

    Senate Inches Toward Vote On $3.8 Trillion Budget Bill

    The Senate underwent a marathon series of votes Monday on amendments to Republicans' mammoth $3.8 trillion budget bill as the chamber made slow progress toward a final vote on the legislation whose outcome remained uncertain.

  • June 30, 2025

    NJ Lawmakers OK Tax Hikes On Online Gambling, Cigarettes

    New Jersey lawmakers approved tax increases Monday on cigarettes, online gambling and certain property sales of more than $2 million alongside a $58.8 billion budget plan that also provides property tax credits for senior citizens.

  • June 30, 2025

    Top State & Local Tax Cases Of 2025: Midyear Report

    From the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of a group of Catholic charities seeking an unemployment tax exemption to the New York Supreme Court ruling on the state's rule governing the application of P.L. 86-272, it's been a busy first half of the year for state and local tax. Here, Law360 looks at some of the top state and local tax cases of the past six months.

  • June 30, 2025

    Oregon Transportation, Tax Package Dies At Session's End

    An Oregon transportation funding proposal with billions of dollars in new taxes and fees died when the state Legislature adjourned for the year without passing the package, which had been championed by the state's governor.

  • June 30, 2025

    Ill. Court Refuses To Slash Corp. Center's $37M Valuation

    Two Illinois office buildings and a parking facility were correctly valued at $37 million, a state appeals court ruled Monday, rejecting the property owner's claim that the state's tax board relied on inadmissible appraisal evidence.

  • June 30, 2025

    Florida To Eliminate Business Rent Tax

    Florida will eliminate its business rent tax under budget-related legislation signed Monday by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.

  • June 30, 2025

    Michigan General Revenue Climbs $700M From Last Year

    Michigan's general fund revenue from October through May beat last year's total by $700 million, the State Budget Office said Monday.

  • June 30, 2025

    NJ Senate Confirms Tax Agency's Top Official

    The New Jersey state Senate unanimously confirmed Monday the acting director of the state's Division of Taxation as the agency's top official.

  • June 30, 2025

    Ariz. Boosts Personal Property Tax Exemption For Cos.

    Arizona is boosting its personal property tax exemption for businesses and expanding other tax breaks under legislation signed by Gov. Katie Hobbs.

  • June 30, 2025

    Delaware Net Receipts Rise $151M From Last Year

    Delaware's net receipts from July through May outpaced last fiscal year's total for that span by $151 million, according to the state Department of Finance.

  • June 30, 2025

    RI Allows Local Tax Amnesty Programs For Every 3 Years

    Rhode Island authorized municipalities to establish local tax amnesty programs every three years to give people and businesses a chance to resolve outstanding property tax liabilities without accruing interest under legislation signed by the governor.

  • June 30, 2025

    Oregon SALT Cap Fix To Expire After Lawmakers Adjourn

    Oregon's workaround of the federal cap on the income tax deduction for state and local taxes remains set to expire after this year after lawmakers adjourned the state legislative session without passing a measure to extend the fix.

  • June 30, 2025

    Maine General Revenues Beat Forecast By $36M

    Maine's general fund revenue from July through May outpaced estimates by $36 million, according to a report by the state's Department of Administrative and Financial Services.

  • June 30, 2025

    Justices Pass On Free Speech Challenge To Ga. Strip Club Tax

    The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it will not review a decision by Georgia's highest court that said a state tax on strip clubs that's used to fund efforts to address child trafficking does not violate the First Amendment.

  • June 30, 2025

    Justices Won't Review Taxing Of Power Plant On Tribal Land

    The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a power company's claims that federal law protects a power plant it owns on tribal land in Arizona from property taxes.

  • June 28, 2025

    GOP Senators Pursue Vote On Wide-Ranging Budget Bill

    The Senate was gearing up Saturday to vote on a sweeping Republican budget resolution that would permanently renew expiring tax rates and business breaks, dismantle dozens of clean energy incentives and slash healthcare spending.

Expert Analysis

  • Use The Right Kind Of Feedback To Help Gen Z Attorneys

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    Generation Z associates bring unique perspectives and expectations to the workplace, so it’s imperative that supervising attorneys adapt their feedback approach in order to help young lawyers learn and grow — which is good for law firms, too, says Rachael Bosch at Fringe Professional Development.

  • Congress Can And Must Enact A Supreme Court Ethics Code

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    As public confidence in the U.S. Supreme Court dips to historic lows following reports raising conflict of interest concerns, Congress must exercise its constitutional power to enact a mandatory and enforceable code of ethics for the high court, says Muhammad Faridi, president of the New York City Bar Association.

  • The Pop Culture Docket: Justice Lebovits On Gilbert And Sullivan

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    Characters in the 19th century comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan break the rules of good lawyering by shamelessly throwing responsible critical thought to the wind, providing hilarious lessons for lawyers and judges on how to avoid a surfeit of traps and tribulations, say acting New York Supreme Court Justice Gerald Lebovits and law student Tara Scown.

  • State Of The States' AI Legal Ethics Landscape

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    Over the past year, several state bar associations, as well as the American Bar Association, have released guidance on the ethical use of artificial intelligence in legal practice, all of which share overarching themes and some nuanced differences, say Eric Pacifici and Kevin Henderson at SMB Law Group.

  • 8 Childhood Lessons That Can Help You Be A Better Attorney

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    A new school year is underway, marking a fitting time for attorneys to reflect on some fundamental life lessons from early childhood that offer a framework for problems that no legal textbook can solve, say Chris Gismondi and Chris Campbell at DLA Piper.

  • Challenge To Ill. Card Fee Law Explores Compliance Hurdles

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    A recent federal lawsuit challenging an Illinois law that will soon forbid electronic payment networks from charging fees for processing the tax and tip portions of card transactions, fleshes out the glaring compliance challenges and exposure risks financial institutions must be ready to face next summer, says Martin Kiernan at Amundsen Davis.

  • This Election, We Need To Talk About Court Process

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    In recent decades, the U.S. Supreme Court has markedly transformed judicial processes — from summary judgment standards to notice pleadings — which has, in turn, affected individuals’ substantive rights, and we need to consider how the upcoming presidential election may continue this pattern, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.

  • Letting The People Decide: SALT In Review

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    RSM's David Brunori offers a look at tax-related ballot questions before the voters in 16 states this fall.

  • Mental Health First Aid: A Brief Primer For Attorneys

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    Amid a growing body of research finding that attorneys face higher rates of mental illness than the general population, firms should consider setting up mental health first aid training programs to help lawyers assess mental health challenges in their colleagues and intervene with compassion, say psychologists Shawn Healy and Tracey Meyers.

  • Colorado Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q3

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    In the third quarter of 2024, Colorado's banking and financial services sector faced both regulatory updates and changes to state law due to recent federal court decisions — with consequences for local governments, mortgage lenders, state-chartered trust companies and federally chartered lenders serving Colorado consumers, says Sarah Auchterlonie at Brownstein Hyatt.

  • Litigation Inspiration: Honoring Your Learned Profession

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    About 30,000 people who took the bar exam in July will learn they passed this fall, marking a fitting time for all attorneys to remember that they are members in a specialty club of learned professionals — and the more they can keep this in mind, the more benefits they will see, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.

  • AI May Limit Key Learning Opportunities For Young Attorneys

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    The thing that’s so powerful about artificial intelligence is also what’s most scary about it — its ability to detect patterns may curtail young attorneys’ chance to practice the lower-level work of managing cases, preventing them from ever honing the pattern recognition skills that undergird creative lawyering, says Sarah Murray at Trialcraft.

  • Why Now Is The Time For Law Firms To Hire Lateral Partners

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    Partner and associate mobility data from the second quarter of this year suggest that there's never been a better time in recent years for law firms to hire lateral candidates, particularly experienced partners — though this necessitates an understanding of potential red flags, say Julie Henson and Greg Hamman at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.

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