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Print this article Fortunately for those of us who don't like filing income taxes and potentially paying the government more money, Tax Day isn't on April 15 this year. The federal government pushed the date back for the second year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Now, people have until May 17 to get this unpleasant task done. In future years, tax rates in some brackets could be higher. President Joe Biden wants to raise taxes on those earning more than $400,000 per year — and there are progressives in Congress who support a 70% top marginal tax rate. However, the United States shouldn't...

February 26, 2021 Challenges, career programs encourage students to continue Submitted photos##Logan Shurts, Dane Foster and Cyrus Scarboro-Ford work on the robot their teacher designed for a recent competition. Robotics teams have been meeting in small groups at Mac High since fall. Cancellation of activities and in-person classes at McMinnville High School last year led to a decrease in students continuing to college after their socially-distanced graduation. Educators don’t want that to happen again. “It’s really a challenge to keep interest high” without seeing students face-to-fa...

THE HOUSE AND SENATE Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ and senators’ votes on roll calls from the week of Dec. 28, 2020, to Jan. 1, 2021. OVERRIDE BAKER’S VETO OF BILL TO INCREASE ABORTION ACCESS (H 5179) House 107-50, Senate 32-8, overrode Gov. Charlie Baker’s veto of a bill that would allow abortions after 24 weeks in the case of lethal fetal anomalies and lower the age from 18 to 16 at which a minor can choose to have an abortion without parental or judicial consent. “I strongly support a woman’s right to access reproductive health care, and many provisions o...