Sales tax exemptions for everything from newspapers to legal services to candy cost the commonwealth billions every year, and at least one top policymaker says he’s open to getting rid of some as ...

Hardline Republicans — specifically those members of the House Freedom Caucus — are being derided in the press, as if they’ve been playing some kind of a game. That is, threatening to not vote for the ...

There’s a lot to unpack in the multi-trillion-dollar, 887-page package, from tax breaks and social safety net cuts to billions more for defense, the border wall and deportations. The Press Democrat ...