LA-Orange County: Inflation was 3.3% in January, down from December’s 3.4%, which was the highest since May 2024. It was 2.5% ...

In a decisive move aimed to support the local wine industry, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday granted ...

Beaufort County's 1% Green Space Sales Tax will be retired, reducing sales tax rate from 7 to 6%. Program collected $100 ...

Reflecting intensifying wildfires and updated science, new state maps designate more than 2.3 million acres of local land in California as facing “high” or “very high” danger of wildfires.

Several cities in Southern California are expecting heavy bouts of rain Wednesday through Friday, with the flash flood risk increased in burned areas. In January, several massive wildfires tore ...

Local income taxes can be an important progressive revenue raiser, as they ask more of higher-income households and are ...

owe tens of millions of dollars in delinquent taxes to municipalities, some of which have not received payments in two years. All told, California-based Prospect and Alabama-based MPT owe a total ...

California lawmakers introduced a first-in-the-nation bill Monday to create a clear legal pathway for individuals and insurance companies to sue oil companies for damages after fires like the ones ...

HALIFAX — A climate change think tank has released a guide encouraging municipalities to assign specific dollar values to natural assets ranging from wetlands to coastal dunes. The University of ...

If you make a gain after selling a property, you'll pay 18% capital gains tax (CGT) as a basic-rate taxpayer, or 24% if you pay a higher ... unless they're held in an Isa or pension the sale of a ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday ordered the federal government to override the state of California's water-management practices to bolster firefighting efforts. The executive order comes two ...

January is a big month for the letter R, with resolutions, resets and tax returns demanding our attention. While it’s undeniably early days, the Internal Revenue Service will tell you it’s ...