Matching the current revenue from the individual income tax without expanding the transactions that are taxed would require raising the state sales tax to nearly 13%.
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On this week's "My Unsung Hero" from Hidden Brain, one woman says she witnessed a heroic act while suffering in an emergency room.
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While commuters race through New York's Moynihan Station, dancers rehearse all down the corridor before they film their performances for social media.
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New York City isn't the only place pushing to expand free child care. We check in on this growing trend, and how states and cities are paying for it.
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President Trump recently said the only way Democrats "can get elected is to cheat, and we're going to stop it." NPR traveled through swing districts in Pennsylvania to see what people think of that.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with author Sarvat Hasin about her new novel Strange Girls and the complexities of friendship.
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Congressional Democrats are demanding transparency in the form of public hearings from Trump administration officials on the timeline and objectives of the war in Iran. -
Steve Emt and Laura Dwyer represent the U.S. in the Paralympics' new mixed doubles wheelchair curling event. They could bring home Team USA's first wheelchair curling medal ever. -
Twenty-three people have died since October in ICE custody, as advocates warn about overcrowding and health care access. -
More than a week of the U.S. and Israel's war against Iran has dragged in global powers, upended the world's energy and transport sectors, and brought chaos to usually peaceful areas of the region. -
In this charming TV series, Kevin Kline plays a Shakespearean actor who retreats to his small hometown after a crisis, and gets engaged in an effort to save the local theater. -
As a culture critic, Lemieux has spent years pushing back against the stereotypes and stigma that follow single mothers. Her new book blends her own memoir with the stories of 21 other Black women.
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The psychoactive substance in magic mushrooms appears to have a powerful effect on people trying to stop smoking. -
Elizabeth Dedert and Ariah Cooper, Sports Reporters for the Missouri State Standard, talk about their podcast and fill us in on the Lady Bears basketball season as they enter their first Conference USA postseason. -
From artificial intelligence to fatalities from music streaming to the effects of immigrants on elderly health care, the Planet Money newsletter rounds up some interesting new economic studies.
