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Thinking about donating to your favorite charity before the new year? You may want to consider tax law changes arriving in 2026 before deciding whether to make your gift in December or wait until next ...

As we near the end of 2025, state and local officials continue to set key rates that will impact taxpayers next year. On Tuesday, the Minnesota Department of Revenue announced the 2026 income tax ...

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act is transforming the deductibility of charitable contributions for high-income taxpayers, introducing a series of new limits and incentives that will take effect in 2026, ...

The standard deduction is a major way most Americans reduce their taxable income each year — and with inflation’s burn, the deduction’s amount will jump higher in 2024. Yet the size of the upcoming ...

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by Kurt Schlosser on Nov 12, 2025 at 11 ...

This series profiles six of the Seattle region’s “Uncommon Thinkers”: inventors, scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs transforming industries and driving positive change in the world. They will ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Three weeks ago, as nurses at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, prepared to remove the cancer from Paul Williams’ colon, they wheeled him into room ...

President Donald Trump signed his "one big beautiful" tax-and-spending package on July 4 — legislation that will bring sweeping changes to Americans' finances. After the Senate passed its version on ...

The Treasury has released a preliminary list of jobs that qualify for the new tip deduction. A whopping 68 occupations, including podcasters and bakers, made the list—some of them may surprise you.