The Daily Populous

Sunday March 4th, 2018 day edition

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'For states contemplating tax incentives for Amazon, the salient question is: what do you give a tax avoider who already has everything?'.

According to CNN Money, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is officially the richest person of all time.

Why wouldn’t he be, when his company made more than $5 billion in 2017 and didn’t pay a dime of federal income taxes?.

During the previous five years, Gardner asserted, Amazon paid a federal income tax rate of just 11.4 percent.

The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) is a non-partisan think tank that works on state and federal tax policy issues.

As Quartz reported, Amazon initially received 238 bids from cities all over the United States, but narrowed the list down later on.

“For states contemplating tax incentives for Amazon, the salient question is: what do you give a tax avoider who already has everything?”. »

Oscars 2018: Star Wars' Mark Hamill on why he'd rather watch from home

Authored by bbc.com

Hamill - Luke Skywalker in the films - last attended in 1978 when Star Wars: A New Hope was up for best picture.

"Now I have to put on a tuxedo and be part of it because I'm presenting," he told the BBC.

In what could be a politically-charged year for the Oscars, Hamill hopes the ceremony gives people a chance to have fun. »

David Ogden Stiers, 'M*A*S*H*' star and Newport resident, dies at 75

Authored by oregonlive.com
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David Ogden Stiers, the actor best known for playing Major Charles Emerson Winchester III in "M*A*S*H*" and Cogsworth in Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" has died.

Stiers was born in Peoria, Illinois the son of Margaret and Kenneth Stiers.

He attended the University of Oregon for a time but soon left for San Francisco to pursue acting. »

W.Va. lawmakers try to give teachers smaller raise, accidentally pass bill giving them full raise

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The West Virginia state Senate on Saturday tried to vote to give teachers a smaller raise hike than negotiated, but accidentally voted on a bill giving teachers the requested raise.

Shortly after, lawmakers realized they had mistakenly voted to approve the House's five percent raise bill.

Republicans immediately began working to repeal the law and instead pass a four percent raise for teachers. »