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Texas Taxpayers to Give Cancer Research Another $3 Billion
Voters approved a measure to double the state’s Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas.
Texas Taxpayers to Give Cancer Research Another $3 Billion
Texas Taxpayers to Give Cancer Research Another $3 Billion

Voters approved a measure to double the state’s Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas.

Voters approved a measure to double the state’s Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas.

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Research Funders Make Secretive Overseas Investments: Report
Ashley P. Taylor | Dec 6, 2018 | 3 min read
An investigation by Science reveals that charities’ investments support activities opposed to their own missions, such as human health and environmental protection.
Final GOP Tax Bill Won’t Ding Graduate Students
Shawna Williams | Dec 14, 2017 | 1 min read
A provision to tax tuition waivers was dropped during the reconciliation process.
Two Dozen House Republicans Do an About-Face on Tuition Tax
Diana Kwon | Dec 7, 2017 | 2 min read
The proposed tax on graduate tuition waivers would significantly increase students’ taxable income.
Opinion: Taxable Tuition = Trouble for Graduate Students
Patricia M. Lawston and Michael T. Parker | Nov 30, 2017 | 4 min read
Our calculations find troubling increases in taxes if a US House–led tax plan succeeds, but tuition waivers, as the Senate bill has proposed, could actually reduce students’ tax burdens.
Republican Tax Plan Eliminates Popular Education Exemptions
Shawna Williams | Nov 6, 2017 | 2 min read
The proposal draws criticism from higher-education groups.
Shire to Buy Baxalta for $32 Billion
Tracy Vence | Jan 11, 2016 | 1 min read
The Dublin-based pharma giant is set to acquire Baxalta, an Illinois-based Baxter spinoff, expanding its rare disease drug portfolio.
AbbVie Buys Shire for $54 Billion
Bob Grant | Jul 21, 2014 | 1 min read
The massive pharma deal will create one of the 50 largest companies in the world, and will move AbbVie’s corporate tax headquarters from North Chicago to the U.K.
Smoking, Taxes, and Genes
Bob Grant | Dec 14, 2012 | 1 min read
New research suggests that some smokers may carry a gene variant that makes them less likely to quit simply because cigarette taxes are raised.
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