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The hidden history of race and the tax code : Planet Money : NPR
: [POST-PUBLICATION CLARIFICATION: A previous version of this episode wrongly implied the extent of what we know about how the IRS chooses whom to audit. According to the IRS, the agency audits about 1{c024931d10daf6b71b41321fa9ba9cd89123fb34a4039ac9f079a256e3c1e6e8} of returns that claim the earned income tax credit.] SYLVIE DOUGLIS, BYLINE: NPR. (SOUNDBITE OF COIN SPINNING) KENNY MALONE, HOST: It is tax week in America. And, you know, a couple of months ago, there was this pretty eye-popping/troubling discovery in the world of taxes. GENE DEMBY, HOST: And it came from a study by a bunch of university researchers and a couple of people from the U.S. Treasury Department. DANIEL HO: I’m Dan Ho. I’m…
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Christian Eckes wins wreck-marred Atlanta Truck race
A late-race wreck involving Carson Hocevar sent the race into a two-lap time beyond regulation with Nick Sanchez in the guide. Eckes, 22, powered to the lead on the restart, briefly shed it to Sanchez, and grabbed it again right before a caution was displayed for a multi-truck wreck in Convert 4 on the last lap. The acquire is the 1st of the year for Eckes, who experienced to battle again from the rear of the area mid-race immediately after a speeding penalty. Eckes, a indigenous of Middletown, N.Y., has one former sequence victory and moved in the offseason from ThorSport Racing to Bill McAnally Racing. “There’s a good…
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Party pulls nominee in Montgomery family court judge race
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) – The Alabama Democratic Get together has unanimously withdrawn its nominee for a Montgomery loved ones court judge’s seat pursuing a display- result in hearing. Relatives legislation attorney Sebrina Martin just lately secured her party’s nomination for the place of work of Montgomery County Circuit Decide (Location 3) but promises of little one abuse and other concerns promptly started to surface against her, prompting the get together to investigate the allegations. The occasion issued a show-induce purchase on July 1 to give Martin a prospect to make her situation to determine if she would be disqualified. On Monday, a subcommittee of the Point out Democratic Executive Committee…
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