Economists See Little Magic in Tax Cuts to Promote Growth

By PATRICIA COHEN and NELSON D. SCHWARTZ May 23, 2017 If one assumption has undergirded Republican economic policy for decades — and is the foundation of the Trump administration’s first budget proposal — it is that tax cuts...

Ranked-Choice Voting System Violates Maine’s Constitution, Court Says

By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE May 23, 2017 Maine’s voting system was thrown into potential turmoil on Tuesday by a court opinion that said a process in which voters rank candidates rather than simply picking one — approved by voters in November...