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1. How many years has the federal government registered an annual budget surplus since 1934?

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A new Tax Policy Center study looks at the average annual property tax burdens in more than 3,000 counties across the country.

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Dinner at Meredith Ackley’s house is like stepping into a dream. The walls are painted pink and purple. There’s a heated patio and arching branches over the backyard. The sun beams through the ...

It was 2001 during the dotcom crash, and Cecilia Pagkalinawan had a tough choice: Raise more money for her startup or let 26 employees go. She set up a meeting with a powerful venture capitalist ...