David A. Lieb

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  • model house and wood blocks that spell taxFinance

    Here’s how property tax laws can leave a baby boomer with an annual bill below $8 and a recent buyer with a $3,236 tab—for homes that are worth the same

    By David A. Lieb and The Associated Press
  • Plastic containers RoundupFinance

    Bayer is going all in to create legal shields in Missouri, Iowa and Idaho against 170,000 Roundup weedkiller lawsuits it faces

    By David A. Lieb and The Associated Press
  • computer screen shows man holding gunTech

    Just 1 company appears to meet requirements in several states eyeing AI-powered surveillance to spot school shooters. ‘Probably the most egregious thing that I have ever read’

    By David A. Lieb, John Hanna, and others
  • Bill Anderson listens at a conference.Finance

    3 states consider Bayer-written legislation giving it immunity for Roundup cancer claims as it reels from $10 billion in verdicts and counting

    By Hannah Fingerhut, David A. Lieb, and others
  • Jim Blodgett, safety and security director for the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District, discusses digital mapping of school facilities on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, at his office in Middleton, Wis. Digital maps can be used by law enforcement and others who are responding to emergencies. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)Tech

    School shootings are spurring states to fund digital building maps to prepare first responders

    By David A. Lieb and The Associated Press
  • Vivek MalekPolitics

    ‘The demand is huge, and it is real’: Obscure state funding programs for small business take off after interest rates spike cost of bank loans

    By David A. Lieb and The Associated Press
  • USA map and flag, cash dollar billFinance

    Tax cut trends across the U.S. may slow in 2024: ‘Funds will be more limited. States will have to make decisions on what areas they prioritize’

    By David A. Lieb and The Associated Press
  • Sports gamblingLifestyle

    ‘It just seems silly that everyone else can do it and we can’t,’ says sports gambler behind social media campaign to legalize it in Missouri

    By David A. Lieb and The Associated Press
  • Buffalo Bills stadiumPolitics

    Taxpayers are on the hook for billions of dollars worth of new sports arenas as 2023 yields one new project every month

    By David A. Lieb and The Associated Press
  • American Family FieldPolitics

    America’s billionaire sports team owners had a banner year getting public handouts for extravagant new stadiums

    By David A. Lieb and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Healthcare workers line up for free personal protective equipment in front of murals by artist Romero Britto at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, in Miami. Some states that stockpiled millions of masks and other personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic are now throwing the items away.(AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)Health

    U.S. states are trashing millions of COVID protective gear because of expiration, surpluses and a lack of willing takers: ‘That’s what happens when you don’t prepare’

    By Jennifer Peltz, David A. Lieb, and others
  • Prisoner and guardFinance

    Public sector staff shortages in ‘hard jobs’ are sparking a wage war as taxpayers feel the consequences of empty positions

    By David A. Lieb and The Associated Press
  • Ron DeSantis, Joe BidenPolitics

    Biden’s White House furious as red states kick over 1 million people off Medicaid on paperwork technicalities. Florida’s in the lead.

    By David A. Lieb, Andrew DeMillo, and others
  • DAYTONA BEACH SHORES, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES – 2023/01/18: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis seen during a press conference to announce the award of $100 million for beach recovery following Hurricanes Ian and Nicole in Daytona Beach Shores in Florida. The funding will support beach projects within 16 coastal counties, with hard-hit Volusia County receiving the largest grant, over $37 million. (Photo by Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Politics

    Will Ron DeSantis be the end of ‘Florida man’? Press critics sound the alarm over the potential demise of the famous ‘Sunshine Law.’

    By David A. Lieb, Chloe Berger, and others
  • FLE – Scott Adams, creator of the comic strip Dilbert, poses for a portrait with the Dilbert character in his studio in Dublin, Calif., Oct. 26, 2006. Several prominent media publishers across the U.S. are dropping the Dilbert comic strip after Adams, its creator, described people who are Black as members of “a racist hate group” during an online video show. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)Finance

    Publishers drop Dilbert comic strip after ‘racist comments’ by creator Scott Adams

    By David A. Lieb and The Associated Press