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Trump’s deal to drop suit against IRS creates $1.8B ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’
President Trump has agreed to drop his family’s lawsuit against the IRS as part of a highly unusual agreement that establishes a nearly $1.8B fund to compensate those who, like him, have claimed they have been targets of a “weaponized” justice system.
Judge: IRS broke law ‘approximately 42,695 times’ in giving DHS data
A federal judge ruled the IRS violated law thousands of times by improperly sharing taxpayer addresses with DHS immigration officials.
U.S. Tax Court limits wife’s innocent-spouse relief claim
U.S. Tax Court finds Minnesota dentist’s wife partly eligible for innocent-spouse relief, ruling IRS’s 2015 visit should have alerted her to tax issues.
Court allows Trump order limiting federal unions
Appeals court permits Trump's executive order to curb federal employee union rights while litigation continues, impacting agencies like IRS and EPA.
Judge allows IRS to share immigrant tax data with ICE
Federal judge denies injunction stopping IRS from sharing tax data with ICE, sparking privacy concerns in immigration enforcement cases.
Perspectives: Tale of 3 tax cases reaching Supreme Court
A look at three Minnesota tax cases from over a four-decade period, including two in the same year, that made it all the way up to the pantheon of the judicial system, the U.S. Supreme Court.
Dayton drew big inaugural checks after election
Some checks flowed in as late as April, although a Dayton political adviser said it was a matter of money being collected months after it was pledged.
Hayden called before ethics panel again
Jeff Hayden faces a second round of testimony and debate over his role as a board member with the troubled Community Action Minneapolis.
Strom: Facts do matter still
If social trust doesn’t exist, people create it in ways that work well for them, but not for society as a whole.
Dems say yes to tax cuts — except in Senate
Gov. Mark Dayton and House DFLers have expressed support or the repeal of the business-to-business sales taxes passed last year, but the idea has yet to gain favor with Senate Democratic leaders.
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