State Press Releases
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12/18/03 Gov. Murkowski's Tax Hike Plan Will Leave Alaska in a Deep Freeze (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

12/18/03 Michigan House Re-Asserts Fiscal Sanity in Lansing (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

12/10/03 Taxpayer Group Joins Pennsylvania Lawmakers Speaking out against Gov. Rendell’s tax package (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

12/10/03 New Jersey Taxpayers Win As McGreevey Folds On Gas Tax Hike (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

12/08/03 Michigan Senate Leader Sikkema Declared "Enemy of the Taxpayer" (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

12/08/03 Virginia: Paving the Road with New Taxes (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

12/05/03 Media Alert: National Taxpayer Advocate to Appear With State Legislators and Activists to Oppose Gov. Rendell’s Tax Increases (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

12/05/03 Gov. Mark Warner Named “Enemy of the Taxpayer” (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

12/05/03 Spending Limit is Too Important to Rush, and Too Important to Weaken (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

12/04/03 Oregon Taxpayer Advocate Jason Williams Named "Hero of the Taxpayer" (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

12/02/03 Oregon Taxpayers Come Out in Force! (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

12/01/03 Taxpayers Reprimand Gov. Granholm on Tax Hike (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

11/25/03 Virginia Gov. Mark R. Warner's proposal to overhaul the state's tax system is a tax increase under the guise of "tax reform" (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

11/25/03 Spending-roll-back in California (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

11/21/03 State Tax News (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

11/21/03 Incumbent State Pledge Signers (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

11/19/03 Time to Stop the Skyrocketing of Workers' Compensation Cost (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

11/18/03 First Step on the Road to the "Miracle of Sacramento"

11/11/03 Linda Lingle Weighs Tax Increase Proposal in Violation of Her Pledge (PDF)

11/11/03 Alabama's Marty Connors Called a Dragon Slayer, Receives Tax-Cutting Sword Award (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

11/07/03 Incumbent State Pledge Signers (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

11/06/03 Pennsylvania's Dent Nominated for Hero of the Taxpayer Award

11/05/03 Taxpayers Win With Haley Barbour! (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

11/05/03 Taxpayers Win With Ernie Fletcher! (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

11/03/03 Scott Newton and David Shelton Pledge To Oppose Tax Increases

11/03/03 Mississippi Election Alert: These Candidates Promise to Defend Taxpayers

11/03/03 Virginia Election Alert: These Candidates Promise to Defend Taxpayers

11/03/03 New Jersey Election Alert: These Candidates Promise to Defend Taxpayers

11/03/03 Ernie Fletcher: Pledge Signer Promises to Defend Taxpayers

10/31/03 Complete List of Incumbent Pledge Signers (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

10/31/03 State Tax News Update (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

10/31/03 New Jersey's Mark Otto Pledges To Oppose Tax Increases (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

10/30/03 Gas Tax Hike in New Jersey? It's Time For Candidates To Come Clean With Voters (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

10/30/03 Sidney Albritton Pledges To Oppose Tax Increases (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

10/30/03 John L. Moore and Bobby Moak Re-Dedicate Themselves to Mississippi Taxpayers (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

10/30/03 Jessica Upshaw Pledges To Oppose Tax Increases (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

10/29/03 Current New Jersey Pledge Signers (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

10/29/03 Michael Patrick Carroll and Charlotte Vandervalk Pledge To Oppose Tax Increases (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

10/29/03 Will Louisiana Write Blanco a Blank Check? (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

10/28/03 New Jersey Tax Court Strikes Blow for Taxpayers

10/28/03 The Pennsylvania Senate is the Only Thing Standing in the Way of 36,000 More Jobs Lost

10/28/03 List of Mississippi Candidates Who Have Signed the Pledge (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

10/28/03 PRESS RELEASE: John Thomas Cripps Promises to Oppose All New Taxes (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

10/24/03 ATR Launches New Jersey Radio Campaign (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

10/24/03 ATR Launches Mississippi Radio Campaign (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

10/24/03 ATR Launches Verging Radio Campaign (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

10/24/03 ATR Launches Louisiana Radio Campaign (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

10/24/03 ATR Launches Kentucky Radio Advertising Campaign to Promote Taxpayer Protection Pledge (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

10/24/03 ATR Launches Major National Ad Buy

10/24/03 State Tax News Update (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

10/24/03 Current List of State Pledge Signers (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

10/23/03 Calif. Assembly Candidate Mike Robinson Pledges to Oppose Tax Increases (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

10/23/03 New Jersey's Joseph A. Adolf Pledges to Oppose Taxes (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

10/23/03 New Jersey's Bobbi Joan Bennett Pledges to Oppose Taxes (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

10/23/03 New Jersey's Peter J. Biondi Re-Commits Himself to Opposing Taxes (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

10/21/03 Ernie Fletcher Promises to "Oppose and Veto Any And All Efforts to Increase Taxes"

10/17/03 Proposed Real Estate Transfer Tax is a Real Problem

10/17/03 State Tax News Update (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

10/17/03 Louisiana Candidates Who Signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

10/17/03 Mississippi Candidates Who Signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

10/17/03 Tax Rebellions in Alabama and California...Is Ohio Next? (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

10/17/03 Increase the Income Tax for a Decrease in the Property Tax? Don't Try to Fool Illinois (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

10/17/03 Is The Pennsylvania Senate the Last Line of Defense for Taxpayers' Wallets? (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

10/17/03 New Mexico: Tax Reform is Good. Tax Increases are Bad(Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

10/16/03 Georgia Should Be Wary of Supplemental Rebates (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

10/16/03 Virginia Pledge Signers( PDF Only)

10/16/03 Kentucky, Ben Chandler Plans To Raise Your Taxes

10/10/03 State Tax News Update!

10/10/03 State-level Taxpayer Protection Pledge Signers to Date (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

10/10/03 ATR Congratulates Virginia Pledge Signers (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

10/10/03 ATR Congratulates New Jersey Pledge Signers (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

10/9/03 Colorado Voucher Plan Popular Among School Districts

10/9/03 Louisiana Candidates Who Signed Taxpayer Protection Pledge Election Results

10/8/03 NJ Senator Diane Allen signs "No New Taxes Pledge"

10/8/03 California Voters To Oregon: You're Next

10/7/03 Pledge Signer Wins Louisiana Primary

10/4/03 Newspaper Gets It Wrong - Sen. Chris Lauzen and Rep. Jack Franks Did Not Break Their Pledge

10/2/03 Maine's Ed-Funding Plan: A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

10/2/03 Taxpayer Advocacy Group Announces "Taxpayer Protection Caucus" for Indiana Senate

9/26/03 TABOR! Why Craig Benson Is Our Hero, Part 2!

9/17/03 Seattle taxpayers win as espresso tax goes down by a 2 to 1 margin

9/17/03 Hope in Ohio: Blackwell Moves to Overturn Taft Tax Increase

9/03/03 Virginia Senate Candidate Steven Sisson Pledges To Oppose Tax Increases

9/02/03 Virginia Candidates Who Signed Taxpayer Protection Pledge Primary Results (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

8/28/03 California: Emergency Is No Reason To Raise Taxes

7/11/03 Virginia - Taxpayers to Gov. Warner: Don't Tax The Internet

6/30/03 Letter to Connecticut Legislators Concerning Sunday Sales (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

6/25/03 Four Wisconsin Legislators Win Taxpayer Award

6/25/03 LINGAMFELTER WINS TAXPAYER AWARD

6/23/03 Press Conference to Expose the Devastating Effects of Illinois Gov. Blagojevich's Tax Plan

6/17/03 Florida House Rejects Sales Tax Cartel

6/17/03 Will New Jersey's Multi-Millionaire U.S. Senators Take Millions in Tax Relief They Voted Against?

6/16/03 New Hampshire Senate Spends and Spends, House Passes No Tax Increase Budget

6/13/03 McGreevey's Minced Words on President's Tax Package

6/13/03 Victory in Nevada…For Now

6/13/03 Odds Against Nevada's Gamble with Tax Hikes

6/09/03 Victory in South Carolina!

6/09/03 Pennsylvania - Fiscal Sanity in Harrisburg? Constitutional Amendment Aims to Deliver.

6/03/03 Washington State - When the State Can Overrule Your Doctor, Will Your Health Be Run Like the Post Office?

6/03/03 New Jersey - Taxpayer Group to Governor: Tax Hike Proposals are Completely Unjustifiable Given Revenue Forecasts

6/03/03 Nevada Legislators Hold Off Gov's Tax Hikes

5/28/03 Nevada Taxpayers Face Colossal Tax Increases

5/22/03 Delaware Gov. Minner Sticks with Tax Increases, Despite Rosier Revenue Outlook

5/13/03 IOWA SENATE REPUBLICANS PLAN TO RAISE TAXES

5/07/03 Texas Lt. Governor Dewhurst's Plan to Hike Texan's Taxes

5/06/03 Minnesota Plan Would Hike Cigarette, Gas Taxes

5/01/03 Kansas Freshmen House Members' Plan to Increase Taxes

4/30/03 Grover Norquist Requests New York Senators to Sustain Pataki Vetoes(PDF format only)

4/03/03 Idaho Taxpayer Alert!

3/25/03 MONTANA LAWMAKERS TO SUSTAIN VETO OF TAX INCREASES

3/25/03 "TAX ME MORE TOUR" TO PROTEST RENDELL TAX PLAN

3/25/03 Virginia - WARNER VETOES DEATH TAX REPEAL

3/14/03 State Sen. Tom Price Awarded Friend of the Taxpayer

2/12/03 Washington Taxpayer Alert!

2/12/03 Oregon Taxpayer Alert!

2/12/03 ATR Opposes Guinn Tax Increases!

2/11/03 Gov. Perry: Friend of Texas Taxpayers

2/11/03 Gov. Sebelius Opposes Gas Tax Hike

2/11/03 Ohio Gov to Raise Taxes by $3.1 Billion

1/28/03 Wyoming Taxpayer Alert! Lawmakers Consider Raising Taxes

1/20/03 ATR Opposes Tax Increases in Georgia