Airline Group Sues Over Michigan’s Expanded Sick Time Law
An airline trade group, after successfully taking on paid sick time laws in other states, now has its sights set on Michigan.
Standard mileage rates for 2026 were released by the Internal Revenue Service in a Dec. 29 notice.
Alaska released its 2026 unemployment insurance tax rates for employers and employees on the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development website.
Mississippi’s flat tax rate decreased for 2026, but its withholding formula as published by the state revenue department was otherwise unchanged from 2025.
Texas released its 2026 unemployment insurance tax rates on the Texas Workforce Commission’s website.
Next year has the potential for landmark state and local tax decisions that affect the broader legal landscape in addition to the discrete tax issues they address.

An airline trade group, after successfully taking on paid sick time laws in other states, now has its sights set on Michigan.
Texas released its 2026 unemployment insurance tax rates on the Texas Workforce Commission’s website.
Maryland’s unemployment insurance tax rates will continue to be determined using Tax Table A, according to an update on the Labor Department’s website.
Workers provided enough evidence to support their jury victory in a lawsuit alleging five mining companies acted as a single employer and failed to warn them of an impending layoff, an appeals court said Friday.
Alaska released its 2026 unemployment insurance tax rates for employers and employees on the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development website.
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) said she will push to eliminate state taxes on tipped income in her upcoming budget plan, echoing the new federal treatment of tips in the 2025 GOP tax law.
Significant litigation wins in 2025 are likely to embolden taxpayers to expand their use of certain challenges to state tax laws in the coming year.
Battalion chiefs in the Alexandria Fire Department are exempt from overtime pay requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, upholding summary judgment in favor of the Virginia city.
SkyWest Airlines Inc. defeated three flight attendants’ request for court-authorized notice to be issued to other workers they say were similarly underpaid for new hire training, inviting them to join a collective lawsuit.
The Belarusian President’s Office Dec. 29 announced the signing of a law amending various taxes. The law includes measures: 1) maintaining the basic 13 percent tax rate for most workers, ...
The German Official Gazette Dec. 23 published the Tax Amendment Act 2025, amending various tax laws. The law includes measures: 1) requiring that the conditions for special depreciation allowances under ...
The Latvian State Revenue Service Dec. 29 issued updated information material on the taxation of income for professional athletes. The update includes that the tax-free minimum income for 2026 is ...
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