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New Administration Raises Questions For Tax Preparers

Tax filers can send in their 2016 tax returns electronically starting today. And the tax code is getting tougher to decipher. CPA Jim Jenkins says with a new president and Congress just settling into Washington, D.C., the tricky part is trying to map out 2017 tax planning: TAX TIME2-A-JENKINS 0123 …

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Trump Blocks Mortgage Reduction Policy

President Donald Trump blocked an Obama administration policy that would have reduced the cost of mortgages for millions of home buyers. MORTGAGES-A-THOMAS Marla Thomas, mortgage loan officer for Inland Home Mortgage, says the action will affect millions of homeowners with an FHA backed mortgage. FHA backs about 16-percent of the …

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Many Underperforming Schools Showing Improvement

Seventy-nine Michigan schools identified as “needing improvement” were released from the priority school list after meeting three exit criteria, according to the Michigan School Reform Office: MI SCHOOL REFORM3-A-BAKER mnn State School Reform Officer Natasha Baker says on the other hand, 38 schools were in the bottom five percent for three …

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