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A New Jersey Air National Guard KC-135 Stratotanker with the 108th Wing flies along the beach during a practice run for the Atlantic City Thunder Over The Boardwalk Air Show as seen from Ventnor City, N.J., Aug. 17, 2021. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Matt Hecht)

June 8, 2022

Investigative Journalist Alison Burdo Describes Her Reporting on Atlantic City Casino Tax Breaks

During the darkest days of the still continuing COVID-19 pandemic last fall, Atlantic City’s casinos told New Jersey’s Legislature they were losing revenue to online gambling companies. They got the tax breaks they demanded. The only problem is, the casinos’ business didn’t go in the toilet.

Atlantic City (Maryland) at Dusk. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.

June 5, 2022

Casinos Pled Poverty to Get a Huge Tax Break. Atlantic City Is Paying the Price.

Atlantic City’s casinos cried poor and got an extra tax break from New Jersey. But business is back and a Pro Publica investigation suggests the city is getting the short end of the stick.

New York City (Steve Lubetkin Photo/StateBroadcastnews.com)

March 10, 2021

New York State Urged to Pass Wealth Tax

SBN News Director Steve Lubetkin reports on how New York lawmakers and community activists are calling on New York to help eliminate hunger by raising taxes on corporations and the state’s wealthiest residents.