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Elaine S. Povich

Staff Writer, Stateline

Elaine S. Povich is an award-winning reporter who covers tax and budget issues for Stateline. Povich has reported from Washington for Newsday, the Chicago Tribune and UPI. She also covered taxes and government finances as a freelancer for The Fiscal Times, Governing, AOLGovernment, Kiplinger and AARP Bulletin. She has written three books and is an adjunct professor of journalism at Maryland.

Some states are looking at taxing new or different endeavors, like digital downloads, in the face of a changing economy.
Should Tesla and other auto companies be allowed to sell directly to consumers? Some states say no.
Are DraftKings and FanDuel gambling or games of skill? States are weighing that as they move toward regulating and even taxing the popular daily fantasy sports sites.
Some states are proposing ideas to outfit vehicles with GPS-like tracking devices that will measure mileage and tax citizens depending on how far they drive.
Storing data on the cloud? Some states are preparing to tax that.
Tired of waiting for federal transportation dollars, eight states either hiked gas taxes or scaled back a planned cut to bring in more money.
To shame tax scofflaws into paying up, some states are publishing their names and the amounts they owe on public websites.
California’s drought is grabbing headlines, but other states face water woes too.
Some governors want to close budget gaps by cutting state spending on colleges and universities. Will the cuts make schools more efficient—or less able to fulfill their mission of educating students?
Gas prices are dropping all over the country. Will state lawmakers take the opportunity to raise gasoline taxes?