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Biden visits Illinois to sell voters on families agenda - Times of India

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Biden visits Illinois to sell voters on families agenda - Times of India

CRYSTAL LAKE: President Joe Biden on Wednesday turned his focus to pitching his proposed investments in families and education, using a visit to a community college in an Illinois swing district to highlight how his spending on so-called human infrastructure would boost the economy. The president toured McHenry County College, a community college in Crystal Lake with a workforce development program and a child care center. He’s trying to sell voters on his vision to invest in child care, health care, education and other important aspects of everyday life for Americans, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday on Air Force One. Biden toured a metals lab at the community college, where he emphasized the need to invest in research and development to bolster manufacturing jobs. “We’ve got the best folks in the world, we’re just not investing the kind of money we should,” he said. The president also wants to put a renewed focus on the portions of his economic agenda that didn’t make it into the bipartisan infrastructure deal that he backed in June. That package includes hundreds of billions of dollars of investments in roads and bridges, transit systems and broadband, but it constitutes only part of the $4 trillion in spending Biden has proposed in a broader plan to reinvigorate the economy and boost the middle class. On Wednesday, the Democratic president took steps to highlight the rest, including his plans to invest in child care and workforce development programs and provide two years of free community college, universal prekindergarten and paid family and medical leave. He’ll make the case that investments in such programs are needed to maintain America’s economic growth and competitiveness globally. He’ll also highlight his proposals to establish a clean energy standard and invest in home care for seniors and affordable housing. And he’ll speak about his plans to make permanent the expansion in the child tax credit and expanded health care premium subsidies from the Covid-19 aid bill. Democrats plan to include much of this in a bill they hope to pass through a legislative maneuver that would require just a simple majority vote, skirting the 60-vote hurdle in an evenly divided Senate. Biden has said he would prefer that the two bills move through Congress together, and Democrats are hoping to make progress this month on both. The Biden administration promoted its agenda on multiple fronts Wednesday. First lady Jill Biden visited an elementary school in Washington to discuss how the trillions of dollars the president wants Congress to spend on families would pay for more affordable child care, preschool for all 3- and 4-year-olds, larger salaries for teachers and modern school buildings with safe drinking water, along with more teachers of color and more nurses and counselors to help students with their emotional and other needs. “You and your students will continue to be one of our top priorities, not just in one legislative bill, but in everything we do,” she said during a speech to a virtual meeting of the American Federation of Teachers union.” President Biden was greeted by Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot when he landed in Illinois and was met at the community college by Gov. JB Pritzker; Illinois’ two Democratic senators, Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth; and Democratic Rep. Lauren Underwood, who represents the district. Biden won Illinois’ 14th Congressional District by about 2 percentage points in 2020, and Underwood won reelection by less than that. Hers is one of the top-targeted seats in the nation and is emblematic of the kind of district Democrats will need to hold onto in the 2022 midterms if they hope to maintain control of the House.

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Architects: Keep Georgia on your mind

How the Georgia Senate January 5th election will affect global architects, US President Biden Building News

Architects: Keep Georgia on your mind

Historic US Election Review of Architectural Aspects: Architectural Column by Joel Solkoff, PA, USA

Dec 29, 2020

Architecture under President Biden Part IV

Joel Solkoff’s Column Vol. VI, Number 7

Architects: Keep Georgia on your mind

In 1789, the first President of the United States George Washington took the oath of office in New York City. President Washington swore to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States and defend it against all enemies foreign and domestic” on Wall Street. New York was our first Capitol under the Constitution. The following year, Amos Doolittle drew this engraving of the event at Federal Hall now an historical landmark. The engraving shows the Greek Revival style building designed by architects Town and Davis. Federal Hall is a short subway ride from the room where I am writing this column.

”You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”

R. Buckminster Fuller, Architect

#### DATELINE – Monday , December 28, 2020. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York. I regard myself as a refugee from rural Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, currently the 19th fastest growing hot spot in the U.S. According to the World Health Organization, the global death toll, as of two days ago, is 1,739.000. President Trump withdrew the US from the WHO; President Elect Biden will return the US to the WHO when at long last he takes the oath of office on January 20th.

According to the US Centers for Disease Control based in Atlanta, Georgia, the US death toll as of yesterday was/is 338,263. According to reliable sources, the Trump Administration attempted to shed doubt upon the reliability of CDC data by requiring that the CDC submit its data through the US Department of Health and Human Services headed by Alex Azar former drug company executive.

At his first inauguration, President Washington said, “In these honorable qualifications, I behold the surest pledges, that as on one side, no local prejudices, or attachments; no seperate views, nor party animosities, will misdirect the comprehensive and equal eye which ought to watch over this great assemblage of communities and interests: so, on another, that the foundations of our National policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality; and the pre-eminence of a free Government, be exemplified by all the attributes which can win the affections of its Citizens, and command the respect of the world.”

No contrast can be greater than the bizarre behavior of outgoing President Trump toward his successful opponent President Elect Biden .Trump currently has launched a spectatatiraly divisive campaign in Georgia where two of his most vocal senate supporters are fighting to keep their jobs. In the previous column, I focused on the campaign of Senator David Perdue vying aganst his Democratic opponent David Ossoff, an investigative reporter. (Guess whom I am rooting for).

Today you will meet Senato Kelly Lynn Loeffler runnng against Democrat The Rev.Mr. Raphael Warnock.

On January fifth, Georgia voters will decide whether the power of the Senate will shift so that Democrats will take control. Doing so will result in a shift away from cutbacks and toward major expenditures for public housing at a time when private architectural commissions are drying up.

President Biden owes his electoral victory to the African-American community

Two black Southern leaders with considerable influence among voters in Northern urban areas are responsible for Biden’s win.Without the endorsement and vigilant follow up in South Carolina of Representative Jim Clyburn of South Carolina, Biden ( who came in fifth at the Iowa caucuses and fourth in the New Hampshire primary) would not have received the Democratic nomination.

The second powerful leader is Stacey Abrams of Georgia whose ability to deliver the black vote (most espcially the female black vote) caused Biden to win Georgia’s electoral votes (previously regarded as an improbable) as well as many African Anerican votes in critical Northern cities, like Detroit, Michgan. Especially impresssive is Stacey Abrams’s political machine ( put together with vigor) which is likely to turn the Senate Democratic on January 5th.

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Rep. Clyburn is a powerful Democratic leader in the US House of Representatives whom Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi relies upon for advice and direction. With the sad death this year of Representative John Lewis, Jim Clubirn retook Lewis’s place as THE representative of the loving yet militant Civil Rights Movement of which I was a card carrying member.

Wikipedia: Jim Clyburn

“James Enos Clyburn (born July 21, 1940) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina. He has served as House Majority Whip since 2019. He is a two-time Majority Whip, having previously served in the post from 2007 to 2011, and served as House Assistant Minority Leader from 2011 to 2019.

“Currently in his 14th term as a congressman, Clyburn has served as U.S. Representative for South Carolina’s 6th congressional district since 1993. His congressional district includes most of the majority-black precincts in and around Columbia and Charleston, as well as nearly all of a mostly rural region within South Carolina. Clyburn is the current dean of the South Carolina congressional delegation.

“Clyburn has been the third-ranking Democrat in the House behind Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer since 2007, serving as Majority Whip behind House Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Hoyer during periods of Democratic House control, and as Assistant Minority Leader behind Minority Leader Pelosi and Minority Whip Hoyer during periods of Republican House control. After the Democrats took control of the House following the 2018 midterm elections, Clyburn was re-elected Majority Whip in January 2019 on the opening of the 116th Congress, alongside the re-elected Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Hoyer, marking the second time the trio has served in these roles together.”

Jim Clyburn – Wikipedia

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Noteworthy, while looking at Rep. Clyburn’s homepage just now, this two-year old posting on public housing appeared in a prominent spot.

“In my last newsletter I laid out the devastating impact the new Republican tax law would have on middle-income Americans, and I offered some proposals for a better deal. I’ve heard from a large number of you expressing grave concerns that the new tax law would make the affordable housing crisis worse. Unfortunately, it will. According to Novogradac & Company, because of the Republican tax law’s adverse impact on low-income housing tax credits, 235,000 fewer affordable housing units—nearly twenty percent—will be built over the next ten years.

“Meanwhile, according to the Post & Courier, in South Carolina, the cost of rent rose at twice the rate of income over the last few years, which has undoubtedly contributed to North Charleston and Columbia being ranked the #1 and #8 cities for eviction by the Princeton-backed, EvictonLab.org. South Carolina evicts families from their homes at a rate four times higher than the national average. In this newsletter, I propose a better deal on affordable housing. Home ownership and safe and secure housing are central to stabilizing communities and building family wealth. Martin Luther King, Jr. often spoke of the beloved community, and in the title of his last book, he asked a poignant question, ‘Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?’

“Today, fifty years after King’s death, that question still looms large. The results of recent studies are ominous. Skyrocketing evictions, steady foreclosures, fewer affordable housing units and increased rent to live in public housing at a time when wages have not kept pace are raw deals that could create the ‘perfect storm’ of chaos. America’s and South Carolina’s families deserve a better deal.”

This capitol of the State of South Carolina, is replete with histrical and political drama. On the grounds is a monument to the South Carolina slave trade. The pre-Civil War structure was originally designed by a an arvchitect who was fired for fraud and dereliction of duty. In 1865, Union Troops under the command of General William Tecumseh (“war is hell”) Sherman burned the structure to the ground. This building was completed in its orignal form by archtect Frank McHenry Nemsee in 1877. Several early 20th century Confederate monuments were erected and the focus of significant controversy. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

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Georgia on our minds

Under state law, a candidate for a US Senate seat in Georgia must receive at least 50 percent of the vote. Neither of the two pair of candidates was able to do so on November third. Therefore, this consequential race— which has already cost, according to a Newsweek report, over $400 .million— is a run off. As you know, a senate term is six years. Political junkies like me observe the first two years one can be a statesman. The second two: half statesman half politician. The last two: all politician and as is the case with Senator David Perdue running like hell for re-election.

Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler was not elected to the job. She was appointed by the governor to fill the vacancy created when Republican Senator Johnny Isakson resigned because of health problems. The governor who appointed Loeffler is Republican Brian Kemp a very strong Trump supporter.. Two years previous, Kemp, who had been Georgia Secregtary of State, narrowly won election against Stacey Abrams.

Remember, Stacey Abrams is one the two black leaders from the South who made it possibe for Joe Biden to be elected President. Now would be a good time to read the following selection of Stacey Abrams’s Wikipedia biography. Abrams emerges from the 2020 Presidential election as a kingmaker. Stacey Abrams, DC political insiders like me speculate, could have had her pick of Biden’s domestic cabinet positions–Abrams would, for example, have made an excellent choice as Secretary of Housing and Urban Develpment if she did not have her heart set on defeating current Governor Kemp when up for re-election in two years.

Wikipedia: Stacey Abrams

“Stacey Yvonne Abrams ( born December 9, 1973) is an American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, and author who served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 2007 to 2017, serving as minority leader from 2011 to 2017 member of the Democratic Party. Abrams founded Fair Fight Action, an organization to address voter suppression, in 2018.

“Abrams was the Democratic party’s nominee in the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election, becoming the first African-American female major-party gubernatorial nominee in the United States. She lost to Brian Kemp in an election marked by accusations that Kemp engaged in voter suppression. In February 2019, Abrams became the first African-American woman to deliver a response to the State of the Union address. She was one of 16 electors selected to cast Georgia’s votes in the Electoral College for Joe Biden following the 2020 presidential election.”

—Stacey Abrams – Wikipedia

It has been 28 years since Georgia voted Democratic for President. Without question, Biden’s win of Georgia’s 16 elector voters (reminder: the oft mentioned Pennsylvania contest secured 20 votes ) was the narrowest of Biden’s wins and was recounted more than once. Abram’s organization is likely to determine senate control for the Democrats on Janaury fifth.

The upshot of the Presidential November 3rd election also resulted in a new senate that until now is an even split of 48 senators. If Perdue’s opponent Ossoff wins and if Loeffler’s opponient Warnock wins then the even 50-50 split will make the Senate Democratic. because Vice President Kamala Harris will also serve in her only Consitutional mandated capacity as President of the Senatre breaking the tie. Got it? Before the complicated multi-character situation becomes even more complicated, let us take a deep breath while watching the classic comedic sketch this situation comes to mind;namely, Who’s on first?

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Because Trump insists the Presidential contest is not over…

The final election vote count in Georgia was certified by Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger who was appointed by Governor Kemp who previously had been Secretary of State before being elected Governor. After President Trump lost lawsuits alleging fraud and election theft, Trump followed up by attacking Governor Kemp who has been one of the President’s strongest election supporters.

Indeed, Governor Kemp filed a personal lawsuit against the mayor of Atlanta. The governor opposed compulsary mask wearing orders by mayors in the state. Atlanta Mayor Lance Bottoms had reproved President Trump for arriving in her city without wearing a mask.

Even so, Trump has been trying to convince the state legislature to reberse Kemp and his secretary of state certification and overturn the official result. This puts Senator Loeffler in the uncomfortable position of agreeing with her President’s attack–without Trump support she cannot win–on the governor who appointed her to the senate.

Wikipedia: Kelly Loeffler

“Kelly Lynn Loeffler (born November 27, 1970) is an American businesswoman and politician serving as the junior United States Senator from Georgia since 2020. A Republican, Loeffler was previously chief executive officer (CEO) of Bakkt, a subsidiary of commodity and financial service provider Intercontinental Exchange owned by her husband, Jeffrey Sprecher. She co-owns the Atlanta Dream of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA).

“Brian Kemp, the Republican Governor of Georgia, appointed Loeffler to the Senate in December 2019 after Republican Senator Johnny Isakson resigned for health reasons. Loeffler is running in the 2020 Georgia U.S. Senate special election, the winner of which will hold the Senate seat until January 3, 2023. She finished second in the November 3 election, advancing to a runoff with Democrat Raphael Warnock scheduled for January 5, 2021

“Loeffler has strongly aligned herself to President Donald Trump and touted her “100 percent Trump voting record” during the campaign.[4] She was investigated in connection with the 2020 Congressional insider trading scandal after selling stock in companies vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic valued at several million dollars the same day she attended a private briefing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions on the disease, before the public had been alerted to its severity. Both the Department of Justice the Senate Ethics Committee eventually dropped their probes of Loeffler, with the Senate Ethics Committee not finding any evidence of her violating federal law, Senate rules or standards of conduct.”

Kelly Loeffler – Wikipedia

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Wikipedia: Raphael Warnock

“Raphael Gamaliel Warnock (born July 23, 1969) is an American pastor and politician. He has been the senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta since 2005. Warnock came to prominence in Georgia politics as a leader in the campaign to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. A member of the Democratic Party, he is running in the 2020 U.S. Senate special election in Georgia for the seat now held by Kelly Loeffler.

“Warnock supports expanding the Affordable Care Act and has called for the passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. He also supports increasing Covid relief funding. A proponent of abortion rights and gay marriage, he has been endorsed by Planned Parenthood. He opposes the concealed carry of firearms, saying that religious leaders do not want guns in places of worship.Warnock has long opposed the death penalty, having advocated for death row inmate Troy Davis, who was executed in 2011 for killing a police officer despite evidence that supported his innocence.”

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Capitol of the State of Georgia, Atlanta. Wikipedia: “.Like many U.S. state capitols, the Georgia State Capitol is designed to resemble the Neoclassical architectural style of the United States Capitol, in Washington, D.C. Former Confederate general Philip Cook. was a member of the commission that oversaw planning and construction of the building. The commission engaged architects Willoughby J. Edbrooke and Franklin Pierce Burnham, of Chicago to design the building and Miles and Horne of Toledo, Ohio for construction. Work completed in March 1889. Sculptor George Crouch executed all the ornamental work on the building.” Published in accordance with Wikimedia Commons licensing.

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Top 10 U.S. housing markets that could be hardest hit by coronavirus

Top 10 U.S. housing markets that could be hardest hit by coronavirus

Jeff Ostrowski Senior mortgage reporter The housing slowdown caused by the coronavirus could deliver the sharpest shocks to real estate markets in New Jersey, Illinois and Florida. That’s according to an analysis by ATTOM Data Solutions. The provider of property data studied housing markets in 483 U.S. counties and looked for signs of weakness based on housing affordability, the share of homes where owners owe more than their homes are worth and foreclosure rates. Those metrics serve as “major distress indicators,” and they highlight the areas of the country that already were vulnerable heading into the coronavirus downturn, says Todd Teta, chief product officer at ATTOM. As housing demand weakens and struggling borrowers stop making mortgage payments, the areas singled out by ATTOM face a heightened risk of foreclosures and falling property values – although for now, most lenders are refraining from initiating foreclosure proceedings. The Garden State fares poorly in ATTOM ‘s analysis. New Jersey locales make up six of the nine most vulnerable counties and 10 of the 20 counties with the gloomiest outlook. The analysis considered only economic factors, not public health data, so Teta says he didn’t factor in the high number of coronavirus cases in New Jersey. The state ranks second to only New York in confirmed cases of coronavirus and deaths from COVID-19.

An unequal housing boom

In the nation’s strongest housing markets, home values have rallied far past their peaks set during the housing boom of 2005 to 2007. That’s not the case for much of New Jersey, however. Even before the coronavirus pandemic struck, New Jersey’s housing market was struggling, says Jeffrey Otteau of Otteau Group, an appraisal firm in Matawan, New Jersey. The state’s housing market still hasn’t fully recovered from the last global financial crisis. “New Jersey has been one of the worst-performing states in terms of home price recovery coming out of the Great Recession,” Otteau says. “You have very thin equity levels, and you still have negative equity. And you layer on top of that the COVID-19 recession.” Among the economic headwinds, New Jersey’s steep taxes and high cost of living have hampered job growth and population growth. “New Jersey has more outbound migration than inbound migration,” Otteau says. “People and jobs are both leaving, in stark numbers.” In one small upside for New Jersey’s housing market, the coronavirus crisis has spurred some residents of New York City to look for homes in the suburbs, he says. Not everyone agrees with the dire assessment. “We are a healthy state,” says Angela Sicoli, president of the New Jersey Realtors and owner of Century 21 Award Agency in Nutley. “We were in an upswing prior to the pandemic.”

The 10 most vulnerable counties

The national housing market was strong going into the pandemic. A typical homebuyer needed to devote a reasonable 31 percent of income to afford a median-priced home. Less than 14 percent of homeowners were underwater, meaning more was owed on the mortgage than the house is worth. And just 0.08 percent of American homes were in foreclosure, a historic low. But all real estate is local, as the saying goes. ATTOM says housing markets in these counties showed the strongest signs of stress heading into the coronavirus crisis: Sussex County, New Jersey: This area along the Pennsylvania border has a population of 140,000. More than a quarter of homeowners were “underwater” – meaning they owed more than their homes were worth – at the end of 2019. And the foreclosure rate was 0.3 percent, compared to a national total of less than 0.1 percent. Warren County, New Jersey: Warren County is located along the Pennsylvania border and is adjacent to Sussex County. Fully 28 percent of homeowners were underwater, and the county’s foreclosure rate also was 0.3 percent. However, its affordability picture is slightly more favorable than Sussex County’s. Charles County, Maryland: In this county south of Washington, D.C., affordability poses a problem. A typical buyer needed to spend nearly 43 percent of income to afford the median-priced home during the first quarter of 2020, according to ATTOM. McHenry County, Illinois: In this county northwest of Chicago, nearly 24 percent of homeowners were underwater at the end of 2019, and the foreclosure rate was 0.2 percent. Illinois has mostly missed the economic boom of the past decade, Teta notes. The state’s job growth has been tepid and home values have barely appreciated. Rockland County, New York: Homes are eye-wateringly expensive in this suburban county in the New York City metro area. A typical buyer needed to devote a whopping two-thirds of income to afford a home in the first quarter of 2020, when the median price was $406,500. Atlantic County, New Jersey: This coastal county is home to Atlantic City, where the tourism economy has been hit hard. More than a third of Atlantic County homeowners were underwater, and the foreclosure rate topped 0.2 percent. Passaic County, New Jersey: Affordability is the major challenge for this area just outside of New York City. A typical buyer needed to devote more than half of income to afford the median-priced home during the first quarter of 2020, according to ATTOM. Ocean County, New Jersey: This county along the Jersey Shore is another place where affordability poses a high hurdle. Median-income homebuyers needed to devote nearly 45 percent of their income to afford a median-priced home. Gloucester County, New Jersey: In this county in suburban Philadelphia, more than 27 percent of homeowners are underwater, and the foreclosure rate is more than 0.3 percent. Flagler County, Florida: This small coastal county is situated between Daytona Beach and St. Augustine. Affordability poses the major pain point: A buyer would spend 47 percent of income on a median-priced home. Not all of New Jersey is in the danger zone. Some Garden State counties were well-positioned heading into the pandemic. For instance, Hudson County ranks No. 349 on ATTOM’s list of 483 counties. Somerset County is No. 217, and Morris County is No. 158. While just one Florida county made the top 10, there are 10 Florida counties ranked among the 50 most vulnerable housing markets. These include Flagler, Lake, Bay, Clay, Broward, Hernando, Santa Rosa, Osceola, Highlands, and Charlotte counties. Four Illinois counties, in addition to McHenry, also made the top 50: Kane, Will, Tazewell and Lake. Fast-appreciating housing markets in the western half of the U.S. are mostly absent from ATTOM’s list of vulnerable areas. California has just one county in the top 50. Colorado and Washington state don’t have a single county in the top 300. That’s because soaring home prices have given homeowners a cushion of equity. If you’re wondering, ATTOM says the nation’s most solid housing market is Indiana’s Tippecanoe County, home of Purdue University.

What to do if you’re facing housing distress

With many homeowners suddenly out of work, the Federal Housing Finance Agency has opened forbearance programs that allow for missed mortgage payments. “If you have any level of financial impact from this, I’d certainly research the forbearance programs that are out there,” Teta says. “That’s what they’re there for. These mortgage relief programs are better designed than the ones in the Great Recession.” The earlier generation of initiatives helped some homeowners but frustrated others. If you had been pondering a home sale, it would be wise to sit on the sidelines, Teta says. “Unless you need to sell, I would not right now,” he says. “We’re of the opinion that this is a three- to five-month delay in the selling season. In three to five months, there’s going to be a lot more demand.” For those shopping for homes, on the other hand, the coronavirus slowdown could offer some bargains. Sellers who have kept their properties on the market could be signaling a willingness to negotiate. “If you’re a buyer,” Teta says, “there are some potential opportunities out there.” Read more https://global.goreds.today/real-estate-10-years-later-many-underwater-counties-have-not-escaped-the-housing-crisis/ Read the full article

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Extension of Replacement Period for Livestock Sold on Account of Drought on Cook & Co. News

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Extension of Replacement Period for Livestock Sold on Account of Drought

Notice 2019- 54

SECTION 1. PURPOSE This notice provides guidance regarding an extension of the replacement period under § 1033(e) of the Internal Revenue Code for livestock sold on account of drought in specified counties.

SECTION 2. BACKGROUND .01 Nonrecognition of Gain on Involuntary Conversion of Livestock. Section 1033(a) generally provides for nonrecognition of gain when property is involuntarily converted and replaced with property that is similar or related in service or use. Section 1033(e)(1) provides that a sale or exchange of livestock (other than poultry) held by a taxpayer for draft, breeding, or dairy purposes in excess of the number that would be sold following the taxpayer’s usual business practices is treated as an involuntary conversion if the livestock is sold or exchanged solely on account of drought, flood, or other weather-related conditions.

.02 Replacement Period. Section 1033(a)(2)(A) generally provides that gain from an involuntary conversion is recognized only to the extent the amount realized on the conversion exceeds the cost of replacement property purchased during the replacement period. If a sale or exchange of livestock is treated as an involuntary conversion under § 1033(e)(1) and is solely on account of drought, flood, or other weather-related conditions that result in the area being designated as eligible for assistance by the federal government, § 1033(e)(2)(A) provides that the replacement period ends four years after the close of the first taxable year in which any part of the gain from the conversion is realized. Section 1033(e)(2)(B) provides that the Secretary may extend this replacement period on a regional basis for such additional time as the Secretary determines appropriate if the weather-related conditions that resulted in the area being designated as eligible for assistance by the federal government continue for more than three years. Section 1033(e)(2) is effective for any taxable year with respect to which the due date (without regard to extensions) for a taxpayer’s return is after December 31, 2002.

SECTION 3. EXTENSION OF REPLACEMENT PERIOD UNDER § 1033(e)(2)(B) Notice 2006-82, 2006-2 C.B. 529, provides for extensions of the replacement period under § 1033(e)(2)(B). If a sale or exchange of livestock is treated as an involuntary conversion on account of drought and the taxpayer’s replacement period is determined under § 1033(e)(2)(A), the replacement period will be extended under § 1033(e)(2)(B) and Notice 2006-82 until the end of the taxpayer’s first taxable year ending after the first drought-free year for the applicable region.

For this purpose, the first drought-free year for the applicable region is the first 12-month period that:

(1) ends August 31;

(2) ends in or after the last year of the taxpayer’s four-year replacement period determined under § 1033(e)(2)(A); and (3) does not include any weekly period for which exceptional, extreme, or severe drought is reported for any location in the applicable region. The applicable region is the county that experienced the drought conditions on account of which the livestock was sold or exchanged and all counties that are contiguous to that county.

A taxpayer may determine whether exceptional, extreme, or severe drought is reported for any location in the applicable region by reference to U.S. Drought Monitor maps that are produced on a weekly basis by the National Drought Mitigation Center.

U.S. Drought Monitor maps are archived at http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Maps/MapArchive.aspx.

In addition, Notice 2006-82 provides that the Internal Revenue Service will publish in September of each year a list of counties1 for which exceptional, extreme, or severe drought was reported during the preceding 12 months. Taxpayers may use this list instead of U.S. Drought Monitor maps to determine whether exceptional, extreme, or severe drought has been reported for any location in the applicable region.

The Appendix to this notice contains the list of counties for which exceptional, extreme, or severe drought was reported during the 12-month period ending August 31,

Under Notice 2006-82, the 12-month period ended on August 31, 2019, is not a drought-free year for an applicable region that includes any county on this list. Accordingly, for a taxpayer who qualified for a four-year replacement period for livestock sold or exchanged on account of drought and whose replacement period is scheduled to expire at the end of 2019 (or, in the case of a fiscal year taxpayer, at the end of the taxable year that includes August 31, 2019), the replacement period will be extended under § 1033(e)(2) and Notice 2006-82 if the applicable region includes any county on this list. This extension will continue until the end of the taxpayer’s first taxable year ending after a drought-free year for the applicable region.

SECTION 4. DRAFTING INFORMATION The principal author of this notice is Lewis Saideman of the Office of Associate Chief Counsel (Income Tax & Accounting). For further information regarding this notice, please contact Mr. Saideman at (202) 317-7006 (not a toll-free call).

APPENDIX

Alabama

Counties of Barbour, Bibb, Chilton, Coffee, Covington, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Jefferson, Shelby, and Tuscaloosa.

Alaska

Municipality of Anchorage. Boroughs of Kenai Peninsula, Ketchikan Gateway, Kodiak Island, Lake and Peninsula, Matanuska-Susitna. Census Areas of Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan, Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon, Valdez-Cordova, Wrangell-Petersburg, and Yukon-Koyukuk.

Arizona

Counties of Apache, Cochise, Coconino, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, La Paz, Maricopa, Mohave, Navajo, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, Yavapai, and Yuma.

Arkansas

Counties of Columbia, Lafayette, and Union.

California

Counties of Del Norte, Humboldt, Imperial, Los Angeles, Modoc, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Siskiyou, Trinity, and Ventura.

Colorado

Counties of Alamosa, Archuleta, Baca, Bent, Boulder, Chaffee, Clear Creek, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley, Custer, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Elbert, El Paso, Fremont, Garfield, Gilpin, Grand, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Huerfano, Jackson, Kiowa, Lake, La Plata, Larimer, Las Animas, Lincoln, Mesa, Mineral, Moffat, Montezuma, Montrose, Otero, Ouray, Park, Pitkin, Prowers, Pueblo, Rio Blanco, Rio Grande, Routt, Saguache, San Juan, San Miguel, and Summit.

Florida

Counties of Brevard, Holmes, Indian River, Jackson, Martin, Okaloosa, Palm Beach, Saint Lucie, and Walton.

Georgia

Counties of Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch, Charlton, Chatham, Clay, Clinch, Coffee, Cook, Early, Effingham, Irwin, Jeff Davis, Lanier, Pierce, Screven, and Ware.

Hawaii

Counties of Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, and Maui.

Idaho

Counties of Bannock, Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Canyon, Cassia, Franklin, Kootenai, Oneida, Owyhee, Payette, Power, Shoshone, Twin Falls, and Washington.

Illinois

Counties of Hancock, Henderson, Mercer, Rock Island, and Warren.

Iowa

Counties of Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Louisa, Lucas, Mahaska, Marion, Monroe, Ringgold, Van Buren, Wapello, and Wayne.

Kansas

Counties of Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Chase, Coffey, Dickinson, Douglas, Franklin, Geary, Greenwood, Harvey, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Lyon, McPherson, Marion, Marshall, Miami, Morris, Nemaha, Osage, Pottawatomie, Riley, Saline, Shawnee, Wabaunsee, and Wyandotte.

Louisiana

Parishes of Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Jackson, Lincoln, Natchitoches, Red River, Union, Webster, and Winn.

Maine

Counties of Cumberland, Hancock, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, and Waldo.

Michigan

Counties of Antrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Crawford, Emmet, Kalkaska, Mackinac, Montmorency, Oscoda, Otsego, and Presque Isle.

Minnesota

County of Marshall.

Missouri

Counties of Adair, Andrew, Audrain, Barry, Barton, Benton, Boone, Buchanan, Caldwell, Callaway, Carroll, Cass, Cedar, Chariton, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Cole, Cooper, Dade, Dallas, Daviess, DeKalb, Douglas, Gentry, Greene, Grundy, Harrison, Hickory, Holt, Howard, Jackson, Jasper, Johnson, Knox, Laclede, Lafayette, Lawrence, Lewis, Linn, Livingston, McDonald, Macon, Maries, Mercer, Moniteau, Monroe, Morgan, Newton, Nodaway, Osage, Pettis, Phelps, Platte, Polk, Pulaski, Putnam, Randolph, Ray, Saint Clair, Saline, Schuyler, Scotland, Stone, Sullivan, Taney, Webster, Worth, and Wright.

Montana

Counties of Blaine, Flathead, Lincoln, Mineral, Phillips, Sanders, and Valley.

Nevada

Counties of Clark, Elko, Humboldt, Washoe, and White Pine.

New Mexico

Counties of Bernalillo, Catron, Chaves, Cibola, Colfax, Curry, DeBaca, Eddy, Grant, Guadalupe, Harding, Lea, Lincoln, Los Alamos, McKinley, Mora, Otero, Quay, Rio Arriba, Roosevelt, Sandoval, San Juan, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Sierra, Socorro, Taos, Torrance, Union, and Valencia.

New York

Counties of Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, and Warren.

North Dakota

Counties of Benson, Bottineau, Burke, Cavalier, Divide, Eddy, Foster, Grand Forks, Hettinger, McHenry, Mountrail, Nelson, Pembina, Pierce, Ramsey, Renville, Rolette, Sheridan, Stark, Towner, Walsh, Ward, and Wells.

Oklahoma

Counties of Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cimarron, Comanche, Cotton, Custer, Ellis, Garvin, Grady, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Jefferson, Kay, Kiowa, Love, McClain, Noble, Nowata, Osage, Pawnee, Roger Mills, Rogers, Stephens, Tillman, Tulsa, Washington, and Washita.

Oregon

Counties of Baker, Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Coos, Crook, Curry, Deschutes, Douglas, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Hood River, Jackson, Jefferson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Malheur, Marion, Morrow, Multnomah, Polk, Sherman, Tillamook, Umatilla, Union, Wasco, Washington, Wheeler, and Yamhill.

South Carolina

Counties of Allendale, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton, and Jasper.

South Dakota

Counties of Brown, Edmunds, Faulk, Haakon, McPherson, Spink, and Ziebach.

Texas

Counties of Anderson, Aransas, Archer, Armstrong, Atascosa, Baylor, Bee, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Borden, Bosque, Bowie, Brazos, Briscoe, Brooks, Brown, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Callahan, Camp, Carson, Cass, Castro, Cherokee, Childress, Clay, Coke, Coleman, Collingsworth, Comal, Comanche, Concho, Coryell, Cottle, Crosby, Culberson, Dallas, Dawson, Deaf Smith, Delta, Denton, Dickens, Dimmit, Donley, Duval, Eastland, Edwards, Ellis, Erath, Falls, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Franklin, Freestone, Frio, Gaines, Garza, Gillespie, Glasscock, Gonzales, Gray, Gregg, Guadalupe, Hale, Hall, Hamilton, Hardeman, Harrison, Haskell, Hays, Hill, Hockley, Hood, Hopkins, Houston, Howard, Hudspeth, Jack, Jeff Davis, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Johnson, Jones, Kendall, Kent, Kerr, Kimble, King, Kinney, Kleberg, Knox, Lamar, Lamb, Lampasas, La Salle, Leon, Limestone, Live Oak, Llano, Lubbock, Lynn, McCulloch, McLennan, McMullen, Madison, Marion, Martin, Mason, Maverick, Medina, Menard, Midland, Milam, Mills, Mitchell, Montague, Morris, Motley, Navarro, Nolan, Nueces, Oldham, Palo Pinto, Panola, Parker, Potter, Presidio, Randall, Reagan, Real, Red River, Refugio, Robertson, Runnels, Rusk, San Patricio, San Saba, Schleicher, Scurry, Shackelford, Smith, Somervell, Starr, Stephens, Sterling, Stonewall, Sutton, Swisher, Tarrant, Taylor, Terrell, Terry, Throckmorton, Titus, Travis, Upshur, Upton, Uvalde, Val Verde, Van Zandt, Webb, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, Williamson, Wilson, Wise, Wood, Young, Zapata, and Zavala.

Utah

Counties of Beaver, Box Elder, Cache, Carbon, Daggett, Davis, Duchesne, Emery, Garfield, Grand, Iron, Juab, Kane, Millard, Morgan, Piute, Rich, Salt Lake, San Juan, Sanpete, Sevier, Summit, Tooele, Uintah, Utah, Wasatch, Washington, Wayne, and Weber.

Vermont

Counties of Addison, Chittenden, Franklin, Lamoille, Orleans, and Washington. Washington

Counties of Clallam, Clark, Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Klickitat, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, Pend Oreille, Pierce, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish, Stevens, Thurston, Wahkiakum, and Whatcom.

Wyoming

Counties of Carbon and Sweetwater.

Guam Island of Guam.

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

Islands of Rota and Saipan.

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

Municipalities of Aibonito, Barranquitas, Cabo Rojo, Cayey, Cidra, Coamo, Comerio, Guanica, Guayama, Guayanilla, Juana Diaz, Lajas, Penuelas, Ponce, Sabana Grande, Salinas, Santa Isabel, Villalba, and Yauco.

United States Virgin Islands

Islands of Saint Croix and Saint Thomas.

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ILLINOIS HAS 63,000 GOVERNMENT WORKERS MAKING OVER $100K Illinois Policy ^

Illinoisans are struggling under the highest property taxes in the nation, a declining population and the nation’s worst income growth, but one group is still doing pretty well – government workers.

According to OpenTheBooks.com, Illinois has 63,000 public employees making more than $100,000, costing taxpayers $10 billion. These government workers range from auto pound supervisors to corrections nurses to junior college presidents and more. One of the most lucrative government fields is that of village and city managers, many of whom out-earn every U.S. governor.

The 10 highest-paid village and city managers in Illinois are located in Cook County and the collar counties of DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will. These local officials are all are making more than $200,000 per year.

The village of Glenview has the highest-paid village manager at $297,988.45 per year. Grayslake, Lake Forest, Libertyville, Northbrook, Rosemont, Palatine, Schaumburg and Northfield round out the top 10, with city and village managers in those locales all making between $230,000 and $265,000. Rosemont was on the list twice, with two village managers making more than $245,000.

This is on top of the comparatively high salaries many Illinois mayors take in. For example, Rosemont Mayor Brad Stephens makes $260,000 per year, while San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee makes $289,000 annually and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has a salary of $238,000. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner makes $235,000 per year.

Rosemont taxpayers are on the hook for more than $750,000 for just three executive positions. In addition to Brad Stephens’ salary, the village of 4,200 has two village managers who both make six figures. Rosemont Village Manager Christopher Stephens – who is also Brad Stephens’ nephew – makes $249,231.46 per year, and Rosemont Village Manager Patrick Nagle makes $245,000.

Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar has an annual salary of roughly $150,000. Bolingbrook is partially located in DuPage County, where taxpayers are paying the second highest property taxes in Illinois and the 27th-highest in the country. Lake County – where village officials in Grayslake, Lake Forest and Libertyville are pulling in more than $200,000 per year – has residents faced with the highest property taxes in the state, and the 21st-highest in the nation.

Collar counties McHenry, Kane and Will rank fourth-, fifth- and sixth-highest in the state, respectively, and all are among the country’s top 35 counties for the highest median property taxes. Cook County residents are saddled with slightly lower property taxes, though still 67th-highest in the country.

These municipalities with high-priced executives also receive state aid through the Local Government Distributive Fund, or LGDF. Grayslake, for example, with a village manager making more than $264,000, received more than $2.1 million from state taxpayers in fiscal year 2016. Northbrook, with a more than $250,000 village manager, received more than $3.3 million. Schaumburg, with a village manager receiving nearly $240,000, received $7.5 million in LGDF funding.

The LGDF distributes money not based on need or any particular purpose, but simply based on each local government’s share of the statewide population. This sends state taxpayers’ money to locales that may not need it and also encourages local overspending – such as on high pay and benefits for local government employees.

Ending LGDF for populations over 5,000 could save the state $1.75 billion each year, and rein in spending that keeps local taxes so high. Additionally, local government and school district consolidation efforts could reduce costs and ease the burden on overtaxed residents in the Chicagoland area.

In the meantime, as Illinois taxpayers struggle with the one of the highest overall tax burdens in the country, and deal with personal income growth that lags behind neighboring states, government officials should take the initiative in exercising fiscal restraint and cutting the cost of government by reducing their own salaries. Taxpayers in Cook County, the collar counties and across the state of Illinois have been forced to bear the burden for too long.

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Drivers in 14 states saw fuel taxes increase on July 1

Filling up photo by Jackson Lavarnway via Flickr CC

If you're reading this, you're probably already clock watching. The Fourth of July holiday is less than two days away and, if you've got an accommodating boss, you'll get a nice long weekend.

But until then, you're at your desk.

When you do finally take off for your July 4th celebrations, you'll likely hit the road.

That means you have two concerns. First, how bad will traffic be? Second, what will it cost me to fill up my tank?

Spoiler alert, traffic will be crazy.

Spoiler alert redux, motorists who live in or are heading to 14 states will pay more for fueling up thanks to tax increases that took effect July 1.

Mixed gas price news: Let's take a closer look at the answer to that fuel question first.

For the 41.4 million Americans traveling by automobile this Independence Day holiday week, there's some mostly, but not all, good news.

The national average on July 1 for a gallon of unleaded gas was $2.71. That's a nickel more than the previous week, but 11 cents less than in May and 14 cents cheaper than a year ago, according to AAA gas price expert Jeanette Casselano.

And it's something drivers should get used to as the summer vacation season progresses.

"It's typical to see increases at the pump ahead of the holiday, but we may see prices continue to jump throughout the month due to refinery interruptions on the East Coast, increasing demand and fluctuations in crude oil price," added Casselano.

Higher taxes in some states: The fuel price news will be compounded in a handful of states where excise taxes where hiked just as folks were finalizing their July 4th travel plans.

Drivers in California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont and along one major highway in Virginia will pay more for fuel, primarily gasoline, due to tax increases that took effect on July 1, the start of their fiscal years.

Some were already in the works as phased-in incremental fuel tax hikes. Others are new, large bumps in the fuels' prices. And a few apply to vehicles that run on diesel instead of gasoline.

Here's the scoop on the 14 higher state fuel taxes that kicked in this week.

California: The Golden State is the leader in many ways, but motorists there will not welcome this (dis)honor. Californians now pay the highest taxes on gasoline, passing Pennsylvania, which left its rate untouched. California's gas tax rose 5.6 cents a gallon, about a 10 percent increase. The gas tax now stands at 47.3 cents per gallon (cpg). It will continue to increase indefinitely starting next year to keep up with the California Consumer Price Index. The only consolation for those West Coast drivers is that the added tax money, which is split between state and local governments, is expected to generate $50 billion for repairs to roads and infrastructure, as well as some going to public transportation and biking and walking trails.

Connecticut: The Nutmeg State upped its diesel tax rate by 2.6 cpg. The rate varies in conjunction with changes in average fuel prices. The increase puts Connecticut's diesel tax rate at 46.5 cents.

Illinois: Illinois motorists saw the biggest of any drivers across the country. The Prairie State's gas tax was doubled, jumping 19 cents a gallon to the new 38 cpg rate. The diesel tax rate also went up to 24 cents. The fuel tax legislation enacted earlier this year also indexes the gas tax rate so that it will reflect small, periodic increases in the coming years. In addition to the state-level gas tax hike, the new law allows several local taxing jurisdictions (the city of Chicago and Lake, Will, DuPage, Kane and McHenry counties) to increase their local gas taxes by various amounts.

Indiana: Hoosiers now pay 0.5 cents per gall more for gasoline and a penny more per gallon for diesel fuel. Both these fuel tax hikes come as part of a 2015 bill that calls for them to be updated annually to keep pace with inflation and the rate of personal income growth in Indiana. The gasoline tax is also partly linked to gas prices, which have fallen in Indiana and explain why the gas tax rate hike is less than that on diesel.

Maryland: Legislation enacted in 2013 meant that gas and diesel taxes in the Old Line State went up 1.4 cpg each on July 1 based on inflation and the price of motor fuel in Maryland.

Michigan: The Great Lakes State's gas tax went up 0.1 cpg and the one on diesel increased by 0.2 cpg on July 1. Currently, Michigan's gas and diesel tax rates vary each month based on fuel prices, but state lawmakers are expected by 2022 to join other states that index fuel taxes to inflation.

Montana: A phased-in fuel tax increase enacted in 2017 pushed the Treasure State gas tax up by 0.5 cents and diesel taxes up by 0.2 cents. The full fuel tax increases will total 6 cpg for gas and 2 cpg for diesel when it's completed in July 2022.

Nebraska: Both gas and diesel tax rates in the Cornhusker State went up by 0.1 cents. The increase is calculated using a formula that takes into account fuel prices and the legislature's spending choices for infrastructure.

Ohio: The Buckeye State comes in second in the 2019 fuel tax hike parade. Ohio drivers now are paying state taxes of 38.6 cents a gallon, an increase of 10.5 cents from the previous gas tax. The state's diesel fuel tax also increased by 19 cents per gallon. Both fuel tax hikes are due to Ohio's transportation budget that was signed into law in April. The added money, a projected extra $865 million a year, is slated to go toward road and bridge maintenance.

Rhode Island: Gas and diesel tax rates in the Ocean States went up by 0.1 cents. The hike is due to a 2014 law that allows for indexing of the fuel tax rates every two years.

South Carolina: The Palmetto State's gas tax rose another 2 cents per gallon this week, bringing the total tax paid at the pump to nearly 23 cents a gallon. It's the latest step in South Carolina's rolling implementation of a 12-cent gas-tax hike approved in 2017. Drivers now are paying 6 cents per gallon more in taxes than before the law took effect and over the last two years have paid a combined $198 million more for gas. The S.C. gas tax will rise another six cents over the next three years.

Tennessee: Volunteer State drivers get no choice at the pump. They now are paying 1 cpg more in tax on gas tax and 3 cpg more on diesel thanks to those fuel tax hikes that kicked in earlier this week. Both hikes are the final part of phased-in fuel tax increases that began in 2017 and have now raised gas taxes by 6 cents and diesel taxes by 10 cents overall.

Vermont: The Green Mountain State's gas tax went up by 0.55 cpg. The hike due to the increase in gasoline prices in the state, which have increased.

Virginia: If you have options as to which road you plan to take across The Old Dominion, you could save some fuel tax money. Virginia raised the gas tax only online I-81, which runs north-south across the western portion of the state. The dedicated sales tax increase along the road from Bristol to Winchester is 7.6 cents per gallon of gasoline and 7.7 cents per gallon of diesel will be collected by the merchants selling the fuel. The expected $2 billion from the tax will be used for improvements along the 325-mile corridor

Map courtesy Virginia Petroleum and Convenience Marketers Association

Remember, too, that all state gas taxes are tacked onto the federal 18.4 cpg gasoline tax. That rate has not changed since 1993, despite indications from the Trump Administration that it would support a national fuel tax hike.

Holiday travel congestion: OK, you've got your fuel budget set. Now it's time to head out on the highway, but maybe not when or at the pace you planned.

The more than 41 million Americans traveling by automobile this July 4 holiday are the most on record for the holiday and a 4.3 percent increase over last year, according to AAA.

So it's not surprising that the motorist organization and INRIX, a global mobility analytics company, warns drivers that they could face delays this week as much as four times a normal commute, especially in major metropolitan areas.

Tomorrow, Wednesday, July 3, is expected to be the worst day on the roads as Independence Day travelers mix with regular commuters.

Plan your departure accordingly.

And make sure you top off your tank before you hit the road, especially if you're heading into one of the states that just hiked their fuel taxes.

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