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California voters reject one-off billionaire wealth tax US media predicts
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What we know
The measure was seen as a key test for the global campaign against inequality, but warnings that the super-rich would leave the state won out.
Story timeline
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- First reported by NBC News Top Stories
California voters reject new tax on billionaires in a blow to the left
- Picked up by New York Times Homepage
- New development reported by The Guardian Business
California voters fail to pass proposed one-time tax on billionaires’ wealth
- Picked up by Washington Post Politics
- Picked up by Washington Post Politics
California voters vote no on Prop 40, rejecting the billionaire tax
- Picked up by Washington Post Politics
- New development reported by NPR News
California voters defeat billionaire tax proposal that divided Democrats
- Picked up by South China Morning Post Asia
California billionaire tax measure defeated in contentious vote
- Picked up by ABC News
California's Prop 40 'billionaires' tax' measure is rejected, AP projects
- Picked up by Euronews
California voters reject one-off billionaire wealth tax US media predicts
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8 headlinesEach line is that outlet's headline. The article stays on the publisher's site.
- EuronewsCalifornia voters reject one-off billionaire wealth tax US media predicts
- ABC NewsCalifornia's Prop 40 'billionaires' tax' measure is rejected, AP projects
- South China Morning PostCalifornia billionaire tax measure defeated in contentious vote
- NPRCalifornia voters defeat billionaire tax proposal that divided Democrats
- Washington PostCalifornia voters reject Prop 40, a tax on billionaires
- The GuardianCalifornia voters fail to pass proposed one-time tax on billionaires’ wealth
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- The New York TimesCalifornia Voters Reject Prop. 40 Billionaire Tax Measure
- NBC News Top StoriesCalifornia voters reject new tax on billionaires in a blow to the left