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The Pasadena Showcase House of Design 2023: Tour the Most Inspiring Interiors

The Pasadena Showcase House of Design 2023, now open and on view through May 21, celebrates several full-circle moments. The 11,000-square-foot Stewart House, within which 32 design firms have reimagined the interiors, also hosted the 19th annual Showcase House some four decades ago. As it turns out, the Marston & Maybury–designed residence has been in possession of the same family ever since.

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Much like the designer showcase, which was founded in 1965 and is considered one of the country’s oldest home and garden tours, the estate has a Pasadena legacy of its own. Two-plus acres from mining magnate Lucky Baldwin’s Rancho Santa Anita land holdings were carved out when WL Stewart, then president of Union Oil Company, bought the former citrus orchard as a wedding gift for his son, Arthur, and his wife, Ruth Nicholson Stewart .

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The Kentucky House GOP plans to pass an income tax cut this week

FRANKFORT — Republican House Speaker David Osborne says his GOP supermajority in the House plans to pass a bill this week that would continue to cut state income taxes, a big priority for the GOP leadership. telegram long before this year’s legislative session.

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Osborne on day one of the legislative session said House Bill 1, the vehicle for further income tax cuts introduced Tuesday, would likely pass the House on Thursday. The law will lower the state income tax rate from 4.5% to 4%, confirming that various “triggers” for adequate revenue from the previous fiscal year have been met.

“Well, of course it’s coming out of the state coffers – about $600 million dollars this year,” said Osborne. “We happen to believe it is good policy to allow taxpayers to keep more of their hard-earned money.”

Osborne said taking the income tax rate to 4% would cost the