The current poverty benchmarks in the United States are miserably out of date, basing their measurements on decades old research. In the 1960s, the average family of three spent about a third of their after tax income on food,...
The Arkansas Legislature has published funding allocations for fiscal year 2014-2015 according to the Revenue Stabilization Laws. The total budget is just over $5 billion, an overall increase of about 2.2 percent or $108 million from the current 2013-2014...
The President’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2015 includes several important improvements to the pro-work Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Child Tax Credit (CTC) that will reduce poverty among low-wage workers and their families, reduce income inequality, strengthen...
Our latest infographics on Arkansas’s upside-down tax system and income inequality.
Tuesday, Arkansas’s House of Representatives passed the Department of Human Services Division of Medical Services appropriation for the 2015 fiscal year, by a margin of 76-24. The reason this is big news is because, embedded with the funding for...
A statement from Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families Executive Director Rich Huddleson: Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families commends Arkansas lawmakers for supporting the Private Option. An overwhelming majority of our senators and representatives voted for approval. The...
The political environment in Arkansas is changing. As talk of tax cuts and cut-backs rise above the din, making a strong argument for investments in our state’s children and families is more important than ever. With that in mind,...
Today in Arkansas we mark Nuclear Remembrance Day, to raise awareness of the nuclear tests that the United States conducted in the Republic of the Marshall Islands and to honor our nations’ shared history. Sponsored by the Marshallese Educational...
A new report published by Economic Policy Institute finds that all 50 states have experienced widening income inequality in recent decades. This follows a report we released last week that highlights the growing wealth disparity in Arkansas. The...
The 89th General Assembly faces a clear choice this year: deny coverage to more than 250,000 Arkansans who qualify for Medicaid services or allow all Arkansans access to coverage they deserve. Right now, the only way working Arkansans qualify...