February 5, 2025, Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor About the Bill SB50 | Sen. Justin Boyd and Rep. Carlton Wing This bill would require the Arkansas Legislative Council-Hospital and Medicaid Study Subcommittee to study issues and ideas...
It is once again time for the people of Arkansas to lead by increasing the minimum wage through direct democracy.
The Governor’s Budget is Dominated by Education Freedom Accounts At Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, we believe the state has the duty to invest in Arkansans, with a robust state budget that fully funds critical programs and...
Does our way of forecasting shortchange our future? Creating and approving the Arkansas state budget is demanding work for our governor and legislature. Predicting how much money the state will bring in from fees and taxes is both science...
The wealthy aren’t paying their fair share, and that hurts programs and policies that help all Arkansans. Our children have been back in school for weeks. Labor Day has passed. And we were teased with cooler weather last week....
The majority of Southern States have poverty rates higher than the national average.
The State should partner with IRS Direct File to benefit Arkansans. Last year the Internal Revenue Service piloted its Direct File program, a free online system for filing federal tax returns. The IRS kept the pilot program purposefully small,...
In Arkansas, undocumented immigrants contributed $188 million in state and local taxes in 2022, a number that would rise to $223 million if these taxpayers were granted work authorization.
Today the Legislature, in a special session called by the Governor, begins discussion of Senate Bill 1. According to an analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, this bill will eliminate at least $450 million in tax...
