Low-income workers pay twice as much in taxes as the wealthiest Arkansans. In fact, the bottom 60 percent of tax payers pay 12 cents on every dollar earned, compared to 6 cents paid by the top 1 percent of...
Low- and middle-income families in Arkansas pay a far higher share of their income in state and local taxes than do the richest families in Arkansas, according to a new study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy....
Persistent poverty, declining drop-out rates and juvenile justice reform spotlighted. Arkansas children are better off than they were in 2000 in several key areas, but the state still ranks among the bottom of states for child well-being, according to...