Statement from AACF Executive Director Rich Huddleston on the U.S. House of Representative budget proposal for 2012: Without exception, the House Republican’s 2012 spending plan places a greater value on millionaire tax breaks than the quality of life for...
On Tax Day let’s remember that it isn’t just a payment deadline, but also the day we pool our resources to build a better tomorrow. Year after year, generations of Americans have invested in education, health and safety so...
Each year the Tax Foundation observes the so-called “Tax Freedom Day,” the day of the year when Americans have supposedly earned enough money to have fully paid all of their taxes (local, state, and federal). This year, the Tax...
House Bill 1056 gets unanimous approval Nearly 50,000 single-parent families with two or more children will now get the tax relief they’ve been denied for four years under a bill that unanimously cleared the Senate Wednesday. A glitch in...
Today was a good day at the State Capitol for kids and families. The Senate Revenue and Tax Committee rejected HB1002, the capital gains tax cut, that would have robbed the state of critical revenue for schools and health...
A repost from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in Washington, D.C.: By Arloc Sherman, CBPP Senior Researcher Even as federal and state policymakers consider cutting back programs that boost the incomes of working-poor families, two researchers report...
A bill that would level the playing field for small businesses in Arkansas was heard in committee today but didn’t have the support to move on to the full House. House Bill 1495, An Act to Create the Arkansas...
A bill to fix an error in low-income income tax relief has passed House unanimously; a similar effort in 2009 died in the Senate. LITTLE ROCK – Nearly 50,000 single-parent families with two or more children would get the...
The U.S. House and Senate have finally passed a short-term continuing resolution to prevent a government shutdown. Both of Arkansas’s Senators, Republican John Boozman and Democrat Mark Pryor, voted in favor of the spending bill, as did all four...
Arkansas Congressional leaders head back to Washington this week as the federal budget battle enters its most critical phase. If leaders cannot reach a spending compromise on FY2011 budget (October 2010 – September 2011) by Friday, the federal government...