State Budget Cuts Threaten Economic Recovery

Normally when the public or politicians talk about economic recovery they focus on unemployment and consumer spending. However, the rile of state budget cuts are largely ignored, yet are intimately […]

Moving Families Forward Update

July 2010: Unemployment assistance, child nutrition and more An Update on the Federal Tax and Budget System As Congress heads toward its annual August recess, both the House and Senate […]

A New Federal Poverty Measure

Many experts agree that the federal poverty measures are outdated and underestimate the amount of money a family must to earn to take care of all of its basic needs. […]

This week at the State Capitol: Medicaid worries

Lawmakers have been fast and furiously passing appropriations bills since the fiscal session began, in an attempt to meet their deadline of closing the session by month’s end. Appropriations bills […]

And they’re off!

This week’s bad weather didn’t keep the Arkansas General Assembly from gathering to open the 2010 fiscal session—the first of its kind. By all accounts today, the expectation is that this session […]

Free tax assistance sites

“Get it quick or get it all” is State Rep. Darrin Williams’ advice to working families who may be thinking about getting a Refund Anticipation Loan, also known as a […]

January Moving Families Forward Update

Jan. 15, 2010 The U.S. Senate returns from recess on Jan. 20 to join the House, which headed back to work this week. Meanwhile, the Arkansas General Assembly this week […]

Arkansas’ First Fiscal Session

The Legislature began hearings this week of the Joint Budget Committee as part of the first Fiscal Session that will focus on the state agency budget dubbed the “Big Six.” […]