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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...
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Tax “Freedom” Day: Overestimating Taxes on a Typical Household
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...
Personal Income, Inflation and Economic Recovery
While some states have seen personal income growth during the past year, most continue to struggle economically, according to recently released data from the Commerce Department. Only 10 states, including Arkansas, saw individual earnings exceed pre-recession earnings. These 10...
UPDATE: Red Tape Signed by Governor
The Arkansas Finish Line Coalition was pleased to see Senate Bill 65 signed by Gov. Mike Beebe Wednesday. It will ensure as many as 20,000 children eligible for ARKids First health insurance aren’t pushed out of coverage because of...
Cutting Red Tape in ARKids First Now Act 771!
The Arkansas Finish Line Coalition was pleased to see Senate Bill 65 signed by Gov. Mike Beebe Wednesday. It will ensure as many as 20,000 children eligible for ARKids First health insurance aren’t pushed out of coverage because of...
ALERT: Health Insurance Exchange Needs Your Help
Either we set it up the way we want, or the federal government does it for us. TODAY: Please contact the members of the House Insurance and Commerce Committee and tell them to vote FOR House Bill 2138. It...
Overdue Tax Cuts for Single Parents Heads to Governor
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...
Happy Birthday Affordable Care Act
America’s health care law, the Affordable Care Act, turns one year old today. That’s good news for Arkansas 1-year-olds, and 7-year-olds, and lots of other Arkansas kids. But our leaders in Little Rock will make some critical decisions about...
Wednesday at the Capitol: Cap Gains bill defeated, cutting ARKids red tape advances
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...
The long reach of childhood poverty
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...
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