Poverty numbers don’t look good for Arkansas
Poverty numbers don’t look good for Arkansas Numbers released yesterday by the U.S. Census Bureau show poverty is on the rise in Arkansas. The 2011 American Community Survey numbers show […]
Arkansas Ranked 44th in Recent Assets and Opportunities Scorecard
The Corporation for Enterprise Development released their Assets and Opportunities Scorecard recently, and the news is not great for Arkansas. On balance the state ranks 44 out of 51 (all […]
In defense of the poor
Two outstanding critiques of some recent false claims that the poor don’t pay taxes landed on our desks today. The first, from our sister organization in Iowa. Peter Fisher, research […]
Arkansas Kids DO Count: What it takes to be #1
Arkansas Kids DO Count: What it takes to be ranked #1 It would be nice to tell others that the people of Arkansas care more about their children and youth […]
Landmark Medicaid Study Proves Benefits to Poor
Here’s a great wrap-up of a recent study out of Oregon on the effectiveness of Medicaid. From Joan Alker at the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University: As […]
Proposed SNAP cuts should worry Arkansas
Now that Congress has averted a federal government shutdown, all eyes turn to the 2012 budget. President Obama announced his budget proposal in February, and recently House Budget Committee Chairman […]
Overdue Tax Cuts for Single Parents Waiting in Senate
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 […]
Bill Targets Unemployment Benefit Recipients (and Puts Arkansas at Odds with Federal Regulations)
We all want to believe that the worst of the recession is behind us. That people who have lost their jobs are finding work. Sadly, we’re not there yet. Families […]
What is the Achievement Gap? 1 of 5
(First in a five-part series) As we watch both the national and Arkansas economies struggle out of the recession, many of us wonder what we can do to protect our […]
Census Data Reveal Arkansas’s Fundamental Tax Mismatch
Arkansas is a Low Tax State, But Not for Families Living in Poverty Recently released data from the Census Bureau confirms that overall, Arkansas could be considered a “low tax […]