A group of legislators from states with some of the worst tax and education records in the nation convened in Arkansas last week to advise our Tax Task Force on how to be more competitive. According to the presenters...
On December 1, 2017, at 5 p.m., Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families and KABF 88.3 aired the thirty-sixth episode of “Speak Up Arkansas,” a talk radio show dedicated to covering issues like health care, education, juvenile justice, the state...
Following Senate passage of the Republican tax bill, Rich Huddleston, Executive Director of Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, released the following statement: Both the Senate and House tax bills are costly new giveaways to the very wealthy and...
Conservative Kansas lawmakers voted to override their governor and increase personal income taxes and taxes on businesses. The Republican-dominated legislature reversed much of Governor Brownback’s infamous tax cut reform package after outrage over how the state couldn’t afford to...
The Tax Reform and Relief Task Force met for the second time on Wednesday June 7. Much of the meeting involved necessary housekeeping: explaining the parameters of the task force, including the status of our budget and tax system,...
HEALTH: HB1465, a bill to freeze enrollment in the Medicaid expansion program for low-income adults, passed out of the House of Representatives this week. The bill, which prevents any newly eligible people from enrolling in the health coverage program...
The following is a statement from Rich Huddleston, executive director of Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families: Thank you, Arkansas policymakers. The best way to provide tax relief has dominated the first two weeks of the Arkansas legislative session....
Arkansas is among the states with the highest income inequality in the country, according to a new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Arkansas ranks 18th in the country, with its richest residents— the top 5...
Earlier this week, we shared with you the first of two major Census data sets showing improvements in national poverty numbers. While poverty data for the nation inched down from 11.6 percent in 2014 to 10.4 percent in 2015, we...
We ended up with more revenue than we spent this fiscal year, but don’t let the surplus fool you. No one should be proud of the surplus at the end of this fiscal year, because it was on the...
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