Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, a nonprofit advocacy organization in Little Rock, seeks a full-time analyst to conduct analyses of state budget, taxes, and other economic/public policy issues impacting families. Position will work to promote social and economic...
Governor Hutchinson’s new budget proposal raises a number of serious concerns about whether it would actually meet our state’s future – or even current – needs. His tight budget request should, at the very least, be a clear sign...
Update: Good news alert! The budget deal approved early this morning (Feb. 9th) extends Children’s Health Insurance Program funding for 10 years, along with funding for two years for community health centers and several other provisions that will improve...
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...
On June 7, 2017, at 5 p.m., Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families and KABF 88.3 aired the twenty second episode of “Speak Up Arkansas,” a talk radio show dedicated to covering issues like health care, education, juvenile justice, the...
Recent tax cuts haven’t helped struggling parents make ends meet. Instead, they have hurt public investments that Arkansas kids and their parents need to succeed. Personal income tax cuts mean less revenue for quality schools where kids can learn,...
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...
Helping working Arkansas families grow their assets will build a stronger middle class and a healthier economy, which benefits us all. Our state has come a long way in making it easier for all Arkansans to build assets, but we need to continue...
Despite claims to the contrary, personal income tax cuts don’t help small businesses grow. Business owners hire when there is increased demand, regardless of what the tax rates are. In Arkansas, the majority of firms are small businesses (96.6 percent)...
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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