It was a short second week at the Capitol, with state offices closed Monday in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, and no committee meetings on Friday. Did you know both chambers are streaming live? Watch your...
Poverty has long been known to impact health outcomes. People with greater wealth tend to live longer. They also live in safer homes and cleaner neighborhoods. They have access to healthier foods and better health care. Generally, they can...
The Tax Reform and Relief Task force continued to pare down the long list of potential tax changes this week. These changes will ultimately comprise their final recommendations, due in September of this year. Some good ideas made it...
Many people in our state work at low-paying jobs. Arkansans who work hard for little money pay a much higher share of their income to state and local taxes compared to the wealthiest. That’s not the way it should be. Fortunately,...
Arkansas is part of a shrinking group of states that haven’t started using tax credits, like the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), to build their middle class and help people move permanently out of poverty. Arkansas remains among the...
Members of Arkansas’s Tax Reform and Relief Task Force heard this week that a state-level Earned Income Tax Credit is one of the ways to improve tax fairness and potentially simplify the tax code. This is a welcome discussion...
A new report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation gives Arkansas some reason to be hopeful: 2014 data shows more young workers are on track to a stable career, many parents are paying a smaller share of their income...
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