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...
Legislators have just kicked off the 2017 legislative session, and ideas for big changes are buzzing around the Capitol. AACF will be on the ground advocating for bills that are best for kids and families in our state. In...
Roby Brock of Talk Business recently asked us to counter the arguments that some lawmakers have for cutting capital gains taxes. We told him that our research shows that under House Bill 1002, the top 1 percent of taxpayers...
There have been bills filed that will hurt our most economically vulnerable middle class Arkansas families, those who have been laid off from their jobs and are receiving or applying for Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits to temporarily meet basic...
Any doubt that vulnerable children and families are worse off during the recession will be quashed after reading today’s Wall Street Journal article, “Middle Class Slams Brakes on Spending.” The poorest fifth of Americans had to spend more on...
The Senate is expected to take up tax legislation this month that is crucial to the middle class. A bill to cut middle class taxes could be introduced as early as this week. We at Arkansas Advocates for Children...
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