About 34,000 illegal aliens are living in Mississippi, costing state taxpayers approximately $187.6 million a year in terms of benefits and services. Compared to many other states, those are rather modest numbers, but Mississippi lawmakers aim to reduce them even further. The…
Colorado Children’s Campaign report finds state-level tax credit brought 22,500 children out of poverty in one year Colorado’s most effective tool for reducing child poverty is a state-level family tax credit that’s in jeopardy for the current tax year, according to…
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Tri-State Alert Attorney General Anthony G Brown co-led a coalition of 14 states (PA too) in filing a lawsuit for damages stemming from the U.S Department of Laborâs unlawful decision to terminate millions of dollars in federal grants intended to…
Trump calls for Americans to fight back against Somali immigrants without explaining exactly what kind of action he expects. President Donald Trump has made immigration a defining issue of his political career, frequently promising tougher enforcement and accusing previous administrations…
CBIA, Connecticut’s largest business organization, has named senior policy director Jack DeOliveira, policy director Alannah Doheny, and assistant counsel James Rocco to its policy team. Prior to joining CBIA, DeOliveira worked as a policy researcher for the Connecticut General Assembly…
HARRIBSURG, Pa. (WTAJ) — Rep. Joe Webster (D-Montgomery) plans to introduce legislation that would create a tax credit based on the federal Work Opportunity Tax Credit. In a memo circulated to House members, Webster said the bill would help Pennsylvanians find…
Advocates behind a class-action lawsuit related to Massachusetts’ struggling food assistance system say Governor Maura Healey’s closeout supplemental budget does not go far enough to address staffing and access problems at the Department of Transitional Assistance. The proposal includes $26.6 million…
Child poverty and the benefits that fight it: the child tax credit, cash programmes and guaranteed income pilots.
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