Treasury proposed a rule that wld take away tax benefits f/ ppl w/ a lawful status, incl taking eligibility for the refundable part of the CTC &/or EITC away from ~1M ppl, incl hundreds of thousands of US citizen kids, upending 30 yrs of precedent public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-16985.pdf

Millions of families in the U.S. struggle to afford their children’s basic needs. Policymakers who seek to keep children safe and supported at home and out of the child welfare system, should strongly consider ways to strengthen income support programs: www.cbpp.org/research/inc...

Income Support Helps Families Meet Children's Needs and Reduces Child Welfare Involvement, Research From Multiple Programs Suggest

When parents have enough money to pay their bills, buy nutritious food, and spend quality time with their children, they are better able to respond to their children’s needs and create a nurturing...

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New paper from @krisycox.bsky.social and me on the 19M kids in lower-inc fams left out of the full $2,200 #ChildTaxCredit under the 2025 Repub reconciliation law. That’s more than 1 in 4 kids <17, most of whom are in working families. www.cbpp.org/research/fed...

To Strengthen Economic Security, Policymakers Should Expand the Child Tax Credit to the 19 Million Children Who Receive Less Than the Full Credit Amount

The Child Tax Credit helps make raising children more affordable, and its full value should be available to families with lower incomes.

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The harmful Republican reconciliation law is making life less affordable for families & crushing state budgets. States need to protect & raise more revenue for priorities like schools, roads, and healthcare, and make sure families have the support they need to make ends meet x.com/WCTharpe/sta...

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New report: States &amp; localities in '26 are facing a one-two punch—fallout from harmful federal actions on one hand &amp; regressive state policies on the other. The path forward? Protecting &amp; ...

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New #RxKids paper in @thelancet.com this month found that babies born to moms in Flint, MI who got cash during pregnancy (& the year after birth) had lower risks of preterm birth, low birthweight, and NICU admits. Moms were also more likely to get adequate prenatal care.

The effects of the Rx Kids unconditional cash prescription programme during pregnancy and infancy on birth outcomes in the USA: a population-based, quasi-experimental study

With significant reductions in adverse birth outcomes, the treatment of perinatal poverty with a place-based intervention as replicable and scalable as Rx Kids has important implications for infants a...

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One of this year’s most consequential state #tax fights took a troubling step forward last week—Missouri lawmakers advanced a deeply regressive & costly plan to a ballot referendum later this year. Here’s what folks need to know: missouriindependent.com/2026/04/21/p...

Plan to replace Missouri income tax with expanded sales tax heads to voters • Missouri Independent

Missouri voters will decide later this year whether to grant lawmakers power to increase and expand the sales tax to replace the income tax.

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Two states I want to highlight on #TaxDay making their tax codes more just and equitable! 1) WA state passed a millionaire's tax and will expand the Working Families Tax Credit & fund childcare and free school lunch for kids budgetandpolicy.org/schmudget/mi...

Historic new policy – now signed into law – has been decades in the making! - Budget and Policy Center

Today is an exciting day.The passage of the historic Millionaires Tax is a significant step toward fixing our state’s upside-down tax code. It ensures the ultra-wealthy pay more of their share of taxe...

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Whitney Jemison@whitneyjemison.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Happy #TaxDay! While millions of Americans file their returns today, statehouses across the country are making decisions that will shape who pays, who gains, & who gets left behind for years to come. And right now, states are headed in two VERY different directions. Some context:

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Maine Center for Economic Policy@mecep.bsky.social · 5mo ago

For too long, our tax code asked the most of those with the least. Today, that changes. In a historic move for tax fairness in Maine, Governor Mills just signed a millionaire tax into law as part of the state's supplemental budget. #mepolitics

Last week, Senate Republicans voted to strike down a tax law the D.C. Council passed late last year. It now awaits the President’s signature. That’s bad for D.C. families and businesses – but may not be the final word x.com/waxmansd/sta...

Hi! 👋I’m here on Bluesky to post about equitable state taxes and budgets. You can check out my latest on the @centeronbudget.bsky.social website here: www.cbpp.org/search?searc...

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