Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy

Meg Wiehe

Media Mentions

WJTV: Experts discuss bill that would eliminate Mississippi’s state income taxStateline: Budget Holes Loom After Voters Reject Some Tax HikesNew York Times: Arizona Passes a Ballot Measure to Raise Teacher Pay by Taxing the WealthyBloomberg: Tax Code Inequities Fuel Call for IRS to Collect Race-Based DataBloomberg: States Eye Anti-Poverty Tax Credit to Ease Covid ImpactPolitico Morning Tax: Another ViewBloomberg: Virus Surge Hits Budgets of States Most Vulnerable to ShutdownsBloomberg: 10 Ways States Could Fortify Tax Structures Ahead of Next CrisisConnecticut Mirror: CT’s unflappable sales tax faces unprecedented threat from coronavirusBloomberg: Delayed Tax Filing Could Mean Larger Stimulus Check for SomeConnecticut Mirror: After one alarming tax fairness study, CT is wary of launching a secondHartford Business Journal: CT Voices proposes major state tax shift to reverse inequalityVox, The Weeds: 5 Big Ideas to Use Tax Credits to Fight PovertyGoverning: What States Can Do to Drastically Reduce Child PovertyVox: Democrats don’t have to wait for Trump to leave office to cut child povertyPolitifact: Kamala Harris Calls Her LIFT Plan ‘The Most Significant Middle-Class Tax Cut in Generations.’ Is It?Newsweek: We Shouldn’t Wait for Washington to Tax the Rich: We Can Begin at the State LevelArizona Republic: Fact Check on ImmigrationWashington Times: Trump Tax Cut Foiled by State’s Itemized Deduction RuleNBC News: How Much Does Illegal Immigration Cost America? Not As Much As Trump ClaimsWashington Post: In blow to liberal efforts, voters across the country reject tax increases. (California is the exception.)Governing: Voters Lower Cap on Income Tax in North CarolinaWashington Post: Threat of Arizona Tax Measure Brings Together Liberals, Koch BrothersBloomberg: Kamala Harris Tax Plan Would Cost $2.8 Trillion, Conservative Group SaysChristian Science Monitor: A New Candidate Class: Schoolteachers Running For OfficeGoverning: The Week in Public Finance: Most States’ Tax Systems Worsen Income InequalityAssociated Press: Kansas Governor’s Race is Referendum on Notorious Tax CutsBloomberg: States Could Feel Conservative Tax Pinch Even If Blue Wave WinsTopeka-Capital Journal: New Study: Kansas’ Tax Policy Ranks as 23rd Most Regressive in the NationTruthout: North Carolina Ballot Initiative Would Enshrine Tax Cuts for the RichMother Jones: A New Study Shows White Families Getting Four-Fifths of Trump’s Tax CutTalkPoverty: North Carolina Legislators Want to Add Tax Breaks for the Rich to the State ConstitutionNew York Times: White Americans Gain the Most From Trump’s Tax Cuts, a Report FindsWRAL: Meg Wiehe: Capping North Carolina’s top income tax rate isn’t good for our communitiesWRAL: Capping North Carolina’s Top Tax Rate Isn’t Good for Our CommunitiesWashington Post: At State Level, GOP Renews Push to Require ‘supermajorities’ for Tax Hikes, Imperiling Progressive AgendaThe Nation: Will Red-State Protests Spark Electoral Change?Governing: Why New Jersey Is Headed for Another ShutdownBloomberg: The Kochs Helped Slash State Taxes. Now Teachers Are in the StreetsNews & Observer: Arizona Income Tax storyAssociated Press: Arizona Voters May Be Asked Whether They Want to Tax High Earners to Fund EducationWorking Life Podcast: A shift in the air on tax cuts?; Arizona uprising update; Inequality is worse than you thinkWashington Post: Iowa Republicans pitch ‘crisis-proof’ tax cuts. Democrats see another Kansas in the making.Quartz: The obscure tax rule that’s stopping US states from paying teachers moreWashington Post: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is sending 671,000 families an election-year checkWashington Post: Democrats’ Tax Plan Looks an Awful Lot Like a Big Giveaway to the WealthyWNYC: Despite Myth, Undocumented Immigrants Pay Taxes But Receive Few BenefitsWashington Post: Behind Oklahoma’s Teacher Strike: Years of Tax Cuts and an Energy SlumpChristian Science Monitor: In Blue States, ‘Tax the Rich’ Isn’t So Simple AnymoreAssociated Press: GOP Tax Law Boosts Income Taxes, Budgets in Some StatesNewark Star-Ledger: GOP lawmakers shouldn’t skew our numbers to defend Trump’s tax cutsWashington Examiner: New Tax Law Means Tax Hikes in Iowa Unless State IntervenesCNNMoney: How the Federal Tax Overhaul Could Reshape State BudgetsMTPR: Federal Tax Bill Casts Uncertainty on Montana’s BudgetThe Observer: ITEP Responds to MacArthur on GOP Tax PlanPolitifact: Paul Ryan’s partially accurate claim that House tax bill saves typical Wisconsin household $2,000Roll Call: Tax ID Used by Immigrants Targeted in GOP Tax BillMarketplace: The American Dream: How Undocumented Immigrants Buy Homes in the U.S.HuffPost: Soda Taxes Create Complicated RulesNPR’s MarketPlace: Doing the Math on Back-to-School Tax BreaksBloomberg BNA: Low Tax Revenue Fuels State Deficits, Budget BattlesMarketWatch: Why Back to School Sales Could Actually Cost You MoneyHuffpost: Why States Are Struggling To Tax ServicesWest Virginia Metro News: West Virginia Has Miserable Company When It Comes to Budget TroublesBloomberg BNA: Q and A with ITEP’s Meg WieheSan Diego Union Tribune: Report Tallies Taxes from Unauthorized ImmigrantsCenter for Public Integrity: Big Tax Cuts for the Rich, Less for the PoorOn the Economy Podcast: Inclusive immigration policiesUnivision: La millonaria contribución que hacen los indocumentados a la economía de Nueva YorkThe San Jose Mercury News: Undocumented Immigrants Contributed Billions in State and Local TaxesABC News: Without Immigrants, the U.S. Economy Would Be a DisasterGoverning: Despite Budget Shortfalls, Some Governors Call for Tax CutsChicago Herald: New Chicago bag tax will boost revenue, but will it cut waste?New York Times: Back-to-School Sales Tax Holidays May Be Skimpier This YearWashington Post: Kansas cut taxes, California raised them. What happened?Salon: The Triumphs and Tribulations of a Progressive GovernorNews and Observer: An NC budget that chooses decline over investmentThe Washington Post: How Kansas Keeps Making Life Harder for the PoorAsheville Citizen-Times: Long-term tax shifts may hit rich and poor differentlyUS News & World Report: The Party of Red InkThe News&Observer: NC Forgoes a Tax WindfallWashington Post: Kansas Lawmakers Want the Poor to Pay for Tax Cuts for the RichThe Kennebec Journal: LePage Following Republican Governors’ National StrategyMSNBC: States See Slump in Lotto Sales (Video)MSNBC: Running out of Options, Brownback Revisits Tax PolicyThe New York Times: Study Finds Local Taxes Hit Lower Wage Earners Harder

Meg Wiehe is ITEP’s deputy executive director. She joined ITEP in 2010 after spending several years working on tax policy in her home state of North Carolina. She coordinates ITEP’s federal and state tax policy research and advocacy agenda. Meg works closely with policymakers, legislative staff and state and national organizations to provide guidance and research on policy solutions that will achieve equitable and sustainable federal, state and local tax systems.

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