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State Rundown 6/7: The Budget Race Continues

June 7, 2023 • By ITEP Staff

State Rundown 6/7: The Budget Race Continues

Across the country, the marathon budget season has held pace, with a steady stream of bills continuing to cross the finish line...

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State Rundown 6/1: State Revenue Highs and Lows

June 1, 2023 • By ITEP Staff

State Rundown 6/1: State Revenue Highs and Lows

Short-sighted tax cuts continue to make their way to Governors’ desks this week. In Florida, Gov. DeSantis signed a $1.3 billion tax cut package with $550 million of the tax cuts from sales tax holidays, alone. The Nebraska legislature also sent $6.4 billion in tax cuts to Gov. Pillen’s desk which includes an enormous personal income tax cut that will reduce taxes on the top 1 percent by tens of thousands of dollars.

State Rundown 5/25: The North Star State Leads the Way on Tax Fairness

As we approach the midpoint of 2023, it’s a good time to look back at the progress states have made in the name of tax fairness and equity...

State Rundown 5/18: Credits, Cuts, and Corporate Revenue Raisers

This past week, in statehouses around the country, tax policy decisions are moving fast as budgets were signed and budget plans were released and passed...

State Rundown 5/10: Momentum on State Tax Credits Continues to Build

This week, in states across the country the momentum to center improvements to family economic security remains strong...

State Rundown 5/3: Policy Debates Unfold from Capitol to Capital

While the conversations on the debt ceiling heat up in the nation's capital, debates on state tax policy also continue to unfold in capitol buildings across the nation...

State Rundown 4/27: Health, Wealth, and State Tax Policy

This week the importance of state tax policy is center stage once again...

State Rundown 4/19: Revenue Discussions Heat Up Like the Temperature

Tax season has ended for most filers, but the topic remains a hot one in states around the country...

State Rundown 4/12: Tax Day 2023 – A Good Reminder of the Impact of Our Collective Investments

With Tax Day quickly approaching it’s worth taking some time to reflect not just on tax forms (though those are important!), but also on the current state of state tax policy...

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State Rundown 4/6: More SALT, Please

April 6, 2023 • By ITEP Staff

State Rundown 4/6: More SALT, Please

This week, a bill out of Arkansas that would cut the top personal income tax rate and the corporate income tax rate found its way to the governor’s desk...

State Rundown 3/30: A Win for Tax Equity in The Evergreen State

Over the past week Washington state saw a major victory for tax fairness after the state Supreme Court held the state’s capital gains tax—passed in 2021—constitutional...

State Rundown 3/23: A Spring Awakening of Tax Proposals

As nature bursts into life and color with the arrival of spring, state tax proposals are doing the same as the legislative seeds planted by lawmakers earlier this year start to grow, blossom, and in some cases rot. However, some governors are not entirely happy with what state lawmakers have produced.

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State Rundown 3/15: Tax Madness

March 15, 2023 • By ITEP Staff

State Rundown 3/15: Tax Madness

It’s March and state lawmakers are showing why the Madness isn’t only reserved for the basketball court...

State Rundown 3/9: The Whirlwind 2023 Legislative Session Continues

State 2023 legislative sessions are proving to be eventful ones. With many states eager to make use of their budget surpluses, major tax changes are still being proposed and others signed into law. Michigan residents will soon see an increase to their state Earned Income Tax Credit (from 6 percent to 30 percent) after the […]

State Rundown 3/1: The Long March to the Finish Line

This week, several big tax proposals took strides on the march toward becoming law...

State Rundown 2/23: Tax Dominos Take Shape, Begin to Fall as Session Heats Up

The 2023 legislative session is in full swing, and dominos continue to be set up as others fall...

State Rundown 2/15: Love You, Love You Not – Tax Edition

This week, a fresh bouquet of tax proposals was delivered by state lawmakers, but not all of them have left us with that warm, fuzzy feeling in our stomachs...

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State Rundown 2/9: We <3 Taxes

February 9, 2023 • By ITEP Staff

State Rundown 2/9: We <3 Taxes

The great women’s philosopher, Pat Benatar, once said “love is a battlefield,” and there’s no greater test of our love for state tax policy than following the ups and downs of state legislative sessions...

State Rundown 2/1: February Brings New (and Some Old) Tax Policy Conversations

Tax bills across the U.S. are winding their way through state legislatures and governors continue to set the tone for this year’s legislative sessions...

Tax season has officially kicked off and with Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Awareness Day right around the corner, it serves as another reminder for how important the EITC is...

State Rundown 1/19: ITEP Provides a Roadmap for Equitable Tax Goals in 2023

State legislatures are buzzing as leaders and lawmakers jockey to advance their 2023 goals...

State Rundown 1/11: Governors Ready to Talk Tax in 2023 State Addresses

Governors have begun their annual trek to the podium in statehouses across the U.S. to lay out their visions for 2023, and so far, taxes look like they will play a major role in debates throughout state legislative sessions...

State Rundown 1/5: State Taxes Coming in Hot in New Year

The new year often brings with it new goals and a desire to take on complex problems with a fresh perspective. Unfortunately, that doesn’t always apply to state lawmakers when considering tax policy...

State Rundown 12/15: State Priorities for 2023 Begin to Take Shape

State leaders have begun to release budget projections for 2023 and a familiar theme has emerged once again: big revenue surpluses, which have many state lawmakers pushing for another round of tax cuts despite the monumental challenges that we as a country face that call for sustainable revenues...

State Rundown 11/30: ‘Lame Duck’ December Could Have Major Tax Implications

As federal lawmakers begin their lame duck deliberations, the revival of the expanded child tax credit remains a strong possibility...