Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

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Report

State Limits on Property Taxes Hamstring Local Services and Should Be Relaxed or Repealed

July 18, 2018

Beginning in the 1970s, many states adopted new limits that sharply reduced funding for education and other important services by capping property taxes. The time has come for states to...

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Blog

Texas Suit Is Only Latest Attempt to End or Weaken Protections for People With Pre-Existing Conditions

June 18, 2018

Aviva Aron-Dine

Health

Report

Expanding Skimpy Health Plans Is the Wrong Solution for Uninsured Farmers and Farm Workers

July 17, 2018

Sarah Lueck

Matt Broaddus

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Statement

Greenstein: Congress Should Use Senate Farm Bill as Basis for Final Bill

June 28, 2018

Robert Greenstein

Report

House GOP Budget Retains Tax Cuts for the Wealthy, Proposes Deep Program Cuts for Millions of Americans

June 28, 2018

Joel Friedman

Richard Kogan

Commentary

Commentary: States Should Maintain Strong Essential Health Benefit Standards, Risk Adjustment Program

June 28, 2018

Sarah Lueck

Report

Latest Republican ACA Repeal Plan Would Have Similar Harmful Impacts on Coverage and Health as All the Others

June 20, 2018

Aviva Aron-Dine

Matt Broaddus

Blog

Trump, Ross Rent Plans Would Harm Low-Income People in Every State

June 7, 2018

Will Fischer

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