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This week at CBPP, we focused on state budgets and taxes.
- On state budgets and taxes, Iris Hinh updated our paper on how states can best use federal fiscal recovery funds.
Chart of the Week: Most States Have Decided How to Spend Their Fiscal Recovery Funds
Most States Have Decided How to Spend Their Fiscal Recovery Funds
Share of total state Fiscal Recovery Funds appropriated (excludes funds granted to local governments)
Note: The American Rescue Plan gave states $197.8 billion in Fiscal Recovery Funds to combat the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Source: CBPP analysis
A variety of news outlets recently featured CBPP’s work and experts. Here are some of the highlights:
Welfare scandal sharpens contrast in long-poor Mississippi
Associated Press
January 3, 2023
You’re not getting child tax credit checks anymore. Here’s why.
Los Angeles Times
January 3, 2023
State And Local Tax Policy To Watch In 2023
Law360
January 2, 2023
What child poverty in America really looked like in 2022
Washington Post
December 31, 2022
Working Moms Thought It Couldn’t Get Worse. Then Along Came 2022
Bloomberg
December 29, 2022
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