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Assistant/Associate Editor, Communications

February 22, 2021

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) is one of the nation’s leading non-profits working on public policy issues affecting low-income families and individuals. It has a national...

Federal Tax

Blog

Earned Income Tax Credit Expansion Would Benefit American Indians and Alaska Natives

February 22, 2021 | Sam Washington

Expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for low-paid working adults not raising children in the home, as the COVID relief package before Congress would do on a temporary basis, would benefit...

Economy

Policy Basics

Policy Basics: How Many Weeks of Unemployment Compensation Are Available?

February 22, 2021

The federal-state unemployment insurance (UI) system helps many people who have lost their jobs by temporarily replacing part of their wages. (See “Policy Basics: Unemployment Insurance.”) Under...

Blog

In Case You Missed It...

February 19, 2021 | CBPP

This week at CBPP, we focused on state budgets and taxes, poverty and inequality, the economy, health, federal taxes, and food assistance. On state budgets and taxes, Victoria...

Health

Report

Health Provisions in House Relief Bill Would Improve Access to Health Coverage During COVID Crisis

February 19, 2021 | Tara Straw, Sarah Lueck, Hannah Katch, Judith Solomon, Matt Broaddus and Gideon Lukens

COVID-19 relief legislation that House committees are considering includes several vital provisions that would make comprehensive coverage more affordable and accessible for millions of people....

Food Assistance

Fact Sheet

States Are Using Much-Needed Temporary Flexibility in SNAP to Respond to COVID-19 Challenges

February 19, 2021

SNAP is essential to helping low-income households put food on the table.

Health

Explainer

Suit Challenging ACA Legally Suspect But Threatens Loss of Coverage for Tens of Millions

February 18, 2021

The Trump Administration and 18 Republican state attorneys general are asking the courts to strike down the entire Affordable Care Act (ACA) as unconstitutional.

Federal Tax

Report

House Ways and Means COVID Relief Bill Includes Critical Expansions of Child Tax Credit and EITC

February 18, 2021 | Chuck Marr, Kris Cox, Stephanie Hingtgen, Katie Windham and Arloc Sherman

These provisions would result in historic reductions of child poverty and provide timely income support for millions of people, including millions of essential workers.

State Budget and Tax

Report

States Can Choose Better Path for Higher Education Funding in COVID-19 Recession

February 17, 2021 | Victoria Jackson and Matt Saenz

Accessible, well-funded higher education is crucial for residents’ quality of life, a strong state economy, and thriving communities, but after the Great Recession hit over a decade ago, states...

State Budget and Tax

Policy Brief

Policy Brief: States Can Learn From Great Recession, Adopt Forward-Looking, Antiracist Policies

February 17, 2021 | Michael Leachman and Erica Williams

So far in the current, pandemic-driven economic downturn, some states are following their playbook from the Great Recession of 2007-09 when they often closed large budget shortfalls with cuts to...