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Arizona's Cuts in Per-Student Funding Among the Nation's Biggest
State Budget and Tax| Blog
Arizona Proposal Would Finance School Funding Boost, Make Tax Code Less Regressive
May 30, 2018
Arizona teachers ended their strike after Governor Doug Ducey signed a budget giving them a 20 percent salary increase over three years. But the budget ... Read more
K-12 Funding Fell Sharply After Recession Hit
State Budget and Tax| Blog
New Census Data Show Persistent State School Funding Cuts
May 22, 2018
A significant share of states are providing much less school funding than they were a decade ago, according to new data from the ... Read more
Five of Six States With Lowest Comparable Funding Levels Also Cut Taxes
State Budget and Tax| Blog
North Carolina’s Deep Tax Cuts Impeding Adequate School Funding
May 10, 2018
North Carolina teachers plan to hold a “ March for Students and Rally for Respect " on May 16 – the first day of ... Read more
Top 1 Percent Will Receive More Dollars From New Federal Tax Cuts Than Bottom 60 Percent of Households in Almost Every State
State Budget and Tax| Blog
New Tax Law Disproportionately Helps Wealthiest in Every State
April 9, 2018
With people focused on filing their tax returns for last year, it’s a good time to consider the future effect of the new federal ... Read more
AZ and OK: General Fund Resources Have Fallen by Roughly One-Third as Share of Personal Income
State Budget and Tax| Blog
State Tax Cuts: A Key Factor in AZ, OK Teacher Pay Crises
March 26, 2018
Media coverage of possible teacher strikes in Arizona and Oklahoma, following one in West Virginia, has often overlooked an important contributing factor in those states: ... Read more
North Carolina Not Showing Exceptional Growth Since Cutting Taxes
State Budget and Tax| Blog
North Carolina’s Tax Cuts Haven’t Caused Economy to Surge
February 27, 2018
State tax cut proponents often cite North Carolina as a model since its economy — unlike those of most states that ... Read more
Magnifying Glass and Pie Chart
State Budget and Tax| Blog
States Can’t Afford Trump Budget’s Massive Cost Shift
February 15, 2018
President Trump’s 2019 budget would shift massive new costs to states and localities at a time when many states are already struggling to ... Read more
Flowers
State Budget and Tax| Testimony
Kansas Should Reject Call for Constitutional Convention
February 14, 2018
Chair Estes and Members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to submit written testimony on Senate Concurrent Resolution 1611. My name is Michael ... Read more
Piggy Bank
State Budget and Tax| Blog
How States Should Respond to the Federal Tax Changes
January 24, 2018
As we’ve said , many states expect to see a change in revenues under the federal tax law. But states should respond very ... Read more
State Budget and Tax| Blog
States Should Respond Cautiously to Uncertain Revenue Impacts From Federal Tax Changes
January 23, 2018
Some state policymakers have overreacted to the possibility of new revenue from the recent federal tax changes by proposing major income tax rate ... Read more

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