ICYM: Elevate Her Event
As we closed out June, the Arizona Center for Economic Progress and Children’s Action Alliance gathered with leaders from a broad spectrum of backgrounds to host a data filled forum on the impact that lack of child care…
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From Flat Tax to Funding Dilemmas: Arizona’s Budget Struggles
Working late into the night on a Saturday, the state legislature passed legislation to resolve an almost $1.6 billion deficit for fiscal years 2024 and 2025. The state found itself in this dire predicament after it learned…
Welcome Joseph Palomino: Our New AZ Center Director
The Arizona Center for Economic Progress (AZ Center), an affiliate of the Children’s Action Alliance, is pleased to announce Joseph Palomino as its new Director starting June 3. In this role, Joseph will lead the strategic…
Clock Ticking: $715 Million Deficit Still Looms
Since last October, fiscal analysts have been warning that the state’s revenues are not sufficient to support the budget that was passed a year ago. The latest Monthly Highlights issued by the Joint Legislative…
Tax Day Tip: It’s Time to Face Reality That State Revenues are in Disarray
Governor Hobbs and the state legislature have until June 30 to pass a budget. The major problem they face is state revenues that are lower than expected when they passed the budget last year. They need to not only adopt a…
HB2375 WOULD BAN A SUCCESSFUL ANTI-POVERTY TOOL
Arizonans work hard, whether helping an aging parent, caring for a new baby, or punching a timecard for one or more jobs. But not all work comes with a paycheck. And even with paid positions, wages have not kept up with…
Restoring Child-Only TANF assistance for children living with informal kinship caregivers prevents DCS involvement and makes good fiscal sense
For every one child raised by kin in foster care in Arizona, eight children are being raised by kin outside of foster care. During the Great Recession, our state cut Child-only Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)…
Arizonans with Highest Incomes Pay Much Less in Taxes than Other TaxPayers
A new report released by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) highlights how recent tax policy changes have increased inequity and decreased fairness among taxpayers depending on income. In Who Pays? Seventh…