2021 Legislative Scorecard
In the 2021 legislative session, Arizona Governor and state legislators had a historic opportunity to use a massive surplus of state and federal resources to make long-term investments and improve the economic well-being…
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Arizona’s Prop 208 Hailed as an Example of How State Tax Policy Can Address Economic and Race Equity
Arizona’s voter-approved Prop 208, which assesses a 3.5% surcharge on the top 1% of Arizona earners, is featured in a recent report by the Institute of Taxation and Economic Progress as an example of how tax policy can…
Taxing the Wealthiest Arizonans to Pay For Build Back Better
Photo by Adam Schultz / Biden for President The Build Back Better agenda currently being negotiated in Congress will make critical, historic investments in families and children to address many long-standing problems in Arizona…
Expanded Child Tax Credit Positively Impacts Thousands of American Indian Children in Arizona
This post is the third in our online series on the expanded Child Tax Credit – featuring key section(s) of our full report. Click here to view our first entry on how the expanded Child Tax Credit empowers Arizona families…
How The Expanded Child Tax Credit Empowers Arizona Families and Combats Child Poverty
This post is the second in our online series on the expanded Child Tax Credit – featuring key section(s) of our full report. Click here to view our first entry on how the expanded Child Tax Credit empowers Arizona families…
Congress should make the wealthy and corporations pay their fair share to fund our future
Congress has an opportunity to build an economy for everyone – not just those at the top As Arizona’s economy continues to recover (while threatened by the spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant), too many families and…
Expanded Child Tax Credit A Major Boost for Arizona’s Families
This post is the first in our online series on the expanded Child Tax Credit – featuring key section(s) of our full report. Click here to view our second entry on how the Child Tax Credit reduces child poverty. Read the…
Arizona to end $300/week federal UI supplement this weekend, slowing economic recovery, especially for workers of color
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 8, 2021 Andrew Sugrue Assistant Director of Policy & Advocacy Arizona Center for Economic Progress M: (352) 316-3566 asugrue@azeconcetner.org Congress must reform UI to fill the gaps exposed…