On July 4th, the President signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB), a nearly 1,000-page bill that changes federal spending levels by stripping tens of millions of our most vulnerable ...

The Washington, D.C.-based Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy argues the discount periods have minimal benefit for working families.

Federal policy choices on tariffs, taxes, and spending cuts will be deeply felt by all states, which will have less money ...

It is one of the least popular pieces of legislation in modern American history, giving massive, permanent tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans and temporary crumbs for working families in Southern ...

Though some of the details of the OBBBA were altered in the Senate from its original House-passed version, the overall impact remained largely the same: tax cuts for the rich, little change for the ...

Refundable tax credits were a big part of state tax policy conversations this year. In 2025, nine states improved or created ...

Corporate CEOs are raking in millions, and now they’ll get another kickback from President Trump’s tax cut gift and anti-worker agenda,” said Fred Redmond.

Many observers seem split on whether the state’s annual three-day hiatus on collecting tax on many items provides enough economic benefits to justify its costs.

All eyes in statehouses in recent weeks have been on federal budget negotiations, and now that the “megabill” has ...

All eyes in statehouses in recent weeks have been on federal budget negotiations, and now that the “megabill” has passed, they are focused in on their own budgets in search of ways to cope with the ...