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01/25/23
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Child poverty declines sharply thanks to federal Child Tax Credit expansion

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Thanks in part to improvements policymakers made to the federal Child Tax Credit (CTC), recent U.S. Census data show that from 2019 to 2021, child poverty fell a remarkable 59 percent. Minnesota policymakers should build on that success and create a state Child Tax Credit.
03/28/18
  • Minnesota Taxes and Tax Plans
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Families with children could pay higher taxes under tax conformity

The complex set of tax changes in the recent federal tax bill creates a set of challenging decisions for states like Min...
01/09/17
  • Minnesota Tax Credits
  • Minnesota Taxes
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  • Racial Equity
  • Income and Work

Racial wealth gap is wide and growing larger: 228 year gap for black families, 84 year gap for Latino families

If black family wealth continues to grow at the same pace as the past three decades, it will take more than 200 years...
06/25/15
  • Income and Work
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  • Federal Taxes
  • Child Care

Summer reading: New reports show that policy choices build ladders to economic opportunity

With the legislative session over, we’ve had the opportunity to pick up some of our ideal beach reads: the latest and...