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05/12/23
  • Minnesota Tax Credits
  • Minnesota Taxes
  • Minnesota Taxes and Tax Plans
  • Poverty

2023 tax conference committee weighs similarities, differences in House, Senate, Walz tax plans

This year, policymakers are considering transformational changes and long-overdue investments to make Minnesota a state...
01/25/23
  • Minnesota Taxes
  • Federal Issues
  • Federal Taxes
  • Minnesota Taxes and Tax Plans
  • Minnesota Tax Credits
  • Poverty
  • Racial Equity

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.
11/09/22
  • Income and Work
  • Poverty
  • Education

Minnesota college students increasingly facing basic economic, mental health challenges

Minnesota should prioritize funding basic needs programs and mental health services so that every college student can succeed regardless of their income or where they live.
10/31/22
  • Income and Work

Today’s high inflation highlights longer-term trend of wages not keeping up with cost of living

Into a third year of a global pandemic, many workers are struggling amidst steep inflation, and not all workers have benefitted from an improving labor market, particularly Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) workers.

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