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If you’re Black, saying ‘I do’ can increase your taxes
Reading Time: 7 minutes While race intersects with every aspect of American life, hard data on that is limited when it comes to taxation. The IRS does not collect taxpayers’ racial or ethnic identity....
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Grocery taxes face the chopping block in South Dakota
Reading Time: 7 minutes High food prices and the end of extra food-stamp allotments mean hard choices around the country for lower-income people: “You’re having to make the decision between ‘am I...
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State tax systems contribute to inequality. These states are doubling down.
Reading Time: 15 minutes Subscribe on Google | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon This story also appeared in Mother Jones JACKSON, Miss. — Amia Edwards lives here because she wants to make a...
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The long struggle over taxing the rich
Reading Time: 15 minutes Subscribe on Google | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon This story also appeared in Mother Jones ABERDEEN, Wash. — Under an overcast sky, Patty Flores led a group of colleagues...
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In a historic Black business district, ‘death by a thousand cuts’
Reading Time: 3 minutes JACKSON, Miss. — Farish Street has an all-too-familiar story. Once a booming Black-owned entertainment and business district that drew Black customers from all over...
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What’s the effect of school voucher programs on students with disabilities?
Reading Time: 5 minutes Several years ago, West Virginia parent Christy Black searched for an inclusive private school for her daughter Gracie, who has Down syndrome, but to no avail. “There wasn’t any...
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State tax collectors push struggling people deeper into hardship
Reading Time: 15 minutes Subscribe on Google | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon This story also appeared in USA TODAY In rural Abita Springs, Louisiana, it’s nearly impossible to get anywhere by foot....
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Behind on state income taxes? Here’s what you need to know.
Reading Time: 25 minutes What happens if you don’t have the money to pay your state income tax bill? As the Center for Public Integrity has investigated the impact of state taxes on economic...
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More tax cuts put states’ revenue at risk
Reading Time: 5 minutes At least a dozen proposals for income tax cuts that would primarily benefit wealthy residents and big companies are already on the table for state legislatures to consider in...
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How states can make taxes more equitable
Reading Time: 9 minutes Oregon taxpayers will become some of the first in the nation to have the option to self-identify their race and ethnicity when they file their tax returns next year. The reason...
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