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Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2019
Level State
State(s) All States
Source Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Children & Families
The current federal Child Tax Credit (CTC), which provides up to $2,000 per child, is designed to provide an income boost to parents or guardians of children and other dependents. However, many low-income families do not receive the full benefit of the federal credit due to an earnings...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year -
Level City or Town, County, State
State(s) All States
Source CLASP
Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice, Finance & Procurement
Through the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), local governments can leverage training funds to improve job quality. This guide recommends using WIOA plans to offer employment incentives including higher wages, paid leave, reliable and flexible schedules, and career...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2020
Level State
State(s) All States
Source Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights
Thirty states and the District of Columbia (D.C.) allow a broad category of tax subsidies known as itemized deductions, used to reduce taxpayers’ taxable income. Itemized deductions are regressive, offering the largest benefits to higher-income taxpayers and little or no benefits...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2019
Level City or Town, County
State(s) California
Source City and County of San Francisco
Policy Areas Economic Justice
This resolution establishes a "right to counsel" program that would provide Milwaukee County residents facing eviction or foreclosure with no-cost legal representation. It also authorizes an appropriation of $916,576 from the County's American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars to fund...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2019
Level State
State(s) All States
Source Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy
Policy Areas Economic Justice
Public policies are contributing to the widening income and wealth gap. This report provides recommendations that policymakers can take to improve their constituents’ lives and their states’ economies through tax policy. It explains the importance of favoring taxes on income and wealth...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2017
Level City or Town
State(s) Washington
Source Seattle City Council
Policy Areas Economic Justice
This ordinance imposes an income tax on high-income residents, particularly individuals with total income above $250,000 per year. It also outlines payment methods and deadlines, describes eligibility for credit, establishes an examination process, issues amnesty and penalties for...

Type Article
Year 2022
Level City or Town, County, State
State(s) All States
Source Economic Policy Institute
Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice, Finance & Procurement
Local governments can use federal recovery funding to invest in their workforces and prevent employee turnover. This article examines public-sector employee wage data and finds that increasing wages for local government employees can mitigate gender and racial pay gaps. It highlights...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2021
Level County
State(s) Wisconsin
Source Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors
Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice, Housing
This resolution establishes a "right to counsel" program that would provide Milwaukee County residents facing eviction or foreclosure with no-cost legal representation. It also authorizes an appropriation of $916,576 from the County's American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars to fund...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2018
Level State
State(s) All States
Source Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy
Policy Areas Economic Justice
No two state tax systems are the same. This report provides detailed analyses of the features of every state tax code and assesses their fairness by measuring effective state and local tax rates paid by all income groups. The report concludes the following findings: the majority of...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2021
Level City or Town, County, State, National
State(s) All States
Source Office of Legislative Research
Policy Areas Economic Justice
This report provides an overview of the Executive Orders (EOs) that suspend recertification requirements for recipients of certain property tax relief programs for older adults, individuals with disabilities, and veterans and their family members. In particular, this report focuses...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2007
Level State
State(s) All States
Source Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Policy Areas Economic Justice
This report provides an introduction to property tax circuit breakers and describes the main features of circuit breaker programs currently being administered in eighteen states. Some of the features discussed include eligibility restrictions (based on whether the taxpayer is a homeowner...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2019
Level State
State(s) All States
Source Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy
Policy Areas Economic Justice
Residential property taxes are regressive, requiring low-income taxpayers to pay more of their income in tax than wealthier taxpayers. In order to make residential property taxes more affordable, state lawmakers can pursue a “circuit breaker” approach, in which taxpayers earning below...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2020
Level City or Town, State
State(s) All States
Source Local Progress
Policy Areas -
The 2017 partisan tax reform law accelerated the United States’ rising inequality by slashing taxes of wealthy individuals and corporations and expanding the federal deficit, ultimately straining municipal budgets. In order to restore fairness to the tax code and generate revenue...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2024
Level City or Town, State
State(s) All States
Source EARN
Policy Areas Economic Justice
Across the U.S., workers and their communities continue to grapple with historic levels of inequality. States and cities must harness the full potential of infrastructure spending by attaching and enforcing robust job quality requirements on all federally funded projects. This memo...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2020
Level State
State(s) All States
Source Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights
Generally, southern states levy taxes in a way that worsens racial and economic equity. Most southern states raise less revenue than states in other regions, leading to underinvestment in people and places. This lack of revenue contributes to staggering levels of poverty, particularly...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2009
Level State
State(s) All States
Source Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Finance & Procurement
Property tax circuit breakers provide households with direct property tax relief that increases as household income declines. In addition to analyzing the advantages of circuit breakers, this report outlines the basic types of property tax circuit breakers and examines whether eligibility...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2017
Level City or Town, State
State(s) All States
Source University of North Carolina Environmental Finance Center
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Finance & Procurement
Low-income families are significantly burdened by rising water utility rates. This guide explains how water and wastewater utilities can establish payment assistance programs even when facing state-level regulatory restrictions. It also features utility-level case studies that exemplify...

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year 2019
Level City or Town, State, National
State(s) All States
Source Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy
Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights
The United States needs to address growing inequality and raise more revenue to fund critical public investment. One way to accomplish both goals is to enact legislation that raises taxes for high-income or high-wealth households. This infographic includes figures that demonstrate...

Type Policy Brief or Report
Year 2019
Level City or Town, County
State(s) All States
Source The Democracy Collaborative
Policy Areas Community Development, Health
The United States spends significantly more money on healthcare than any other nation. Despite this fact and despite significant improvements in the quality of healthcare over the last century, the nation's relative standing in health outcomes and life expectancy continues to erode....

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic
Year 2025
Level National
State(s) All States
Source Institute for Women's Policy Research
Policy Areas Economic Justice
Women's employment was disproportionately impacted by the pandemic, especially women of color. While occupational gender segregation fell after the pandemic, it only recovered when jobs in childcare centers did, and it has started to rise again for parents of young children. Local...

Type Act or Session Law
Year 2017
Level School Board, School District
State(s) All States
Source Department of Education
Policy Areas Education
School districts are struggling to hire and retain highly qualified educators. Grow-your-own (GYO) teacher programs recruit and train teachers from within communities to bring racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity and skills such as bilingualism into schools. These programs are often...

Type Ordinance or Resolution
Year 2018
Level County
State(s) Florida
Source Miami-Dade County
Policy Areas Civil Rights, Economic Justice
Section 8B-11.1 of the Miami-Dade County Code makes it unlawful for an employer to retaliate or threaten to retaliate against a non-essential employee who complies with County evacuation or emergency orders. This ordinance, passed in the wake of Hurricane Irma, aims to protect workers'...

Type Act or Session Law
Year 2025
Level City or Town
State(s) New York
Source -
Policy Areas Community Development, Environment & Natural Resources
New York City's congestion pricing program, also known as the Central Business District Tolling Program (CBDTP), officially began on January 5, 2025. The program is intended to reduce traffic congestion by charging vehicles entering Manhattan south of 60th Street a toll. Authorized...

Type Act or Session Law
Year 2023
Level City or Town
State(s) Washington
Source Seattle City Council
Policy Areas Housing
Seattle's City Council passed Bill 034 to cap late rent fees at $10. The new bill also prohibits landlords from charging other auxiliary fees and is intended to reduce compounding debt for people struggling to pay for housing. ...

Type Act or Session Law
Year 2022
Level County
State(s) Washington
Source King County Government
Policy Areas Housing
Large rent increases in King County, WA left families struggling to find affordable housing. Protections were implemented to ensure notice of rent increases, limit move-in costs, cap late fees, and more. ...

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