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In 2025, Voters Said Yes to Public Resources and Community Investments

Important tax measures were on the ballot this week, and the outcomes are clear: many voters support new state and local ...
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State and Local Policymakers Can Resist Austerity Even Amid Historic Federal Retreat

The progressivity of the federal tax code has been waning. State and local policymakers should respond by protecting their ...
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Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity: Cities Could Slash Child Poverty With Tax Credits, Analysis Finds

A new report by the Center on Poverty and Social Policy at Columbia University and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) uses data from 14 cities to show how local Child Tax Credits ...
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Institute on Taxation and Economic PolicyOpinion

States Begin Decoupling from Flawed ‘QSBS’ Tax Break

A costly tax break for wealthy venture capitalists is drawing some critical attention from state policymakers.
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Oxfam: UNEQUAL: The Rise of a New American Oligarchy and the Agenda We Need

This past year has been indelibly shaped by concentrated wealth and power. The 10 richest U.S. billionaires got $698 billion wealthier, and the arrival of the world’s first trillionaire grew more ...
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Communications Intern – Spring 2026

The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, the country’s premier progressive tax policy research organization, seeks a full or part-time paid Communications Intern for the Spring 2026 semester.