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08/09/17
  • Nutrition
  • Health Care
  • Federal Taxes
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US House budget: Trading access to health care, SNAP for tax cuts for wealthy, defense spending

The U.S. House has released their budget resolution - or the framework they propose to use to pass a budget in the...
05/16/17
  • Federal Taxes
  • Health Care
  • Federal Issues
  • Federal Budget

House Republicans vote to slash more than $1 trillion from federal health insurance while giving giant tax cut to nation's wealthiest

Earlier this month, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives voted to cut roughly $1 trillion of support for...
03/12/17
  • Federal Taxes
  • Health Care
  • Federal Budget

ACA replacement: Huge tax cuts for the wealthiest while raising costs and cutting care for struggling Minnesotans

The Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) doesn’t just slash the federal government’s commitment to...
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...