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Missouri families living below the poverty level in 2009 faced a substantial state income tax liability, according to a report released today by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.  Click here to learn more.  Read More

Click here to read a statement from the Missouri Budget Project on the recently filed substitute to Senate Joint Resolution 29, which dramatically changes Missouri’s tax structure.  Read More

Governor Nixon, who has already made nearly $700 million in cuts, vetoes or withholds to the state’s budget for the current fiscal year – and included significant funding cuts in his proposed FY 2011 budget – announced that further budget cuts would be needed Read More

A new analysis by the National Employment Law Project shows that over 20,000 unemployed Missouri workers will become ineligible for federal unemployment insurance benefits in March unless Congress passes an immediate extension of the unemployment programs from the American Read More

Click here to read a statement from Missouri Budget Project Executive Director Amy Blouin in response to Governor Nixon’s State of the State Address. Read More

Seven provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act  of 2009 (ARRA), passed in February, are keeping approximately 105,000 Missourians from falling into poverty this year. Click here to read a news release about a new report new report from the Washington, Read More

Low- and middle-income families in Missouri pay a far higher share of their income in state and local taxes than the richest families in Missouri, according to a new study by the Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy.  Click here to read a news release on the report. Read More

Poor families in Missouri continue to face substantial state income tax liability, according to a new report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.  Click here to read a news release about the report. Read More

Click here to read a news release on $203,741,063 in additional budget restrictions, announced by Governor Jay Nixon, for Missouri government offices and programs during FY 2010. Read More

Click here to read a news release on a report from the Missouri Budget Project that shows while the current economic recession has caused significant hardship in our state, the decline for Missouri’s working families started years ago, beginning with the economic downturn Read More