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Download the PDF Version Raising the minimum wage is a proven strategy to help working families make ends meet and spread prosperity by lifting more Missourians above poverty and into the middle class. Although across Missouri wages are slowly recovering from the recession, too...

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Digging Into the Census Data: Poverty, Income, and Health Insurance by Congressional District

16 Nov 2011

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Census data show that Missourians’ median income has dropped, growing numbers of Missourians are poor, unemployment is high, and record numbers are uninsured. However, situations vary broadly across Missouri. Click here to see how these metrics compare across

Senate Protects Critical Tax Credit for More than 105,000 Low-Income Missourians

14 Sep 2011

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The Missouri Senate rejected a provision that would eliminate more than 105,000 low-income seniors, veterans, and people with disabilities from eligibility for a modest tax credit that is critical to keeping them in their homes. To learn more about the credit and the vote to

At Home Thanks to Circuit Breaker: Missouri’s Circuit Breaker Helps Every County

06 Sep 2011

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Missouri lawmakers will soon consider a bill that would eliminate more than 105,000 Missouri seniors, veterans, and people with disabilities from a modest tax credit that is critical to keeping them in their homes and would remove millions from local economies throughout the

At Home Thanks to Circuit Breaker: A Proven Effective Tax Credit that Helps MO Seniors and People with Disabilities Remain in their Homes

02 Sep 2011

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The tax credit package to be debated at a special session in September includes a $52 million cut to the Circuit Breaker Property tax credit program, which enables seniors and those living with a disability to remain in their homes. If passed, the measure would impact more than

Extended Unemployment Benefits are Critical for Missouri Families and Missouri’s Economy

28 Mar 2011

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The U.S. Congress has provided federally funded unemployment insurance benefits to provide workers who have been hardest hit by the recession with extended benefits. However, a small group of Missouri senators is preventing passage of a measure that allows Missouri to accept

Why Missouri’s Economy and Families Need a State EITC

16 Mar 2011

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The Missouri House of Representatives, Committee on Tax Reform recently held a hearing on House Bill 581. The Bill would create a state earned income tax credit for Missouri, one of the most cost effective and proven economic stimulus measures in the nation. Click here to

Letting Extended Unemployment Benefits Expire Is Unwise

18 Nov 2010

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Unless Congress acts, federal extended unemployment benefits will end on November 30. Two million Americans and more than 44,000 Missourians will lose the benefits that help them keep food on the table, pay their rent or mortgage and keep utilities connected. Click here to to

Missouri’s Unemployment Trust Fund Faces Major Deficit

28 Sep 2010

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Like most states, Missouri experienced significantly high levels of unemployment during the recession, causing the state’s Unemployment Trust Fund to be depleted. As a result, Missouri and 30 other states turned to the Federal Unemployment Trust Fund to make ends meet. As

Census Data Show That Rising Poverty and Growing Numbers of Uninsured Reflect the Depth of the Recession

24 Sep 2010

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Growing numbers of Americans and Missourians live in poverty according to new data released by the Census Brueau. The number of persons without health insurance also continues to increase. Click here to read the details.

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Increasing MO’s Minimum Wage Would Help Working Families & Boost State Economy

Digging Into the Census Data: Poverty, Income, and Health Insurance by Congressional District

Senate Protects Critical Tax Credit for More than 105,000 Low-Income Missourians

At Home Thanks to Circuit Breaker: Missouri’s Circuit Breaker Helps Every County

At Home Thanks to Circuit Breaker: A Proven Effective Tax Credit that Helps MO Seniors and People with Disabilities Remain in their Homes

Extended Unemployment Benefits are Critical for Missouri Families and Missouri’s Economy

Why Missouri’s Economy and Families Need a State EITC

Letting Extended Unemployment Benefits Expire Is Unwise

Missouri’s Unemployment Trust Fund Faces Major Deficit

Census Data Show That Rising Poverty and Growing Numbers of Uninsured Reflect the Depth of the Recession

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