The EITC Cannot Fight Poverty Alone

March 28, 2014 by Sean Miskell
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is a powerful tool for helping low-income working families, but to effectively raise Marylanders read more

Budget Negotiators Should Restore Funds for Vital Services and Programs for Working Families

March 27, 2014 by MDCEP
As Maryland lawmakers start working out differences between the Senate and House budget plans, they should take advantage of numerous read more

House of Cards or Race to the Bottom?

March 26, 2014 by Sean Miskell
While the series ‘‘House of Cards’’ depicts politics as a deeply corrupt charade in which key players scheme and backstab read more

Study Finds Many Large Corporation are Not Paying their Fair Share; Proposed Legislation Would Help

March 20, 2014 by Sean Miskell
While state lawmakers in Annapolis discuss cutting important services and investments in an effort to balance Maryland’s state budget, we read more

Earned Income Tax Credit Legislation Would Improve an Already Effective Tool

March 20, 2014 by Sean Miskell
Maryland’s General Assembly has a unique opportunity to help the working poor in a variety of ways this session—including by read more

Statement in Support of HB 198 – EITC Expansion

March 19, 2014 by Benjamin Orr
Increasing Maryland’s Refundable EIC Would Reduce Inequality Given before the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee The Maryland Center on Economic read more

Senate's Budget Relies on Short Term Solutions at the Expense of Long-term Investment

March 19, 2014 by MDCEP
While the recently passed Senate budgetavoids large cuts to services, the Senate plan includes unwise and unnecessary spending cuts and read more

Federal Earned Income Tax Credit Expansion Would Help Maryland’s Workers and Economy

March 17, 2014 by Sean Miskell
Recent weeks have seen promising developments at the state and national level regarding the Earned Income Tax Credit(EITC), an important read more

Streamlining New Medicaid Enrollments a Win-Win for Maryland

March 14, 2014 by Sean Miskell
Lawmakers in Annapolis have the opportunity to provide more Marylanders with health coverage and make state government more efficient at read more

Statement in Support of HB 954 – Streamlined Medicaid Enrollment

March 11, 2014 by Sean Miskell
Given before the House Health and Government Operations Committee   Streamlining Medicaid enrollment will help more Marylanders receive health coverage The read more
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