Virginia now relies heavily on regressive income, sales, and excise taxes.

The vast majority of state and local tax systems are regressive, costing lower-income workers more of their income than wealthier residents. Although top earners contribute more total dollars, ...

Key Findings Michigan’s proposed 5 percent high-income surcharge would raise about $1.7 billion a year for public education while ...

Gov. Jeff Landry would cut taxes for virtually everyone but keep in place a regressive tax system that continues to hit the poor harder than the wealthy, according to the first independent analysis of ...

The results are a mixed bag, with some states enacting promising policies that will improve tax equity and others going in the opposite direction.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills enters the House chamber for the annual joint State of the Judiciary address on Feb. 25, 2025. (Photo by Jim Neuger/ Maine Morning Star) While Democratic Gov. Janet Mills has ...

Power Play: A series of special reports examining the push to reduce or eliminate property taxes in Florida. Florida’s state and local tax structure makes Florida an excellent place to be an affluent ...

Re “Let’s force change at City Hall” (Oct. 12): Your idea for a “2022 Restoration Act” signature-gathering campaign is compelling. You have rightly spurred the public to take overdue action against a ...

Washington state’s taxes have been called the most regressive in the U.S. Voters will have a chance to change that come November. RELATED: Washington taxes are trickling down into renters’ pockets A ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An analysis of the tax systems of all 50 states in the United States found that Arkansas has the ninth most regressive tax system with the bottom 20% of income earners paying an ...

A package of legislation in Olympia aims to reduce growing wealth inequality by reforming Washington's tax code. With the nation's second-most regressive tax system, the state relies heavily on sales ...

When you ask people what they think a fair tax code looks like, almost nobody says we should have the richest pay the lowest tax rates. And yet when we look around the country, the vast majority of ...