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State Rundown 5/14: Fund Priorities or Increase Shortfalls?
May 14, 2026 • By ITEP Staff
As many legislative sessions end, lawmakers are revealing their priorities.
The Bears Bill Is Bad by Design. Here’s How.
May 13, 2026 • By Rita Jefferson, Amanda Kass, Kristan Wong Karinen
State lawmakers are debating whether to subsidize a new Chicago Bears stadium in Arlington Heights, but this bill creates a new statewide property tax cut program for large development projects.
Progressives Need a Slight Course Correction on Tax Policy
May 13, 2026 • By Steve Wamhoff
Corporate tax reforms should be the backbone of any progressive tax agenda and should be counted on to remain if other changes to our tax code are later thwarted by any of the three branches of government.
A Resilient Framework for Corporate Tax Reform
May 13, 2026 • By Steve Wamhoff
The next time Congress is serious about making the wealthiest pay their fair share in federal taxes, they will need to make three key changes to the federal corporate income tax so that it applies effectively to all the businesses that generate their income.
Taxing Advertising Would Modernize State Sales Tax Bases for the Information Age
May 7, 2026 • By Nick Johnson
Most states questionably exempt advertising from sales taxes. States that extend their sales taxes to advertising and/or enact an excise tax stand to raise billions in revenue while correcting a structural bias in their tax codes that implicitly subsidizes some of the most profitable corporations in human history.
ITEP in the News
Fortune: Trump Wants To Suspend the Federal Gas Tax. The Move Could Mean Higher Debt—and More Potholes
MarketPlace: Politicians Are Chipping Away at America’s Tax Base, Despite a Growing Debt
NPR: The Effects of the Iran War on Americans’ Wallet
Deseret News: Poll: Trump Promised Your Tax Refund Would Be Bigger. Did He Deliver?
Newsweek: Deadline Looms on Ohio Movement To Abolish Property Tax
ITEP Work in Action
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: It’s Time To End Corporate Tax Avoidance in California by Closing the Water’s Edge Loophole
Maine Center for Economic Policy: 2026 Session Recap: Tax Policy
ITEP Cited in Academic Journal on State Child Tax Credits
Sen. Dick Durbin Comments on Government Funding and Tax Breaks
Ranking Member DeLauro Opening Remarks at Financial Services, General Government Fiscal Year 2027 Appropriations Full Committee Markup
ITEP Videos
Video: Building a Resilient and Progressive Corporate Tax
Video: The cost of Missouri's tax plan.
Video: ITEP's Amy Hanauer Discusses How to Make the Federal Tax Code Fairer on WHYY
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State Tax Watch 2026
ITEP tracks tax discussions in legislatures across the country and uses our unique data capacity to analyze the revenue, distributional, and racial and ethnic impacts of many of these proposals. State Tax Watch offers the latest news and movement from each state.
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State Rundown 5/14: Fund Priorities or Increase Shortfalls?
As many legislative sessions end, lawmakers are revealing their priorities.
Taxes on Adult-Use Cannabis in Each State
Twenty-three states have legalized the sale of cannabis for general adult use. Every state allowing legal sales applies an excise tax to cannabis based on…
State & Local Tax Policy
The Bears Bill Is Bad by Design. Here’s How.
May 13, 2026 • By Amanda Kass, Kristan Wong Karinen, Rita Jefferson
Taxing Advertising Would Modernize State Sales Tax Bases for the Information Age
May 7, 2026 • By Nick Johnson
While States Debate New Trump Tax Changes, Equity Must Be at the Core
April 20, 2026 • By Brakeyshia Samms
Tax Break for Ultra-wealthy Investors Takes a Hit in Maine and Oregon
April 15, 2026 • By Nick Johnson
