The prepared testimony below was delivered by ITEP Senior Analyst Brakeyshia Samms to the Illinois Committee on Housing and Community on January 20, 2026.

Hawaiʻi stands at a crossroads. The path we choose now will define our islands for generations. We can either accept a future of diminishing public goods and deepening inequality, or we can choose to ...

According to a report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, the company has paid precisely zero federal taxes on ...

Tesla enjoyed almost $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025 but paid $0 in federal income tax. Over the past three years, the ...

The following is a statement by Amy Hanauer, executive director at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, in ...

As state legislative sessions ramp up across the country, property taxes are one of many issues dominating tax policy ...

As tax filing season begins, families have fewer options than last year, thanks to the heavy lobbying efforts of big ...

How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy, walks readers through federal tax policy history and the modern-day legal ...

A ballot initiative in Massachusetts has proposed cutting the base rate for nearly all income sources from 5 to 4 percent. In 2026, this would cost the state about $5 billion per year of which $347 ...

They should take steps to protect and boost their own revenues. And they should take a second look at their own tax cuts.

States are facing considerable fiscal pressures from the fallout of recent federal policies, including the harmful Republican ...

The Trump administration’s Council of Economic Advisors suggests that states consider drastically raising sales taxes and using those new revenues to pay for repealing taxes on corporate and personal ...