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Improving economic security and opportunity for single mother households in Rhode Island
May 10, 2013 -  A new report suggests a handful of state policy changes could improve the economic circumstances of single-mother households in Rhode Island.
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It is time to turn up volume on silent spending
April 23, 2013 -  To ensure Rhode Island uses its available resources in the most
effective way possible, it’s time to subject tax breaks, that cost the
State over $1.7 billion a year, to the same scrutiny given to money
spent through the state budget.
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Enhancing the Economic Security of Low-Income Working Rhode Islanders by Increasing the State’s Earned Income Tax Credit Refund
April 11, 2013 -  Rhode Island should enhance the effectiveness of its state EITC by increasing the refund available to low-wage workers. This would put money in the pockets of low-income working households that could help provide for basic needs, pay for extra expenses such as a security deposit or car repair, and build assets for the future.
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Testimony in support of eliminating the federal "domestic production deduccton"
April 05, 2013 - The Institute supports a bill that would
disallow the federal domestic production deduction which is a costly tax
giveaway that was never voted on by lawmakers in our state but rather
carried down through the federal tax code.
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