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NM child advocates seek more tax equity from 2024 legislative session / Public News Service

It is no secret the majority of state and local tax systems favor the wealthy but New Mexico is making progress in turning it around. The latest edition of "Who Pays?," a report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, continues to show education, public health and safety, roads and bridges are mostly funded by regressive taxes affecting middle- and low-income families more than wealthy families. Those with the lowest incomes put the largest share of their paycheck toward taxes. . ....

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25 000 Colorado families could lose access to food and health assistance / Public News Service

Congress is running out of time to fully fund a program that provides food and health support for breastfeeding moms, and kids up to age five. Greta Allen, policy director with the Colorado Blueprint to End Hunger, said if Congress does not address a $1 billion shortfall for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women Infants and Children - known as WIC - over two million families will lose critical support, including 25,000 new or expecting parents and kids in Colorado. "WIC serves almost half of all infants born in the United States," said Allen. " . ....

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