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Arkansas state income tax rates

Arkansas Cuts Income Tax Rates for the Fourth Time in Four Years

During a recent special session called by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R), Arkansas policymakers cut the state’s top individual and corporate income tax rates, continuing Arkansas’s years-long tax reform streak and making the Razorback State one of five states to cut income taxes so far in 2026.

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Federal Gas Tax Holiday? Suspending the Gas Tax Is a Mistake

In response to surging gas prices, President Trump and several lawmakers have proposed suspending the federal gas tax via a gas tax holiday. Gas tax holidays have appeal across the political aisle, but suspending the federal gas tax is a uniquely ill-suited policy for addressing rising prices.

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Trump Tariff & Trade Policy and the Economy

No, Tariffs Are Not Strengthening the Economy

Testifying to Congress, United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer argued that “President Trump’s trade policy is working.” The data present a different picture: President Trump’s trade agenda is actually holding back the economy.

Wealth Tax and Millionaire Tax

The State Race for Wealth Taxes Will Fail. Just Ask Europe.

From coast to coast, lawmakers are embracing wealth and millionaires’ taxes. Many of these proposals will face their ultimate test at the ballot box this November, and we should be rooting for these measures to fail.

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