State Senator Jamie Eldridge will be a leader of a new Green Economy Caucus at the State House to promote legislation that will foster job creation and sustainable development. Read More. 

House members passed a constitutional amendment that gives the Governor the authority to offer incentives to recruit new industry to Alabama. Read more.

The Senate’s bipartisan Surface Transportation Bill Reauthorization is designed to repair aging bridges and roads while putting people to work. Read More.

One in five eligible taxpayers miss out on a credit each year that averages about $2,600 in Mississippi. Read More.

The state’s new Earned Income Tax Credit is a success, more than 70,000 Connecticut residents have taken advantage of the program this year. Read more.
 

Senators voted 48-0 to approve Senate File 2161 to boost the earned income tax credit even more than originally proposed. Read More.

Homeowners are working with banks and credit union offices to take advantage of record low mortgage interest rates to refinance their loans. Read more.

 

 According to According to a 2011 study, “Credit Segregation: Concentrations of Predatory Lenders in Communities of Color” African-Americans and Latinos are disproportionately hurt by the payday loan industry. read more.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray told a group of mayors his agency will partner with municipal governments to detect bad actors in the financial services space. Read More.

As the Illinois session comes to a close, lawmakers are focused on one last important piece of legislation: increasing the earned income tax credit for struggling, working families.

At Women In Government's 12th Annual Southern Regional Conference, legislators learned about the use of credit scores and reports in employment practices and a variety of other financial issues.

The release of the 2010 U.S. Census data about poverty spawned a flurry of writing and thinking about the causes, status of, and solutions to widespread poverty in the U.S.

This legislative cycle Representative Deb Ruggiero has been busy proposing a new green jobs bill and reforming pension plans.

New 2010 Census Data has shown that the housing bust has hit communities of color the hardest.

Women In Government featured a segment on Family Economic Success at the 13th Annual Eastern Regional Conference