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Holding Down Taxes on Maryland’s Working Class

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New cuts in federal income taxes would raise state taxes, unless the legislature takes action. We ask the vice chair of the Senate’s tax committee, Rich Madaleno, why the Senate voted to increase the standard deduction than every taxpayer can claim. 

Robin McKinney, head of the CASH campaign, tells why she’s lobbying to expand the Earned Income Tax Credit. That tax break that has lifted thousands of Maryland families out of poverty, but taxpayers under age 25 without kids can’t use it. 24-year-old Nakia Trezevant says it would have helped.

Sheilah Kast is the host of On The Record, Monday-Friday, 9:30-10:00 am.
Maureen Harvie is Senior Supervising Producer for On the Record. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and joined WYPR in 2014 as an intern for the newsroom. Whether coordinating live election night coverage, capturing the sounds of a roller derby scrimmage, interviewing veterans, or booking local authors, she is always on the lookout for the next story.