by Lisa Finaldi | Jan 20, 2023
With growing calls from voters for states to provide greater access to early learning programs such as prekindergarten, more states are answering the call. And they may not be the states you assume are out in front. States with at least seventy percent of...
by Lisa Finaldi | Oct 31, 2022
Since 2017, a beverage sales tax in Philadelphia has funded the PHLpreK program for 3-and-4-year-olds, and upgraded recreation centers and libraries across the city. Sugar sweetened drinks are taxed 1.5-cents per ounce tax on beverage distribution, including syrups...
by Lisa Finaldi | Oct 17, 2022
The National Conference of State Legislatures provides information and resources about states that allow citizen initiative and popular referendum; the processes; and a searchable ballot measure database from the1800s through the present by state, topic, keyword,...
by Lisa Finaldi | Oct 17, 2022
The Children’s Funding Project previews ballot initiatives across the country for children’s programs from Missouri to New Mexico. Victories in November will dedicate millions of dollars to kids for child care to mental health services and more. Revenue to...
by Lisa Finaldi | Aug 22, 2022
MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OR, August 18, 2022 – The Multnomah County (OR) Preschool for All program will open in September. After voters passed an income tax referendum in November of 2020, the program is ready to launch. In its first year, more than 600...
