Our View: The child poverty rate doubled because we let it

The expiration of the federal child tax credit left American children behind last year. We should be way past scaremongering about ‘welfare’ and ‘generosity.’

Our View: Lawmakers should use child tax credit to boost next generation of Mainers

Our View: Welfare of Maine kids must be our top priority

A new report shows the challenges they face. Rather than argue about the root of the problems, we have to push harder for available solutions.

Our View: Keeping kids in poverty is our choice. What’s it going to be?

The expanded child tax credit pulled millions of kids out of poverty before expiring. It can do so again.

You’re not getting child tax credit checks anymore. Here’s why

The policy's demise has confounded policy experts, who point to ample evidence that the increased benefit helped close gaps in the existing child tax credit.

IRS wants millions to claim child tax credit, stimulus funds

IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig says many people who qualify for the tax benefits will need to file a 2021 federal income tax return to get the credit.

Here’s how to get up to $3,600 per child in tax credit

Whether or not a family owes tax money or has filed taxes before, they will need to file a return to get all or the rest of their money.

Goodbye, ‘godsend’: Expiration of child tax credits hits home

President Biden had proposed extending them for another full year, but Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., wouldn't support it.

Maine lawmakers study direct cash payments as anti-poverty tool

Bipartisan support exists for a 2019 basic income proposal that would supplement the safety net for Mainers in need.

Our View: Child tax credit invests in our nation’s future

A program that cuts child poverty in half is going to disappear in three months unless Congress acts.