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Issues

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Budget and Taxation
Balancing State Budgets
Earned Income Tax Credit
Estate Tax Decoupling
Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR)
Tobacco Taxes
UI Tax Avoidance—SUTA Dumping
Business and Labor
Career Ladders for Childcare Workers
Contingent or Non-Standard Work
Corporate Accountability
Dependent Care Tax Credit
Equal Pay
Family Leave Benefits
High Road Apprentice Training
High Road Economic Development
International Trade Agreements
Living Wage
Minimum Wage
Offshoring State Jobs
Overtime Pay
Paycheck Deception
Privatizing Public Services
Right to Work—For Less
Sick Leave Protection
State Financial Accountability in Labor Organizing
State Neutrality in Labor Organizing
UI for Domestic Violence Survivors
UI-Alternative Base Period
Unemployment Insurance—Options For Reform
Worker Freedom from Mandatory Meetings
Workers’ Compensation
Civil Rights and Liberties
Divestment to Support Human Rights in Sudan
GLBT Anti-Discrimination
Human Trafficking
Immigrants—Driver’s Licenses
Language Access to Public Services
Marriage Equality
Racial Profiling
Consumer Protection
Eminent Domain
Financial Privacy
Gift Card Consumer Protection
Identity Theft
Mandatory Arbitration Clauses
Payday Lending
Criminal Justice
Dating Violence
Death Penalty Reform
Electronic Recording of Interrogations
Eyewitness Identification
Gun Violence Prevention
Hate Crime Prevention
Immigrant Assistance in Crime Fighting
Innocence Protection
Juvenile Detention Reform
Juvenile Transfer Reform
Juvenile Waiver of Counsel
Privatizing Prisons
Sentencing Reform
Education
Bilingual Education
Civics in Schools
Education Tax Credits
Immigrants’ In-State Tuition
Lowering Class Size
Mandatory Testing
Reinventing Public Education
Safe Schools
School Vouchers
Teachers for At-Risk Schools
Tutoring Services—Minimum Standards
Elections
Absentee and Early Voting
Ballot Initiative Funding Disclosure
Ballot Initiative Reform
Clean Elections
Election Day Registration
Ethics Reform
Time Off for Democracy
Voter Identification and Integrity
Voter Protection
Voting Machine Security
Voting Rights Restoration
Environment
Bottle Bill
Clean Cars
Clean Power Plants
Environmental Justice
Global Warming
Green Buildings
Mercury Poisoning Prevention
Renewable Energy
Wetlands Protection
Health
All Kids Coverage
Consumer-Directed Care for Medicaid Recipients
Contraceptive Equity
Death With Dignity
EC for Sexual Assault Victims
EC-Collaborative Practice
Fair Share Health Care
Fire-Safe Cigarettes
Freedom of Choice
Health Care For All
Health Clinic Protection
Health Information Technology and Exchange
Health and Sexuality Education
Immigrants’ Access to Healthcare
Medical Marijuana
Medication Abortion
Mental Health Parity
Oral Health
Pharmacist Refusals
Prescription Drug Marketing
Prescription Drug Pricing
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care
SCHIP
Safe Staffing for Hospital Care
Smoke-Free Workplaces
Stem Cell Research
Unsafe Cosmetics
Housing
Building Rehabilitation Codes
Employer-Assisted Housing for Private Sector Employees
Green Housing
Housing Trust Funds
Inclusionary Zoning
Mobile Home Park Tenant Rights
Mortgage Assistance for Public Employees
Mortgage Rescue Fraud Protection
Predatory Mortgage Lending
Source of Income Discrimination
Workforce Investments
Historically Underutilized Businesses
Individual Development Accounts
Microenterprise Development
Municipal Wireless Internet
Self-Sufficiency Standard
Smart Start Child Care