A preventive HIV vaccine offers the best hope for ending the AIDS pandemic. Scientific evidence suggests that an HIV vaccine is possible, and funding for HIV vaccine research and development (R&D) has increased substantially in recent years. The speed of progress toward an HIV vaccine will...

Partly in response to welfare reform, an increasing number of states have enacted refundable tax credits to assist low-income working families. These state credits are layered on top of the federal tax system, state welfare programs, and direct state subsidies for child care. Minnesota's...