Infant care in Alabama costs on average $3,826 less than yearly in-state tuition for four-year public college, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Alabama Reflector
October 25, 2024
A senior researcher at the Ohio River Valley Institute, Sean O’Leary, has calculated that only 18,636 jobs can be directly connected to fracking. With indirect jobs figures from the Economic Policy Institute, the total number would be about 55,000 jobs. That’s about a tenth of the number claimed by Trump.
The Independent
October 25, 2024
As of the end of 2023 — using state data for oil and gas extraction, drilling for oil and gas, support services for oil and gas, and pipeline construction and transportation — O’Leary calculates that only 18,636 jobs can be directly attributed to fracking. Using indirect job multipliers published by the Economic Policy Institute, the overall job figure would be about 55,000 — about one-tenth of Trump’s number.
The Washington Post
October 25, 2024
Pensions, on the other hand, are much more evenly distributed, and the shift away from them has helped accelerate U.S. inequality. In 2013, almost 75 percent of Hispanic families, 60 percent of Black families and 35 percent of White families had no retirement savings, the Economic Policy Institute found.
The Washington Post
October 25, 2024
That effort died in 2021 after the election of President Joe Biden, the Economic Policy Institute reports. “We encourage all eligible graduate students to …[paywall].
St. Louis Post Dispatch
October 23, 2024
In 2021, the Democrat-aligned Economic Policy Institute think tank said that raising the federal minimum wage to $15 would increase total wages by $107 billion.
The Telegraph
October 23, 2024
Union negotiations often last more than a year: A Bloomberg Law analysis from 2022 showed it takes an average of 465 days, or 1.27 years, to reach a first contract. That figure is likely around 500 now, per an Economic Policy Institute report from last year.
Seattle Times
October 23, 2024
In April, the nonpartisan Economic Policy Institute reported that from 1949 to present:
- The nation’s annual growth rate was 1.2% higher under Democratic administrations than Republican ones;
- Annual job growth averaged 2.5% per year under Democratic administrations compared to just over 1% under Republican ones;
Insider Utah
October 23, 2024
Child labor violations in the United States are increasing and could get even worse if current regulations remain unchanged.
The report by Governing for Impact, the Economic Policy Institute, and the Child Labor Coalition recently warned that many companies are still exploiting rules included in the Fair Labor Standard Act (FLSA), which authorized some restrictions on child labor.
Specifically, the report noted that there have been significant “increases” in child labor violations, chronic school absenteeism, and workplace injuries involving kids.
Parent Herald
October 23, 2024
He’s also an avowed union buster and, according to the pro-labor think tank Economic Policy Institute, his administration “rolled back worker protections, proposed budgets that slash funding for agencies that safeguard workers’ rights, wages, and safety, and consistently attacked workers’ ability to organize and collectively bargain” and “systematically promoted the interests of corporate executives and shareholders over those of working people.”
MSNBC.com
October 23, 2024