The Economic Policy Institute also noted in their 2018 family budget analysis that there is “nowhere in the country” where a minimum-wage worker would earn enough to meet their family’s basic needs. These alarming economic trends show that more families are in need of TANF benefits than ever before but the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities reports that in 2017, for every 100 poor families with children in Maryland, only 39 received TANF cash assistance.
Capital Gazette
November 22, 2019
According to estimates from the progressive Economic Policy Institute, the increase will impact 534,000 workers directly and indirectly, and increase incomes by $425 million.
Pennsylvania Capital-Star
November 22, 2019
“We estimate that approximately 70,000 people on Long Island are receiving supplemental food support from these sites each week. The Economic Policy Institute estimates a family of two adults and two children in the Nassau and Suffolk metro area would need to earn a combined $139,545 per year (or $11,629 per month) to live comfortably on Long Island,” she said.
Newsday
November 22, 2019
In 2017, 23.1% of people over the age of 66 lived in poverty. According to the Economic Policy Institute, 48% of the elderly population are “economically vulnerable,” meaning their income is less than two times the supplemental poverty threshold. In 2017, 5.5 million seniors were food insecure.
The State Press
November 22, 2019
A 2009 study by the progressive Economic Policy Institute estimated savings of between $17 to $221 on each dollar invested in remediating lead paint, between health care, special education, criminal justice and other costs.
Pennsylvania Capital-Star
November 22, 2019
The economy added 128,000 jobs in October, according to the U.S. Department of Labor, while the decades-low unemployment rate still hovered around 3.6 percent. At the same time, nominal wage growth since the last recession has been low and flat, according to the Economic Policy Institute, and has yet to recover to 2008 highs for workers in the private-sector.
Newsweek
November 22, 2019
At the Economic Policy Institute, Hunter Blair writes—Bipartisan Senate budget bill could damage the economy during recessions:
Last week, the Senate Budget Committee passed a bipartisan set of budget reforms out of committee. While they include some important steps forward, such as effectively eliminating the archaic debt limit, their centerpiece is a deeply damaging provision that, if passed into law, would make recessions far more damaging by forcing Congress to consider steep cuts just when the economy would be most hurt by them.
Daily Kos
November 22, 2019
On average, private child care in Louisiana costs $149 a week, according to the Economic Policy Institute. In New Orleans, prices can go to nearly $260 a week.
NOLA.com
November 22, 2019
Here’s a stark number to consider: Nearly two-thirds of America’s workforce — 65.1 percent — do not have a college degree. That’s roughly 100 million Americans, and most of them are currently working in lower-paying service industry jobs.
Morning Consult
November 22, 2019
Un reporte del Instituto de Políticas Económicas (Economic Policy Institute) revelado un día antes de la celebración del Día de Pago Equitativo para las Latinas, encontró que una latina tendrían que trabajar por 57 años para ganar lo que un hombre blanco no hispano ganaría en 30 años.
Elise Gould del Economic Policy Institute dice que desafortunadamente, las mujeres hispanas son objeto de una doble brecha salarial, una desigualdad étnica y de género en su sueldo que se ha crecido.
La Opinion
November 22, 2019