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• Will a new tax stop Connecticut’s brain drain?

  Despite having one of the highest median household incomes in the country, inequality in Connecticut is among the worst in the country. The top 1% earn more than 37 times more than the rest of the population, according to the Economic Policy Institute.

  U.S. News September 6, 2019
• County update: Commissioner Fast says collaboration is key to increasing housing options

  Housing affordability is a critical issue in Johnson County and in larger metropolitan areas across the nation. Johnson County’s cost of living has grown by double digits across all household sizes since 2014 according to the Economic Policy Institute. Housing costs is a key component of this increase.

  Shawnee Mission Post September 6, 2019
• Teacher supply warehouse eases out-of-pocket expenses

  According to the Economic Policy Institute, North Carolina teachers spend on average $400 of their own money on school supplies each year. But for Coke, as a special education teacher, that number is closer to $1,500.

  88.5 WFDD September 6, 2019
• Support our public schools – and the teachers who work in them

  The Economic Policy Institute reports that the average U.S. public school teacher spends $459 on school supplies for which they are not reimbursed. The overwhelming majority do this: only about 5 percent of teachers said they don’t ever buy supplies with their own money.

  Americans United September 6, 2019
• Classroom ‘exodus’: Education schools grapple with finding the next generation of teachers as more leave the profession

  Nationally, some researchers have argued the teaching shortage is worse than previously understood and disproportionately affects high poverty schools, according to a paper by the Economic Policy Institute from earlier this year.

  “Lack of sufficient, qualified teachers and staff instability threaten students’ ability to learn and reduce teachers’ effectiveness, and high teacher turnover consumes economic resources that could be better deployed elsewhere,” wrote Emma Garcia and Elaine Weiss, the paper’s authors. “The teacher shortage makes it more difficult to build a solid reputation for teaching and to professionalize it, which further contributes to perpetuating the shortage.”

  The Cap Times September 6, 2019
• Back to school: 10 bills that could change Ohio education

  According to the Economic Policy Institute, Ohio teachers spend $444 a year from personal funds for school supplies.

  Cleveland.com September 6, 2019
• When child care costs more than a mortgage

  On a national level, Florida sits at the lower end of the child care cost spectrum with infant care costing an average $9,238 a year, or $770 a month, according to the Economic Policy Institute. Meanwhile, parents in Washington DC pay the most, shelling out an average of $24,243 a year, or $2,020 a month.

  CNN September 6, 2019
• The cost of child care in the United States (TV)

  KOIN 6 News at 6

  September 6, 2019
• Pennsylvania workers see wage increases, but researchers say inequalities remain

  The report is released annually ahead of Labor Day to highlight the economic realities of working families throughout the state. Data is collected with assistance from the Economic Policy Institute.

  Ellwood City Ledger September 6, 2019
• CEO compensation increased 940% between 1978 and 2018, workers’ only by 12%

  An Economic Policy Institute study shows that the dramatic increase in CEO compensation has a large impact on increasing inequality–worker pay could have doubled without the rise in CEO income

  Julia Wolfe joined EPI as a research assistant in 2017. She works with EPI’s economists and researchers to analyze current labor market trends, particularly as they relate to education, inequality, and wage growth.

  The Real News Network September 6, 2019