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• Rick Smith

  Rob Scott is featured at 37mins.

  Rick Smith Show May 30, 2019
• Lawmakers seek to protect Social Security from student loans

  Shelby says he recognizes this proposal might not gain traction in this Congress either. The liberal leaning Economic Policy Institute (EPI) says it should not.

  “It’s more fair that the more money you make the more you pay in taxes and the flat tax does away with that principle,” said Josh Bivens, director of research at EPI.

  WTVY.com May 30, 2019
• FOX 47 News

  Josh Bivens is featured at 12:09.

  FOX-47 News May 30, 2019
• Up To 4% Cash Back

  According to the Economic Policy Institute, a family of four in the New York metro area spends an average of $10,896 a year on food. Assuming half this amount is on groceries and the other half on dining, the family would generate $326.28 in cash back rewards for dining and groceries alone.

  Forbes May 30, 2019
• 13 mind-blowing facts that show just how expensive San Francisco really is

  That’s $12,370 a month, according to Quentin Fottrell of MarketWatch, citing the Economic Policy Institute.

  Business Insider May 30, 2019
• Why more companies are forcing employees into mandatory arbitration (behind closed doors)

  By 2024, almost 83% or 95 million of the country’s private, non-unionized employees will be hashing out complaints like unfair pay and on-the-job mistreatment behind closed doors, according to estimates from the Economic Policy Institute and the Center for Popular Democracy released this week. That’s up from 56% or 60 million workers in 2017.

  MarketWatch May 30, 2019
• California labor movement urges action to end forced arbitration With AB 51

  But all those laws are in jeopardy. According to a new report from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), by 2024 80 percent of all non-union private sector workers will be employed under forced arbitration clauses that deny workers the right to stand together to seek justice in a court of law when they are sexually harassed, cheated out of wages or otherwise exploited on the job.

  Public May 30, 2019
• State Rundown 5/1: Teacher uprisings continue on May Day
  • The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) has taken a central role in elucidating issues in our education system with good research and reliable data. Route Fifty covers an EPI report showing that people who go into teaching essentially take a 21 percent pay cut by doing so. And the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities blogs about another recent EPI paper revealing that the extent of the teacher shortage in the U.S. is even worse than most people realize.
  ITEP May 30, 2019
• Shortage in teachers affecting school districts

  According to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), every state went into the 2017-2018 school year facing a teaching shortage. The numbers are not out for 2019 yet. The EPI credits the shortage to a couple factors. One, are the low wages. The institute also said teachers’ benefits don’t offset the low pay and state requirements are getting tougher.

  ABC-22 Now May 30, 2019
• Report: Teachers turn to moonlighting

  According to findings from the Economic Policy Institute, 59% of teachers nationwide turn to moonlighting or side jobs to supplement their income — in some cases, just to make ends meet.

  The Edwardsville Intelligencer May 30, 2019