Researchers from the Economic Policy Institute have since estimated H-2A workers could see their wages cut by somewhere between 26% and 32% each year. With the “downward pressure” those reduced wages for guest workers will place on domestic worker pay as well, U.S. farmworkers will likely see 9% reductions in pay. Combined, that’s an estimated $4.4 to $5.4 billion in wage cuts across all farmworkers.
Fresnoland
March 23, 2026
…with 21,200 fewer school bus drivers, according to a 2025 Economic Policy Institutestudy. Hines said Tyler ISD is taking a proactive…[paywall].
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
March 18, 2026
While NEA’s membership base has decreased since 2022, AFT’s has risen by more than 100,000 members in the same time period.
In 2025, 14% of its payments went to political activities, with $500,000 going to the “Senate Majority Pac,” which is “dedicated to building a Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate.”
It also spent $250,000 on a “Democratic legislative campaign committee” and gave another $250,000 to the Economic Policy Institute.
Deseret News
March 18, 2026
A 2019 study from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York found the state’s earlier minimum wage increases raised pay without a noticeable drop in employment.
A 2024 review of 88 studies by the Economic Policy Institute and the University of Massachusetts reached a similar conclusion.
When in Your State
March 18, 2026
And let’s talk about the teachers already in the trenches. They’re leaving in droves, and it’s not because they suddenly discovered a passion for interpretive dance. According to the Economic Policy Institute, teachers earn about 27% less than their college-educated peers. That’s right, folks—after years of study, the reward for shaping young minds is a paycheck that feels more like a participation trophy than a salary.
Rogersville Review (Tennessee)
March 18, 2026
The average annual cost of child care for an infant in Indiana last year was $14,471, according to the Washington, D.C.-based Economic Policy Institute. That’s up 14.7% from 2024 and means the average yearly cost of child care is higher than the average cost of housing or college tuition.
Indiana Business Journal
March 18, 2026
…with 21,200 fewer school bus drivers, according to a 2025 Economic Policy Institutestudy. Hines said Tyler ISD is taking a proactive…[paywall].
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
March 18, 2026
While NEA’s membership base has decreased since 2022, AFT’s has risen by more than 100,000 members in the same time period.
In 2025, 14% of its payments went to political activities, with $500,000 going to the “Senate Majority Pac,” which is “dedicated to building a Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate.”
It also spent $250,000 on a “Democratic legislative campaign committee” and gave another $250,000 to the Economic Policy Institute.
Deseret News
March 18, 2026
A 2019 study from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York found the state’s earlier minimum wage increases raised pay without a noticeable drop in employment.
A 2024 review of 88 studies by the Economic Policy Institute and the University of Massachusetts reached a similar conclusion.
When in Your State
March 18, 2026
And let’s talk about the teachers already in the trenches. They’re leaving in droves, and it’s not because they suddenly discovered a passion for interpretive dance. According to the Economic Policy Institute, teachers earn about 27% less than their college-educated peers. That’s right, folks—after years of study, the reward for shaping young minds is a paycheck that feels more like a participation trophy than a salary.
Rogersville Review (Tennessee)
March 18, 2026