Cities are increasingly working to attract highly educated workers to drive economic growth and increase tax revenues. According to the Economic Policy Institute, higher levels of education generally lead to higher salaries, and the more graduates earn, the more tax dollars they contribute over time.
KHOU
July 7, 2025
The Economic Policy Institute says privatization uses the power of the government to force workers to place some of their earnings under the control of financial institutions, like brokerages and banks, making the finance industry the one clear winner.
The Motley Fool
July 7, 2025
Landing in the top 10% can be a fairly attainable goal for upwardly mobile Americans. A study published by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) in 2022 found that the average earnings of those in the top 10% were roughly $169,639 in 2021.
MoneyWise
July 7, 2025
According to economist Ben Zipperer of the Economic Policy Institute, the deportation goals backed by the bill would significantly reduce US employment. Drawing from historical data, Zipperer projects that if the Trump administration carries out its target of 1 million deportations annually, the economy would lose 5.9 million jobs over four years, including 3.3 million immigrant jobs and 2.6 million U.S.-born jobs.
“Employment losses would ripple across construction, child care, and consumer services,” Zipperer said. “Child care centres will curtail operations, and parents will work fewer hours due to increased care responsibilities.”
Economic Times
July 7, 2025
Oregon is one of twenty states along with the District of Columbia that indexes its minimum wage increases to inflation, according to the nonprofit Economic Policy Institute.
Oregon Capital Chronicle
July 7, 2025
The changes lift wages for roughly 800,000 workers, according to a wage impacts chart created by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI).
Money Talk News
July 7, 2025
South Dakota News Watch
July 7, 2025
- Knock-On Impact: The bill’s immigration enforcement would eliminate almost six million jobs over the next four years, according to an estimate by the Economic Policy Institute. Over 2.5 million US-born workers would lose their jobs.
News Not Noise Substack
July 7, 2025
This summer, Alaska, Oregon and D.C. will increase their minimum wage for more than 880,000 workers, collectively, raising their earnings by more than $397 million in total, according to the Economic Policy Institute. Twelve additional cities and counties will also increase their minimum wage in July.
The wage increases come at a time when Americans are facing high costs of living. The Economic Policy Institute estimates there is no county in the country where a single adult working full-time could cover housing, food, transportation and health care costs on under $17 an hour.
The Independent
July 7, 2025
It’s estimated more than 880,000 workers in Alaska, Oregon and Washington, D.C. will start earning a higher minimum wage starting July 1, according to a new report by economic policy think tank Economic Policy Institute.
USA Today
July 7, 2025