At least 26 states have initiated DOGE-style efforts of varying kinds, according to the Economic Policy Institute based in Washington, D.C.
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Analysts at the pro-labor Economic Policy Institute say that governors and lawmakers, primarily in the South and Midwest, are using DOGE to breathe new life into long-term agendas to consolidate power away from state agencies and civil servants, dismantle public services and benefit insiders and privatization advocates.
“It’s not actually about cutting costs because of some fiscal responsibility,” EPI analyst Nina Mast said.
Associated Press
July 14, 2025
President Donald Trump’s deportation plans could cost nearly 6 million jobs, according to an analysis released Thursday.
If successful, Trump’s goal of deporting 4 million people over four years will cost jobs held by both immigrants and U.S.-born workers, according to the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute.
EPI’s analysis found California, Florida, New York and Texas will have the highest number of job losses, because of larger immigrant populations in those states.
Stateline
July 11, 2025
In 2023, child care for infants in Arkansas cost only 1.8% less than four-year public college tuition and 22.5% less than the average rent cost, according to a study released earlier this year by the Economic Policy Institute.
Mountain Home Observer
July 11, 2025
The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) warns a move toward privatization would “harm the national economy while devastating many vulnerable households and communities, notably homebound seniors, people in rural areas, and residents of low-income urban neighborhoods,” while giving competitors a windfall for shedding those obligations.
In EPI’s report, “The War Against the Postal Service,” the research group also noted, “Career jobs in the Postal Service are good jobs for workers without bachelor’s degrees. Postal workers are better compensated than many other workers with similar education, years of experience, and hours worked. … The corporations that stand to gain will do so not because they are more efficient than the Postal Service, but because they can shed public service obligations and pay their workers less.”
Chicago Crusader
July 11, 2025
Chandra Childers, a senior policy and economic analyst at the Economic Policy Institute, recently outlined the impact of Trump’s cuts and public sector disinvestment on Black women.
“The public sector includes workers in federal, state, and local government that we all rely on to educate children across the region, care for sick and elderly family members, ensure food and water are safe to consume, provide public transportation and sanitation services, and ensure access to a wide range of other public services,” wrote Childers. “The decline in public-sector job quality across the South disproportionately harms Black workers, especially Black women, their families, and communities.”
NewsOne
July 11, 2025
While undocumented immigrants greatly contribute to the Social Security system, it isn’t an uplifting talking point for immigrant advocates since these workers don’t get any benefits themselves, said Daniel Costa, director of Immigration Law and Policy Research at the Economic Policy Institute, in a 2019 Marketplace interview.
Marketplace
July 11, 2025
If President Donald Trump succeeds at deporting millions of people over the next four years, his administration will be responsible for destroying millions of jobs and inflicting “immense pain” on both U.S.-born and immigrant workers.
That’s according to a report published Thursday by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), which bases its analysis on the Trump administration’s privately stated goal of deporting at least 1 million immigrants during the Republican president’s first year back in the White House.
Common Dreams
July 11, 2025
If successful, Trump’s goal of deporting 4 million people over four years will cost jobs held by both immigrants and U.S.-born workers, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
EPI’s analysis found California, Florida, New York and Texas will have the highest number of job losses, because of larger immigrant populations in those states. According to the analysis, Pennsylvania would see 65,00 immigrant job losses and 50,000 U.S.-born job losses.
Pennsylvania Capital-Star
July 11, 2025
Trump’s original tariffs were in effect well before shock waves from the COVID-19 pandemic caused inflation to soar. The Economic Policy Institute estimated in January 2022 — a time when inflation was still skyrocketing — that removing the tariffs would have offset no more than 7.2% of the run-up in consumer prices.
Yahoo Finance
July 10, 2025
New research found that the efforts by the Trump administration and Congress to cut the federal workforce, funding to states, and public services will disproportionately harm Black women who hold many of these jobs.
According to the Economic Policy Institute, jobs in the public sector are not only a key driver of economic growth but also increase the quality of life, especially in the South. Jobs in the public sector are represented at the federal, state, and local levels, impacting education for children, caring for the elderly, ensuring that vulnerable communities have access to quality water and food, and many other essential services.
Black Enterprise
July 10, 2025