On July 1, minimum-wage increases are to be implemented across Alaska, Oregon and the District of Columbia. According to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), these rises will impact some 880,000 workers.
“These minimum wage increases will put more money in workers’ pockets, helping many of them and their families make ends meet,” the EPI says. “The average increase in annual wages for a full-time, year-round worker resulting from these minimum wage hikes ranges from $420 in Oregon to $925 in Alaska.”
El Diario
June 30, 2025
A study by the Economic Policy Institute showed that between 1978 and 2023, executive compensation nationwide increased by 1,085% while average worker pay rose only 24%, according to the union.
Spectrum News 13
June 30, 2025
The facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz” is part of a broader and more brutal playbook at the hands of the Trump administration. And if that “Big Beautiful Bill” passes the Senate, ICE will be rolling in an additional $45 billion to strong arm this agenda, per Economic Policy Institute.
The Root
June 30, 2025
For families or those with dependents, the cost is even higher. According to the Economic Policy Institute, a family of four would need more than $140,000 per year to afford a modest but comfortable lifestyle in the Miami metro area.
South Florida Media
June 30, 2025
In this blogcast, Burnes Center for Social Change Senior Fellow Seth Harris is joined by Alvin Velazquez, a law professor at Indiana Maurer School of Law; Lynn Rhinehart, a Senior Fellow at the Economic Policy Institute; Gali Racabi, a law professor at Cornell Law School; and Seth Goldstein, a labor law attorney and partner at Goldstein and Singla PLLC to discuss the future of labor law.
Power at Work
June 30, 2025
The Economic Policy Institute has estimated that the Raise the Wage Act would increase incomes for 32 million Americans, including one-third of Black workers and one-quarter of all Latino workers.
National Restaurant News
June 30, 2025
Such shifts can have implications for the broader economy, given that immigrants across the board accounted for 18 percent of total U.S. economic output in 2023, or $2.1 trillion in 2024 dollars, according to the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute.
The Washington Post
June 30, 2025
The answer is math. When a factory closes 100 jobs, it kills 844 total. That’s not a guess. That’s the Economic Policy Institute’s number for durable manufacturing.
The Nation
June 30, 2025
“A really strong economy was handed off to the Trump administration,” says Josh Bivens, chief economist at the labor-affiliated Economic Policy Institute, “and so far, it has mostly held.”
LA Times
June 30, 2025
The Republicans like to condemn lower-income people for accepting “handouts” or being dependent on the government. But according to a 2016 Economic Policy Institute study, if the federal minimum wage were raised from the current $7.25 an hour to $12, it would reduce people’s need for public assistance. It also would reduce spending on government assistance every year by $23 billion.
Huffington Post
June 30, 2025