Sen. Hawley and Sen. Weltch’s bill is not the only one to be introduced that would boost wages for workers with the lowest incomes. The Raise the Wage Act of 2023 was a more generous bill, as it would have increased the federal minimum wage to $17 an hour by 2028, which the Economic Policy Institute estimates would boost incomes for nearly 28 million workers, representing around 19 percent of the U.S. labor force.
El Diario
June 12, 2025
Nina Mast, an analyst with the Washington D.C.-based Economic Policy Institute, told DW that child labor is exploitative or oppressive labor by a minor or “any work that is excessive in the sense that it interferes with a child’s education or health or well-being.”
Deutsche Welle
June 12, 2025
On Saturday, Trump is hosting a military parade in our capitol on his birthday costing $45 million at a time when service members, veterans and their families are being harmed by cuts to federal programs and services. Check out the Economic Policy Institute’s report on “100 days, 100 ways Trump has hurt workers.”
Salem Times Register
June 12, 2025
According to the Economic Policy Institute, the average living wage required for a single adult with three children in Alabama is over $78,000 — more than double what Michelle earns.
South Florida Media
June 12, 2025
Adam S Hersh, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute, agrees it will lead to more negotiations.
“It seems like the two sides have agreed to postpone facing their deeper disagreements,” Hersh said.
Al Jazeera English
June 12, 2025
Sen. Hawley and Sen. Weltch’s bill is not the only one to be introduced that would boost wages for workers with the lowest incomes. The Raise the Wage Act of 2023 was a more generous bill, as it would have increased the federal minimum wage to $17 an hour by 2028, which the Economic Policy Institute estimates would boost incomes for nearly 28 million workers, representing around 19 percent of the U.S. labor force.
El Diario
June 12, 2025
Nina Mast, an analyst with the Washington D.C.-based Economic Policy Institute, told DW that child labor is exploitative or oppressive labor by a minor or “any work that is excessive in the sense that it interferes with a child’s education or health or well-being.”
Deutsche Welle
June 12, 2025
Critics of state DOGEs argue that the work is mostly performative and designed to strengthen their governors while weakening agencies and legislatures, undermining government service in favor of the wealthy. In April, the nonprofit Economic Policy Institute said Republican states and governors see their DOGEs as a way of “demonstrating their loyalty to the Trump administration.”
“State policymaking over the past several decades shows that DOGE’s activities at both the federal and state levels are merely a rebranding of conservatives’ long-running project to enact a policy agenda that prioritizes business and the wealthy at the expense of working people,” EPI said at the time. “Efforts to dismantle government and suppress opposition to their agenda are a necessary first step in that project.”
Route Fifty
June 10, 2025