“I think (Hawley’s sponsorship) is an admission that minimum wage increases are very popular,” said Ben Zipperer, senior economist with the Economic Policy Institute, a liberal think tank that supports a higher minimum wage.
“I would like to be optimistic about this. I do think it’s an important recognition that the problem with low pay continues to be a concern,” he said.
CNN Business
June 23, 2025
Jennifer Sherer (right), director of the State Worker Power Initiative with the Economic Policy Institute, speaks during the Johnson County manufactured home park press conference June 18.
Corridor Business Journal
June 23, 2025
The U.S. economy is doing better than ever, but does the average American get to benefit from the riches? Turns out, not necessarily. Special thanks to:
Features interview with Elise, pay-productivity chart, CEO pay data, and data from the data library.
Johnny Harris (YouTube)
June 20, 2025
If Republicans’ “Big Beautiful Bill” passes the Senate, ICE will have $45 billion to expand its capacity to detain illegal migrants, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
New York Post
June 20, 2025
Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill Act” includes about $45 billion for ICE to expand its detention center capacity, according to an analysis by the Economic Policy Institute.
Raw Story
June 20, 2025
If Republicans manage to push their so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” through the Senate, ICE could see a massive cash injection of $45 billion to ramp up detention capacity, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Daily Beast
June 20, 2025
The Economic Policy Institute’s Family Budget Calculator (which takes into account housing, food, transportation, healthcare, taxes, and other necessities) estimates that a household with two adults and no children living in Multnomah County would spend $6,346 a month on average or $76,154 a year.
Investopedia
June 20, 2025
However, you’ll be happy to hear that South Dakota has significantly more affordable childcare, with the Economic Policy Institute finding that childcare costs were $8,680 in the state, as of February 2025.
MoneyDigest
June 20, 2025
But productivity growth later resumed, reflected in a chart by Lawrence Mishel and Josh Bivens of the Economic Policy Institute that has been reproduced so …[paywall].
Project Syndicate
June 20, 2025