According to the Economic Policy Institute, there are 28,915 federal workers that live in Wisconsin, a figure based on pre-DOGE data. Federal workers have already been impacted by DOGE cuts, disrupting communities and families.
Meidas Touch News
March 27, 2025
The Economic Policy Institute, a progressive research group, estimates that the US lost 682,000 jobs because of Nafta. (Stellantis makes several models of its Ram pick-up truck in Mexico, while GM makes the electric versions of the Chevrolet Equinox there.)
The Guardian
March 27, 2025
In recent years, several states — many of them led by Republican governors — have rolled back child labor laws. This map from the Economic Policy Institute illustrates the spike in states rolling back these laws from 2021 to 2024. Back in 2023, for example, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a bill that made it easier for companies to hire children without getting consent from their parents.
MSNBC
March 27, 2025
School bus driver shortages have been an issue both locally and across the country. Data from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) indicates that from September 2019 to September 2023, there was a 15.1% decrease in the total number of K-12 bus drivers nationwide.
Saratoga Today
March 27, 2025
The governor’s office opened a portal for newly fired federal workers to highlight jobs available in the state. Wisconsin had 28,915 federal workers as of last year, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Wisconsin Examiner
March 27, 2025
“Montana, North Dakota, [and] Maine all have really disproportionately high shares of their trade with Canada, and the lion’s share of that is oil and gas,” said Adam Hersh, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute. According to an Economic Policy Institute analysis of U.S. census data, 69 percent of Maine imports and 64 percent of North Dakota imports are sourced from Canada. Hersh also noted that the oil refining industry would be greatly affected if the pause on tariffs on Canadian oil and gas—set to expire in the beginning of April—is not extended.
The New Republic
March 27, 2025
And it’s not just wage disparities that Black women have to face at work. They are less likely than white workers to have access to paid leave and according to data from the Economic Policy Institute, the average cost of childcare for two children can be upwards of $20,000 a year, which puts many Black and Latina mothers in an impossible position.
Essence
March 26, 2025
Some are already warning how this could adversely affect young employees. “The teens who will be most harmed by this bill are low-income young people or those without documented status who are compelled by their situation to work,” Economic Policy Institute analyst Nina Mast tells the Miami Herald.
Newser
March 26, 2025
Women were paid 18% less than men on average in 2024 on an hourly basis — the smallest gender wage gap on record — according to data from the Economic Policy Institute.
Five notes:
1. The gender pay gap narrowed between 1979 and 1994, then remained flat until 2022, according to the EPI’s “State of Working America Wages 2024” report.
Becker’s Hospital Review
March 26, 2025
“If you don’t have the ability to track or try to prove or enforce non-discrimination laws, that’s going to be worse,” said Elise Gould, a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a left-leaning think tank. “Those [cuts] are hugely detrimental. They’re going in the wrong direction.”
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Wage gaps across the country have decreased between men and women of all races, according to data from the Economic Policy Institute. In 2024, women were paid 18 percent less on average than men, controlling for all factors.
19th News
March 26, 2025