The report prepared for the union group by the Economic Policy Institute, a Washington, D.C., based think tank, highlighted two of the state’s largest industry sectors: tourism and auto manufacturing.
One in 10 South Carolinians work in hospitality, the report said, citing statistics from the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism.
“In places like Myrtle Beach, tourism is the largest sector of the economy,” it read. “Many of those who work in hospitality, however, don’t make enough to live in these communities.”
South Carolina Daily Gazette
April 1, 2025
The Economic Policy Institute’s Family Budget Calculator estimated the income a family needed in 2025 for a “modest yet adequate standard of living,” which does not include costs such as paying for student loans or for homeownership, ranged from $75,966 in Coos County (the least expensive county) to $101,336 in Rockingham County for a household with two adults and one child.
Business NH Magazine
April 1, 2025
“The U.S. public education system needs all sorts of reforms to boost its capacity to provide an excellent education to all children. But public education is also why the United States became the richest country the world has ever seen, and its future depends on maintaining and strengthening this system—not tearing it down,” argues Hilary Wething of the Economic Policy Institute.
“Often, demands to ‘abolish’ the DOE are accompanied by vague reassurances that the money spent by the DOE will somehow be ‘returned to the states.’ But the vast majority of money spent by the DOE is exactly given to state and local school systems… just over 51 percent of federal funding goes to the third of districts with the greatest need (as measured by district poverty), while only 18 percent goes to the third of districts with the lowest neighborhood poverty,” Wething continues. “Unless one is entirely confident that a Trump administration-led effort to ‘return’ this money to state and local districts will somehow be as effective in targeting higher-poverty districts, it is a near-guarantee that any effort to cut or abolish the DOE will take money directly out of those districts whose students need it the most.”
Alabama Political Reporter
April 1, 2025
According to a report by the Economic Policy Institute, not only did Trump fail to curb offshoring during his…[paywall].
Charleston Gazette-Mail
April 1, 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
April 1, 2025
According to the Economic Policy Institute’s analysis of Congressional Budget Office data, implementing the proposed Medicaid cuts would effectively reduce the bottom 20% of earners’ incomes by 7.4 percent while handing the top 1% percent at 3.9% tax benefit.
Forbes
April 1, 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
April 1, 2025
Simultaneously, the number of bus drivers across the country dipped about 12% between September 2019 and September 2024, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Courier Journal
April 1, 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
April 1, 2025
Farmers in the area should take note that Congressman Russ Fulcher released a statement indicating his recent “yes” vote in favor of the fiscal year 2025 concurrent resolution on the budget. He failed to mention an analysis by the Economic Policy Institute showing that the budget plan would reduce (by 7.4%) the average income of those in the bottom 20% of household income while increasing (by 3.9%) the average income of those in the top 1% of household income.
Lewiston Tribune
April 1, 2025