According to the Economic Policy Institute, the current cost of infant care in Minnesota is $22,569 translating to $1,881 a month.
KIMT
March 10, 2025
The Trump administration is rapidly moving to shrink the federal workforce and some states will get hit much harder.
The federal workforce has more than 3 million employees across the country, with some of the biggest concentrations in Maryland, Virginia and New Mexico, according to a report from the Economic Policy Institute, which reviewed 2023 Census data and a 2024 Congressional Research Service report.
Excluding Washington D.C., where the federal workforce accounts for more than 13% of employment, the top 10 states with the biggest shares of federal workers are:
- Maryland (7.3%)
- Virginia (5.6%)
- New Mexico (4.8%)
- Hawaii (4.6%)
- Alaska (4.5%)
- Oklahoma (3.4%)
- West Virginia (3.1%)
- Wyoming (2.9%)
- Alabama (2.8%)
- Montana (2.8%)
Consumer Affairs
March 10, 2025
More than 46,000 people in Massachusetts work for the federal government, including for the postal service, in warehouses, in transportation, and in public administration, Healey’s office said. More than 30,000 live in the Greater Boston area, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Boston.com
March 10, 2025
According to the Economic Policy Institute, one of the factors that drive generous CEO compensation is the perception that there’s a limited pool of qualified candidates out there.
Ad Week
March 10, 2025
The teacher shortage doesn’t affect all communities equally. According to the Economic Policy Institute, high-poverty districts face vacancy rates nearly three times higher than affluent districts. Rural schools struggle with recruitment and retention, while urban districts often face high turnover rates. These areas usually struggle to compete with the higher salaries of suburban schools.
Forbes
March 10, 2025
A Colorado law passed in 1943 amid intense big-business and white-supremacist campaigns to block worker organizing has suppressed unionization in the state, according to a new report.
Jennifer Sherer, deputy director of state policy and research at the Economic Policy Institute and the report’s co-author, said state lawmakers have an opportunity to level the playing field at a time when a growing number of workers are looking to unions to improve working conditions, wages and address rapidly growing economic inequality.
“Colorado is one of the states in the country that still has a very old law on the books that creates obstacles for workers who want to form unions,” Sherer pointed out. “This year, the Legislature is looking at finally repealing that very old law.”
Public News Service
March 10, 2025
References:
Harmful Colorado bill would lower the minimum wage for tipped workers in Denver and other cities, Economic Policy Institute, Feb. 26, 2025. Source link.
Colorado Sun
March 10, 2025
Cites EPI data on number of federal workers in New York.
Crain's New York
March 10, 2025