The EPI warns if their taxable income goes down, they could lose their child tax credit when they file taxes at the end of the year, an unintended consequence that could have an impact on their tax returns.
Finally, the report says exempting tipped workers is unfair to other low-wage earners like cashiers or fast-food workers. It says high-end servers would likely benefit most.
Gulf Coast News Now
March 28, 2025
The Economic Policy Institute said the system emerged in the post-Depression recovery and has since boosted the American economy in its darkest hours, including during the 2008 recession and Covid-19 pandemic.
Courthouse News Service
March 28, 2025
The EPI warns if their taxable income goes down, they could lose their child tax credit when they file taxes at the end of the year, an unintended consequence that could have an impact on their tax returns.
Finally, the report says exempting tipped workers is unfair to other low-wage earners like cashiers or fast-food workers. It says high-end servers would likely benefit most.
Gulf Coast News Now
March 28, 2025
The Economic Policy Institute said the system emerged in the post-Depression recovery and has since boosted the American economy in its darkest hours, including during the 2008 recession and Covid-19 pandemic.
Courthouse News Service
March 28, 2025
In 2022, Tukwila voters approved a measure to raise the minimum wage — now $20.29 an hour for large employers. Renton voters approved a measure in February 2024 to match neighboring Tukwila’s new wage. Everett would join these cities as having among the highest minimum wages in the country, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Cascade PBS
March 27, 2025
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