The Economic Policy Institute’s new cost-of-deportations calculator estimates that Erie County taxpayers will contribute about $37 million toward the $268.9 billion committed to mass deportation and detention through fiscal 2029. That is money earned here and committed to a strategy that can shrink the workforce on which local growth depends.
Sandusky Register
September 8, 2026
A new report from the Economic Policy Institute and the Center for Economic and Policy Research shows that teachers earned about 25% less than comparable college graduates and other professions in 2025. The numbers in Missouri and Oklahoma are especially high. In Missouri, the gap is nearly 36%, the second highest in the nation, and Oklahoma falls in the top 10 at 33%. Sylvia Allegretto is the author of this report. She calls this discrepancy in pay the teacher pay gap.
KUAF Public Radio (Arkansas)
September 8, 2026
“The State of Working Wisconsin 2026” tells a good news-bad news story for Wisconsin’s workforce, but one that could become less favorable under current conditions.
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The report cites research from the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, D.C., that concludes the tariff policies have done little to change the nation’s balance of trade with other countries, while reducing both imports and exports.
Wisconsin Examiner
September 8, 2026
Child advocates said a regulatory change could ultimately undermine protections for young workers. Nina Mast, an analyst at the Economic Policy Institute, said states have been rolling back workplace protections for children since the pandemic.
In 2023, Iowa changed its laws to allow teens to work up to six hours during the school week until 9 p.m. and until11 p.m. on non-school nights.
Ohio passed a broad education bill this year that also lets 14- and 15-year-olds work until 9 p.m. on school nights after Gov. Mike DeWine (R) vetoed a standalone bill in 2025.
Indiana, Washington, Florida, and West Virginia have also loosened laws. Various measures allow teens to work more hours, lower the age to serve alcohol, and remove reporting requirements.
“It doesn’t surprise me at all that the Trump DOL would propose a rule that is much more favorable to business interests than it is to minor workers and their families,” Mast said. “This is an agenda we’ve seen play out on the state level for several years now.”
Bloomberg Law
September 8, 2026
The cost of childcare in the U.S has risen faster than inflation in the past few years. The Economic Policy Institute found childcare is more expensive than public college tuition in 38 states and Washington, D.C.
Marketplace
September 8, 2026
North Carolina teachers earn about 75 cents for every dollar made by other college-educated professionals with similar experience, according to data from the Economic Policy Institute.
Wilmington Star News
September 8, 2026
The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) and the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) recently released a study that analyzes how much teachers earn, as compared to other workers who have college degrees.
According to the report, New Jersey’s teachers earn 86 cents on the dollar versus other “civilian professionals” such as corporate executives, accountants, software developers, engineers and scientists.
Patch.com
September 8, 2026
This can be explained by a concept in economics called “break-even job growth,” said Heidi Shierholz, former chief economist at the U.S. Department of Labor and now president of the Economic Policy Institute.
“It’s how many jobs you need to just keep the unemployment rate steady,” she said.
Marketplace
September 8, 2026
A new Economic Policy Institute calculator gives that contradiction a price tag. It starts with the National Priorities Project’s estimate that the federal government plans to spend $268.9 billion on mass deportation during the second Trump administration, then allocates the cost according to each community’s share of federal income taxes. By that method, Columbus’s share is about $535.4 million, or roughly $1,760 for each Columbus tax filer who owes federal income tax after credits.
Columbus Underground
September 8, 2026
An Economic Policy Institute calculator estimates that Huron County taxpayers will shoulder nearly $20 million of the federal government’s deportation spending during the remaining 21/2 years of President Donald Trump’s termabout $960 for each local federal income-tax filer who owes tax. The calculator applies Huron County’s share of federal income taxes to a national estimate of $268.9 billion in deportation spending. At a time when families are squeezed and local employers need workers, residents deserve to ask what that money will buy.
Sandusky Register
September 8, 2026