Economic Policy/Justice
Thursday, March 20, 2025
Texans encouraged to use their voices during current legislative session
Many Texans feel strongly, one way or another, about the proposed school voucher bill before state lawmakers. Gov. Greg Abbott has proposed a plan to …
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Program trains underserved high school students for 'data economy'
By Ramona Schindelheim for WorkingNation.Broadcast version by Mark Richardson for Virginia News Connection reporting for the WorkingNation-Public News…
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Blowback on GOP's proposed cuts to school meal programs
Children's advocates are crying foul after House Republicans called for $12 billion in cuts to school meal programs, including the Community …
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Ohio educators alarmed over proposed elimination of DOE
The potential dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education has sparked concern in Ohio. Threatened moves by the Trump administration's so-called …
Monday, March 17, 2025
Report: Unions surge as Trump admin takes aim at labor watchdog
Since 2021, union elections in Maryland and across the country have more than doubled - and union election wins are at a 15-year high. But …
Monday, March 17, 2025
Bill would offer a blueprint for an aging Oregon
Oregon's population, along with the rest of the country, is getting older. Within 10 years there will be more Oregonians age 65 and older than …
Religious leaders gather in TX to fight oil and gas subsidies
Forty religious leaders from different denominations gathered in Texas this week to call for an end to fossil-fuel subsidies and expansion of related …
Doubling down on care: Ohio’s push for caregiver tax relief
In a significant development for family caregivers across America, AARP is spearheading initiatives at both federal and state levels to provide tax …
AR food tax could be going away
Organizations working to fight food insecurity across Arkansas support two bills before state legislators. The Grocery Tax Relief Act would repeal …
Research: Mass deportations don't create more U.S. jobs
As nationwide deportation efforts continue, new research examined the labor market of a past president to help forecast what could happen if …
Multiyear fight for fair school funding in Ohio continues
Despite being four years into Ohio's six-year Fair School Funding Plan, it has yet to receive full funding. Advocates of the plan are pushing for …
Bills aim to revamp WA's regressive tax codes
A package of legislation in Olympia aims to reduce growing wealth inequality by reforming Washington's tax code. With the nation's second-most …