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The federal minimum wage has not been raised since 2009. In the absence of action at the national level, many states and localities have raised their own minimum wages. Explore the map to see how these rapidly changing laws differ across the country, and read EPI’s recent research explaining the benefits of raising the minimum wage and…

The Congressional Budget Office analyzed the impact of lifting the $7.25 federal minimum wage to $15 by 2025. The House is expected to vote next week on a bill to lift the federal minimum.

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The Tax Foundation released the map above (“The Relative Value of $100) earlier this week in a post titled “The Real Value of $100 in Each State,” here are some details: This map (above) shows the real value of $100 in each state. Prices for the same goods are often much cheaper in states like […]

Hundreds of billions of dollars in tariffs on Chinese goods imposed by the Trump administration didn’t achieve the central objective of reversing a U.S. decline in manufacturing, economic data shows.

Slightly more than half of Americans say they are stockpiling food or plan to because of fears of a COVID-19 surge and unrest around the election.

The #FormYourFuture FAFSA Tracker is an interactive data dashboard that tracks and ranks states' progress toward 100% of their high school seniors completing the FAFSA and measures change year over year.

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Matt Stutzman planted 700 acres of winter wheat in recent weeks across his family farm as usual. The 2,000 acres of clay loam soil see a mix of soybeans, corn and winter wheat as reliably as the sun rises and sets on Stutzman Farms Inc. in and around the village of Blissfield in Lenawee County.The…

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Eight-hospital Beaumont Health, the Southfield-based system that treated more COVID-19 patients than any hospital in Michigan, is on its way to stocking personal protective equipment in its warehouses for up to 90 days in preparation for a second surge of the pandemic.That's what Beaumont estimates…

Which resource markets have healthy levels of competition, and which are more monopolistic? This chart shows the global level of competition for 33 minerals.

A pair of economics professors did a deep dive into the racial wealth gap in the U.S. during the past 40 years, and the findings are not encouraging, especially for Black workers in Michigan.

French Champagne producers have decided to put unprecedented limits on the quantity of grapes they’ll harvest this year

While California braced for another round of rolling blackouts Monday night, the state's grid operator held off for a second straight night.

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/PRNewswire/ -- Research conducted by the National Financial Educators Council in August indicated that the majority of Americans (over 84%) replied,...

Both races make less than they did 40 years ago when adjusted for inflation. But wages for Black workers have declined more since the 1970s, in part because of a loss of manufacturing and widening

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The federal deficit in 2019 was $984 billion, equal to 4.6 percent of gross domestic product. Learn more about the deficit with a new interactive version of the infographic.

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Emagine Entertainment is halting the use of its Royal Oak theater as a remote learning facility after being informed by the city that it was out of compliance with building code, the company said Tuesday night."We respect the city's decision in informing Emagine Royal Oak that the use of the…