Tag: Economic Progress Institute
Raising minimum wage boosts economy
Increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour is one of the best things we can do to simultaneously help low-wage, working families and...
EPI to host 10th annual policy and budget conference
PROVIDENCE – The Economic Progress Institute will host its 10th annual policy and budget conference on April 26 in Providence.
Andy Van Kleunen, CEO and...
Campaign champions long-term home care independence
PROVIDENCE – The desire to stay in your home as you age is a given for most, but law and policy don’t support that...
Uncertainty reigns on impact of tax changes
Anyone who thought the new tax law would result in a simpler tax code would be sorely mistaken.
If anything, parts of the sweeping new...
Congress to finally debate tax reform
President Donald Trump’s tax plan pledges to reduce the complexity of the federal tax code, to benefit small businesses, corporations and middle-class Americans.
But how...
United Way honors McFarland for leading RICCA
When it comes to giving in Rhode Island, there may be no more powerful force than the Rhode Island Community Action Association. But its...
Report: Proposed tax changes would mostly benefit top 1% of R.I....
PROVIDENCE - The latest proposed tax reform framework supported by President Donald Trump and U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan would disproportionately benefit the top...
Report: R.I. has highest poverty rate in New England; 4th highest...
PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island ranked No. 25 for highest poverty rate in the nation, according to 2016 American Community Survey from the U.S. Census Bureau released...
R.I. 6th best in nation for health insurance enrollment
PROVIDENCE - U.S. Census Bureau data from the 2016 American Community Survey shows more Rhode Islanders were covered for health insurance in 2016 than...
Behind seemingly positive employment data is structural weakness that in the...
Sean DeLong, 42, has applied for more than 800 jobs in Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts since November 2015.
On average, he gets about one...
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