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EARN groups produce research, fact sheets, issue briefs, and multimedia resources on a multitude of topics to help inform public policy in a way that will strengthen the economy for working people.

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Publication Resources

Using Local and Economically-Targeted Hire to Promote Good Jobs through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

October 7, 2022
Michael Lawliss, Lew Finfer, and Jennifer Sherer

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), also known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), was signed into law on November 15, 2021. This federal legislation will bring $1.2 trillion […]

Infrastructure Worker Power Project

Publication

The State of Working Connecticut

September 15, 2022
Connecticut Voices for Children
Patrick R. O'Brien, and Lin Kabachia

Similar to the recoveries from the past three recessions, Connecticut’s job recovery from the pandemic-induced recession of 2020 continues to lag the job recovery for the U.S. as a whole. […]

State of Working X

Publication

The State of Working Kentucky 2022

September 1, 2022
Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
Dustin Pugel

The COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing economic downturn reshaped Kentucky’s economy in ways that are still revealing themselves thirty months after the virus arrived in the commonwealth. Part of the story […]

State of Working X

Publication

Utah Economic Benchmarking Project 2022: Utah vs Texas

August 31, 2022
Voices for Utah Children
Taylor Throne, Matthew Weinstein, Bryce Fairbanks

Voices for Utah Children released today the fifth in its series of economic benchmarking reports that evaluate how the Utah economy is experienced by median- and lower-income families by benchmarking Utah against […]

State of Working X