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** EARN Notice March 2025
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Dear EARN community,

Just over a week ago, we celebrated International Women’s Day. In recognition of the essential but undervalued work that (mostly women) care workers provide our families and communities, we’re sharing two new EPI publications. The first is our Rooted in Racism spotlight on domestic workers ([link removed]) in the South, which includes a demographic profile of domestic workers and their wages by occupation, race and gender, and state. The other publication we want to highlight is EPI’s updated tool ([link removed]) for calculating the cost of child care in every state and accompanying case study ([link removed]) on unaffordability of child care in New Mexico.

We also know that you all are responding to attacks on the federal workforce in your states and localities, a workforce that represents the diversity of the country. Historically, federal employment has offered important opportunities to veterans, women, and workers of color—in some states playing a central role in building the Black middle class. But now these workers are under attack. To help EARN groups investigate the role of federal workers in our communities, EPI released a list of resources on the federal workforce and a template ([link removed]) you can use to produce a fact sheet on federal workers in your state.

In the face of federal attacks, there have been some bright spots in state legislative sessions: from paid leave for state employees ([link removed]) in Alabama to a minimum wage increase ([link removed]) and farmworker exemption repeal ([link removed]) in Virginia to a domestic workers bill of rights ([link removed]) in Washington. In these dark times, we have found encouragement and hope in community with you and in our shared commitment to advancing economic, racial, and gender justice.

Take care,

Nina Mast

Policy and Economic Analyst


** New Publications
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The Early Years: Investing in Childcare Will Help Families and Our Economy ([link removed]) (February 28)

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HB 398 Would Weaken Kentucky Worker Health and Safety Protections ([link removed]) (February 20)

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8 Things to Know About Federal Funding in Maine ([link removed]) (March 3)

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The Economic and Fiscal Impacts of Mass Deportation: What’s at Risk in Colorado ([link removed]) (March 4)

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Florida Legislature Proposes Alarming Rollbacks of Child Labor Protections in 2025 Session ([link removed]) (March 4)

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Voucher and School Privatization FAQs ([link removed]) (March 3)


** What We're Reading
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* Andy Kroll. March 2025. ProPublica. "How DOGE's Cuts to the IRS Threaten to Cost More Than DOGE Will Ever Save." ([link removed])
* Martha McHardy. February 2025. Newsweek. "Full List of US States Setting Up Their Own 'DOGE'." ([link removed])
* Josh Bivens, Elise Gould, Hilary Wething, Ben Zipperer. March 2025. Briefing Book. "Deliberate Policy Decisions Have Disempowered Workers and Increased Labor Market Inequality " ([link removed])


** ICYMI: Recent EARN Events
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Standing Up to Federal Attacks in the States: An EARN Network Strategy Discussion: On Thursday, March 6 we held a webinar to discuss urgent state-level responses to impacts of ongoing attacks on federal employees, agencies, and funding, and the resulting intentional degradation of essential services, and broader federal government instability. We also shared some key resources, strategies, and emerging narratives to raise public awareness, mobilize support, and counter these attacks at the state-level. A full list of the resources provided, including a state fact sheet template, is linked below.

Webinar Slides ([link removed])
Resource List ([link removed])

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