Building Workers’ Wealth in Cities and States
City and state policymakers across ideological divides can help raise standards for workers and boost sustainable economic growth by supporting employee ownership and broad-based profit-sharing.
State and Local Policy
The Center for American Progress constantly strives to find meaningful solutions and pathways to promote progressive policy advancement at the state and local level. Our work focuses on locally driven solutions as well as the vast policy and communications expertise in the organization. We hope this research and data can help facilitate thoughtful debate among state and local leaders so that we can bring about progressive change in an ever-changing political landscape.
Building a 100 Percent Clean Future Can Drive an Additional $8 Billion a Year to Rural Communities
Policies to improve soil health and sequester carbon can drive an additional $8 billion annually to rural communities and create close to $22,000 a year in added revenue for the average family farm.
RELEASE: New Analysis Finds Vast Racial Disparities in Infant Health Outcomes in the States
Washington, D.C. — Today, the Center for American Progress released new analyses of racial disparities in infant health outcomes across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. While the United States ranks 55th internationally on infant mortality, it spends 20 times more per capita than countries such as Serbia, which has a comparable rate. While the national rate is in...
The Limits of Risk Transference Through Public-Private Partnerships
Due to contractual ambiguity and political factors, public-private partnerships often transfer less risk than the public discourse and project-specific value-for-money analyses commonly assume.
Workers’ Boards: A Brief Overview
By developing policies for workers’ boards—governmental bodies that bring together representatives of workers, employers, and the public—state and local policymakers can raise minimum wage rates, benefits, and workplace standards across entire occupations, sectors, and industries.
Workers’ Boards: Frequently Asked Questions
Workers’ boards—also known as wage boards or industry committees—set minimum wage rates, benefits, and workplace standards for an entire occupation, sector, or industry. Boards can raise wages for both low- and middle-income workers, and they are particularly helpful in industries where traditional collective bargaining is difficult.
A How-To Guide for State and Local Workers’ Boards
This report serves as a guide for state and local government officials and advocates interested in developing workers’ board policies.
The Economics of Caregiving for Working Mothers
Working mothers are important drivers of three essential industries—elementary and secondary education, hospitals, and food services—yet cannot afford child care for their own children.
The Trump Administration Is Poised to Gut Environmental Review. What’s at Stake?
The Trump administration says they’re cutting red tape. But in reality, they’re about to contribute to dirtier air and water—and silencing of the public.
Building Momentum: State Progress on Early Learning in 2019
Governors and legislators across the country are taking much-needed steps to support families by investing in child care, preschool, and home visiting.
Gun Violence in America: A State-by-State Analysis
While gun violence is a uniquely American problem, the specific impact varies widely from state to state.
Why an All-of-the-Above Transportation Strategy Doesn’t Work
To achieve safe, sustainable, and inclusive communities, states and regions must implement transportation projects that reduce driving and increase biking, walking, and public transit use.
Oil and Gas Development Is Creating a Problem for the Arid West
In the West, 60 percent of oil and gas leases offered by the Trump administration are in areas of high water stress, posing a potential threat to the water security of farmers and local communities.
Moving Backward
New estimates show that recent efforts to strike down the Affordable Care Act could leave millions of women and girls with preexisting conditions at risk of being charged more or denied coverage for individual insurance.
Public Sector Training Partnerships Build Power
Public sector training partnerships raise standards for workers and taxpayers—and they strengthen unions at the same time.