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Expanding the Public Safety Workforce Report
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Expanding the Public Safety Workforce

Cities across the country are exploring innovative ways to incorporate new professionals, such as community responders and community violence intervention professionals, into their existing public safety workforces to improve outcomes for communities.

Allie Preston, Rachael Eisenberg, Kirby Gaherty

State Fact Sheets: How the Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans Are Increasing Costs for American Families Fact Sheet
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State Fact Sheets: How the Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans Are Increasing Costs for American Families

This series of fact sheets provides insights into how the OBBBA and the administration’s policies will increase the costs of health care, food, energy, and borrowing in each state in the near future.

Amina Khalique, Kennedy Andara, Natalie Baker, 2 More Sara Partridge, Kyle Ross

With Americans Facing Utility Bill Increases This Year, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Threatens To Drive Costs Even Higher Article
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With Americans Facing Utility Bill Increases This Year, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Threatens To Drive Costs Even Higher

Across the country, nearly 60 electric and gas utilities are hiking or trying to hike utility bills this year, totaling nearly $38.3 billion for 56.7 million electric customers and $3.5 billion for 26 million natural gas customers; if the One Big Beautiful Bill Act passes, these bills will spike even higher.

Akshay Thyagarajan, Shannon Baker-Branstetter

Forecasting Disaster: How DOGE’s Cuts to NOAA Will Affect Weather Awareness and Well-Being Past Event

Forecasting Disaster: How DOGE’s Cuts to NOAA Will Affect Weather Awareness and Well-Being

Please join the Center for American Progress for the next in a series of virtual events highlighting the impact that DOGE’s cuts are having on the lives of everyday Americans; this event will focus on how cuts to NOAA will harm the weather forecast and Americans' safety.

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Congressional Republicans’ Plan To Cut Clean Energy Investments Would Cause Higher Energy Bills and Job Losses Across States Article
Workers carry a solar panel onto a roof in Schaumburg, Illinois.

Congressional Republicans’ Plan To Cut Clean Energy Investments Would Cause Higher Energy Bills and Job Losses Across States

The clean energy supply chain spurred by U.S. investment has created jobs and helped to lower electricity costs; repealing these investments midstream would increase electricity prices for households and businesses in nearly every state.

Shannon Baker-Branstetter, Jamie Friedman

How Cuts to NIH Research Funding Would Hurt States Article
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How Cuts to NIH Research Funding Would Hurt States

Proposed changes to the National Institutes of Health’s $48 billion budget would risk jobs, threaten state economies, and hamper progress toward prevention and treatment of diseases such as cancer.

Marquisha Johns

2024 Affordable Care Act Marketplace Plan Selections by Congressional District Interactive
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2024 Affordable Care Act Marketplace Plan Selections by Congressional District

A new CAP interactive explores the proportion of nonelderly people who made federally facilitated marketplace plan selections during the 2024 open enrollment period by congressional district. Without congressional action, consumers will lose the enhanced financial assistance that supported record levels of enrollment.

Nicole Rapfogel

State Policy Leadership To Conserve Nature Report
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State Policy Leadership To Conserve Nature

As momentum builds nationally to address the nature and climate crises, state and territorial leaders across the country have stepped up with a variety of measures aimed at conserving lands and waters.

Drew McConville, Kate Burgess, Mariel Lutz

Monthly Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Savings by State Interactive
Farxiga, Xarelto, Entresto, and Eliquis are made available to customers at the New City Halsted Pharmacy in Chicago.

Monthly Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Savings by State

Medicare drug price negotiation will result in thousands of dollars in net price savings for 30-day supplies of the first 10 drugs undergoing negotiation; here’s how those savings add up state by state.

Nicole Rapfogel

North Carolina Wolfspeed Materials Efficient Silicon Carbide Facility Article
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North Carolina Wolfspeed Materials Efficient Silicon Carbide Facility

Wolfspeed Silicon Carbide Materials is building a new facility in North Carolina to expand production and become the largest plant using silicon carbide to make semiconductor chips.

CFPB Complaints State Fact Sheets: The CFPB Helps Consumers Nationwide Article
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CFPB Complaints State Fact Sheets: The CFPB Helps Consumers Nationwide

The CFPB has stood up for everyday consumers and fought against unfair treatment across the United States, addressing consumer complaints nationwide.

Crystal Weise, Lilith Fellowes-Granda, David Correa

North Carolina Rail Car Factory Article

North Carolina Rail Car Factory

This investment will expand the Siemens Rail Car Factory’s capability to produce rail cars to keep up with America’s quickly expanding rail infrastructure.

North Carolina Applied Materials Battery Plant Article

North Carolina Applied Materials Battery Plant

Applied Materials Inc. is opening yet another battery manufacturing plant in North Carolina, where it will more than match a grant provided by the federal government.

Government can actually work, just ask Maysville In the News

Government can actually work, just ask Maysville

Maysville, North Carolina, Town Manager Schumata Brown writes about how PFAS contamination has affected his rural community for years. With funding from the infrastructure law, the Biden administration is delivering much-needed funding for water infrastructure to rural communities.

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Fact Sheet: North Carolina’s Strategic Transportation Investments Law Fact Sheet

Fact Sheet: North Carolina’s Strategic Transportation Investments Law

North Carolina’s transportation project prioritization framework locks in highway investments at the expense of projects that would provide sustainable and affordable alternatives to driving, including public and active transportation such as biking and walking.

Kevin DeGood

North Carolina’s Strategic Transportation Investments Law Is a Barrier to Progressive Transportation Report

North Carolina’s Strategic Transportation Investments Law Is a Barrier to Progressive Transportation

North Carolina’s transportation project prioritization framework locks in highway investments at the expense of projects that would provide sustainable and affordable alternatives to driving, including public and active transportation such as biking and walking.

Kevin DeGood

Some States Are Ready To Punish Abortion in a Post-Roe World Report
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Some States Are Ready To Punish Abortion in a Post-Roe World

For generations, Americans have known abortion to be a fundamental right; if Roe v. Wade is overturned, some states will quickly make it a crime.

Elyssa Spitzer

Early Learning in the United States: 2021 Fact Sheet

Early Learning in the United States: 2021

These state fact sheets provide data on access to affordable child care for families, compensation for child care providers, and economic benefits of increased public investment in early learning.

MK Falgout

State Abortion Legislation in 2021 Report

State Abortion Legislation in 2021

In 2021, the United States has seen the highest number of abortion restrictions made law in a single year, and the legal context in which this newly enacted legislation will operate is particularly tenuous.

Elyssa Spitzer, Nora Ellmann

The Clean Economy Revolution Will Be Unionized Report
(A worker in a construction vest and hard hat installs solar panels on a roof in California, with mountains pictured in the background.)

The Clean Economy Revolution Will Be Unionized

State and local progress can inform federal action to support high-quality, union jobs building the clean economy.

Rita Cliffton, Malkie Wall, Sam Ricketts, 3 More Kevin Lee, Jessica Eckdish, Karla Walter

Closing Advanced Coursework Equity Gaps for All Students Report
Tenth-grade students make programming adjustments to a robot that they are testing in a Computer Science Principles course at a Maryland high school, December 2017. (Getty/Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post)

Closing Advanced Coursework Equity Gaps for All Students

Even in high schools with similar levels of access to advanced coursework, Black, Latinx, and Indigenous students are less likely to be enrolled in advanced courses—and even when they are enrolled, they experience less success in these courses than their peers.

Roby Chatterji, Neil Campbell, Abby Quirk

The Funnel To Passing AP Exams Interactive

The Funnel To Passing AP Exams

This interactive uses data from the U.S. Department of Education to estimate how many students, overall and disaggregated, enroll in AP courses, take AP tests, and pass AP tests.

Roby Chatterji, Neil Campbell, Abby Quirk

State-Federal Climate Initiative: Resources for State and Local Leadership on Climate, Energy Costs, Justice, and Jobs Article
A wind farm in southeastern Washington state is viewed from the summit of nearby Steptoe Butte in Whitman County, July 2020. (Getty/Don & Melinda Crawford/Education Images/Universal Images Group)

State-Federal Climate Initiative: Resources for State and Local Leadership on Climate, Energy Costs, Justice, and Jobs

State and local climate leaders have been laying a road map for bold, nationwide action on climate, reduced energy costs, good jobs, and environmental justice, and recent changes in federal government leadership mean that it has never been more urgent for them to lead the way on building a prosperous, inclusive, and globally competitive clean energy economy.

A Criminal Record Shouldn’t Be a Life Sentence to Poverty Report
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A Criminal Record Shouldn’t Be a Life Sentence to Poverty

Bipartisan momentum for clean slate and fair chance licensing policies—which remove barriers to economic opportunity for people facing the stigma of a criminal record—has grown significantly in the states in recent years.

Rebecca Vallas, Sharon Dietrich, Beth Avery

Millions Will Gain Nondiscrimination Protections Under the Equality Act Article
Protestors march in support of transgender lives during a demonstration in New York City, October 2020. (Getty/John Lamparski/SOPA Images/LightRocket)

Millions Will Gain Nondiscrimination Protections Under the Equality Act

These fact sheets highlight how the Equality Act will result in expanded nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ people, women, communities of color, and foreign-born individuals in states across the country.

Caroline Medina, Lindsay Mahowald, Sharita Gruberg

Building on the ACA: Administrative Actions to Improve Maternal Health Report

Building on the ACA: Administrative Actions to Improve Maternal Health

The United States’ maternal health crisis demands federal and state action to improve coverage, the delivery of care, and pregnancy outcomes. The cost of inaction will almost certainly be dire.

Jamille Fields Allsbrook, Osub Ahmed

North Carolina Needs the American Rescue Plan Fact Sheet

North Carolina Needs the American Rescue Plan

The COVID-19 pandemic and resultant economic recession are still wreaking havoc on North Carolina communities. President Biden and Congress must act boldly to ensure that working-class North Carolinians are able to weather the storm.

Ryan Zamarripa, Lily Roberts

The State of Women’s Leadership—And How To Continue Changing the Face of U.S. Politics Article
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris speaks in Detroit, October 2020. (Getty/Nic Antaya)

The State of Women’s Leadership—And How To Continue Changing the Face of U.S. Politics

Women—particularly women of color—continue to make noteworthy gains at all levels of government, but bold policies and structural changes are still needed to reach gender parity in U.S. politics.

Robin Bleiweis, Shilpa Phadke

A How-To Guide for Strengthening State and Local Prevailing Wage Laws Report

A How-To Guide for Strengthening State and Local Prevailing Wage Laws

This report provides a road map for state and local policymakers working to create or strengthen prevailing wage laws, explains core features of prevailing wage legislation, and lifts up existing best practices from around the county.

Karla Walter, Malkie Wall, Alex Rowell

Raising the Bar Report

Raising the Bar

States and cities can set minimum compensation standards for private sector employees that reference prevailing wage and benefit rates.

David Madland, Malkie Wall, Alex Rowell

How States Can Use TANF Funds To Help More Residents in Need Fact Sheet
A child carries a pet from her apartment as her family is evicted for nonpayment of rent, September 2020, in Phoenix. (Getty/John Moore)

How States Can Use TANF Funds To Help More Residents in Need

Even in the absence of congressional action, states can use TANF funds to support their residents who are struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Justin Schweitzer

State and Local Wins Illustrate National Demand for Early Learning Investments Article
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State and Local Wins Illustrate National Demand for Early Learning Investments

Communities across the country have passed state and local ballot measures to increase public funding for early childhood services, demonstrating a path forward for federal action in 2021.

MK Falgout, Laura Dallas McSorley

The Facts on State and Local Elections Fact Sheet
Voters stand in line outside of a satellite polling station in Philadelphia, October 2020. (Getty/Mark Makela)

The Facts on State and Local Elections

State and local elected officials are the key to ensuring that significant reforms are made to the criminal justice system.

Akua Amaning

6 State Strategies To Improve Child Care Policies During the Pandemic and Beyond Report
(A 4-year-old paints autumn leaves in a child care center in Arnold, Maryland, on November, 25, 2019.)

6 State Strategies To Improve Child Care Policies During the Pandemic and Beyond

As the child care market struggles to survive the impact of the pandemic, states can implement strategies to improve child care so that it better meets the needs of working families, children, educators, and employers.

Simon Workman, Katie Hamm

Why Voting Matters for the Disability Community Article
A voter walks to fill in her ballot at a polling station in New York, November 2018. (Getty/Xinhua/Han Fang)

Why Voting Matters for the Disability Community

A lot is at stake in the 2020 elections—and voter turnout among Americans with disabilities must be supported before and after the polls close.

Valerie Novack

Fact Sheet: How State and Local Governments Can Make Climate Jobs Good Jobs Fact Sheet

Fact Sheet: How State and Local Governments Can Make Climate Jobs Good Jobs

Tackling climate change will require state and local action alongside federal policy change. State and local policymakers can ensure that good jobs are created in the new clean economy by focusing on five proven job-quality strategies.

David Madland, Terry Meginniss

17 Ways Companies Can Help Americans Vote Safely Report

17 Ways Companies Can Help Americans Vote Safely

This election, forward-looking businesses can provide an essential service to their communities—preserving the right to vote while also protecting their stakeholders from COVID-19.

Alex Tausanovitch, Sarah Bonk, Richard Eidlin

Building a Just Climate Future for North Carolina Report
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 03: Workers put solar panels down during an installation May 3, 2106 in Washington, DC. The installation marked the one millionth in the U.S. in the past 40 years. It has been predicted that the U.S. will reach 2 million installations in two years. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Building a Just Climate Future for North Carolina

Amid the deadly threat of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists have detailed how the ongoing threat of climate change is expected to worsen in the future, highlighting the need for state leaders to accelerate actions to provide access to pollution-free energy and build healthy climate change-ready communities.

Rita Cliffton, Cathleen Kelly

State Actions Undermining Abortion Rights in 2020 Report

State Actions Undermining Abortion Rights in 2020

Despite wins in the courts, abortion rights remain under attack and out of reach for many in the United States.

Nora Ellmann

20 Ways Cities Can Promote Safe and Effective Elections in November Report
(A woman drops her Connecticut 2020 presidential primary ballot at a secure ballot drop box in Stamford, Connecticut, on August 11, 2020.)

20 Ways Cities Can Promote Safe and Effective Elections in November

Cities have an important role in helping to ensure that during the coronavirus pandemic, Americans can make their voices heard in the upcoming election cycle.

Danielle Root

State Responses To Address the Shortage of Infant and Toddler Child Care Article
A mother drops her 3-year-old son off at an emergency child care facility in Washington, D.C., April 15, 2020. (Getty/Astrid Riecken)

State Responses To Address the Shortage of Infant and Toddler Child Care

States and localities recognize the need for affordable, quality infant and toddler child care and have taken steps to create solutions that better serve their communities.

MK Falgout, Steven Jessen-Howard

How an Incomplete Census Hurts North Carolinians Fact Sheet

How an Incomplete Census Hurts North Carolinians

Unless the deadline for completing the census is immediately extended, residents of North Carolina could stand to lose millions in federal funding for critical programs.

Alex Tausanovitch

Federal Funding Is Essential To Saving State and Local Public Services Article
An ambulance sits parked outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., March 2020. (Getty/Drew Angerer)

Federal Funding Is Essential To Saving State and Local Public Services

States and localities are facing severe budget shortfalls. In order to keep essential services—such as health care, education, transportation, and first responders—running uninterrupted, it is imperative that the federal government provide much-needed funding to states and localities.

Ryan Zamarripa

Local Governments Can Lead on Vote by Mail Article
An election worker handles vote-by-mail ballots in Renton, Washington, on March 10, 2020. (Getty/Jason Redmond/AFP)

Local Governments Can Lead on Vote by Mail

Some local government are sending absentee ballot applications to all registered voters, ensuring that more Americans can safely vote during the pandemic.

Alex Tausanovitch, Hauwa Ahmed

How Partisan Gerrymandering Limits Voting Rights Report

How Partisan Gerrymandering Limits Voting Rights

In an effort to hold on to power, state legislators who won their elections due to gerrymandering are making it harder for Americans to vote.

Alex Tausanovitch, Danielle Root

How Partisan Gerrymandering Hurts Kids Report
A woman and her children vote at a polling station during the midterm elections at the Fairfax County bus garage in Lorton, Virginia, on November 6, 2018. (Getty/Andrew Caballero)

How Partisan Gerrymandering Hurts Kids

As state leaders try to expand programs that would provide child care, education, and other support for families with children, the politics of gerrymandering stand in their way.

Alex Tausanovitch, Steven Jessen-Howard, Jessica Yin, 1 More Justin Schweitzer

Ensuring Equitable Pathways for the Class of 2020 Amid the Coronavirus Article
An empty high school classroom in Lakewood, Colorado, March 16, 2020. (Getty/RJ Sangosti)

Ensuring Equitable Pathways for the Class of 2020 Amid the Coronavirus

Students, parents, schools, and districts need more explicit guidance on how to deal with high school to postsecondary pathway requirements during and in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

Ashley Jeffrey, Laura Jimenez

States Are Laying a Road Map for Climate Leadership Report
(An aerial photo shows the solar farm that provides energy for Babcock Ranch, a solar-powered community in Florida, May 2019.)

States Are Laying a Road Map for Climate Leadership

The United States lacks federal climate action, so state and local governments are leading the way and creating polices for a just and inclusive clean energy economy.

Sam Ricketts, Rita Cliffton, Lola Oduyeru, 1 More Bill Holland

Digital Contact Tracing To Contain the Coronavirus Article
A person wearing a face mask crosses the street in New York City on April 15, 2020. (Getty/Noam Galai)

Digital Contact Tracing To Contain the Coronavirus

Digital contact tracing, if built in a voluntary, privacy-protective way using Apple and Google’s new Bluetooth-based standards, may allow the public to play a role in containing the coronavirus alongside increased testing and manual contact tracing from public health authorities.

Erin Simpson, Adam Conner

How Trump’s Policies Have Hurt ACA Marketplace Enrollment Article
Radiologists prepare to take an X-ray image in a COVID-19 patient's room in the intensive care unit of MedStar St. Mary's Hospital in Leonardtown, Maryland, April 14, 2020. (Getty/Win McNamee)

How Trump’s Policies Have Hurt ACA Marketplace Enrollment

Comprehensive coverage is more important than ever during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the Trump administration is preventing uninsured people from signing up in a time of crisis.

Charles Gaba, Emily Gee

The Enforcement of COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Orders Article
A member of the Metropolitan Police Department closes off areas surrounding the Washington Monument and National Mall due to concerns over the spread of COVID-19, March 2020. (Getty/Win McNamee)

The Enforcement of COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Orders

As the novel coronavirus pandemic intensifies, officials must be vigilant in educating and persuading the public to adhere to stay-at-home orders, only using the criminal justice process as a last resort.

Betsy Pearl, Lea Hunter, Kenny Lo, 1 More Ed Chung

Coronavirus Compounds Inequality and Endangers Communities of Color Article
Doors lead into the Emergency Department at St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx on March 23, 2020. (Getty/Misha Friedman)

Coronavirus Compounds Inequality and Endangers Communities of Color

Structural racism makes public health crises such as COVID-19 more dangerous by increasing exposure, exacerbating preexisting conditions, and preventing vulnerable people from obtaining the care they need.

Connor Maxwell

State and Local Governments Must Take Much More Aggressive Action Immediately To Slow Spread of the Coronavirus Article
People walk through Manhattan with surgical masks as fears of the novel coronavirus outbreak increase in the United States, March 2020. (Getty/Spencer Platt)

State and Local Governments Must Take Much More Aggressive Action Immediately To Slow Spread of the Coronavirus

To help flatten the curve of COVID-19, states and local governments must take the threat seriously by implementing extensive closures and bans immediately.

Zeke Emanuel, Topher Spiro, Maura Calsyn, 3 More Thomas Waldrop, Nicole Rapfogel, Jerry Parshall

Gun Theft in the United States: A State-by-State Analysis Article
Handguns are displayed during the 2018 NRA Annual Meeting and Exhibits in Dallas. (Getty/Justin Sullivan)

Gun Theft in the United States: A State-by-State Analysis

Gun theft is rampant in states across the country, leaving all of our communities vulnerable to violent gun crime.

Chelsea Parsons, Eugenio Weigend Vargas

Affordable Care Act Repeal by State Interactive
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Affordable Care Act Repeal by State

This interactive allows users to see the harms that would result if the Affordable Care Act were repealed, with data for all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Nicole Rapfogel, Emily Gee, Mathew Brady

State Policy Options To Reduce Prescription Drug Spending Report
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State Policy Options To Reduce Prescription Drug Spending

States have a variety of policy options to reduce their prescription drug spending without jeopardizing the health of patients.

Thomas Waldrop, Maura Calsyn

Building Workers’ Wealth in Cities and States Report
A worker assembles cars at the newly renovated Ford's Assembly Plant in Chicago in June 2019. (Getty/Jim Young)

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.

Karla Walter

Interactive: Opportunities for States To Improve Infant Health Outcomes Interactive

Interactive: Opportunities for States To Improve Infant Health Outcomes

This interactive allows users to see states' progress toward implementing policies to improve maternal and infant mortality and eliminate racial disparities in health across three domains: healthy families, economic and work supports, and infant health outcomes.

Cristina Novoa, Mathew Brady

Interactive: Exploring Infant Health Outcomes Across Race and Ethnicity and by State Interactive

Interactive: Exploring Infant Health Outcomes Across Race and Ethnicity and by State

This interactive allows users to view the most recent available data on infant health outcomes across states and compare demographic groups to see how outcomes differ by race and ethnicity.

Cristina Novoa, Mathew Brady

Workers’ Boards: A Brief Overview Fact Sheet
A dishwasher walks through the dining room at a restaurant in Washington, D.C., June 2016. (Getty/J. Lawler Duggan/The Washington Post)

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.

Kate Andrias, David Madland, Malkie Wall

Workers’ Boards: Frequently Asked Questions Fact Sheet
The check-out line at a market in Delray Beach, Florida, February 2018. (People stand in a check-out line)

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.

Kate Andrias, David Madland, Malkie Wall

The Economics of Caregiving for Working Mothers Report
A single mother picks up her children from day care in Maryland on December 20, 2016. (Mother picks up children from day care)

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.

Sarah Jane Glynn, Katie Hamm

Building Momentum: State Progress on Early Learning in 2019 Article
Preschool students in Redondo Beach, California, take part in classroom activities, April 2010. (Getty/Scott Varley)

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.

Steven Jessen-Howard

Gun Violence in America: A State-by-State Analysis Interactive
The lawn outside the U.S. Capitol is covered with 7,000 pairs of empty shoes on March 13, 2018 to memorialize the 7,000 children killed by gun violence since the Sandy Hook school shooting. (Getty/ Saul Loeb)

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.

Eugenio Weigend Vargas

Moving Backward Article
A mother and her daughter visit a pediatrician at a medical center in Philadelphia, March 2017. (Getty/AFP/Dominick Reuter)

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.

Jamille Fields Allsbrook, Sarah Coombs

Early Learning in the United States: 2019 Fact Sheet

Early Learning in the United States: 2019

These fact sheets outline the current state of early learning and opportunities for improvement in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Steven Jessen-Howard, Simon Workman

How States Are Combating Trump’s ACA Sabotage Article
A man fills out a form in the doctor's office at Mount Sinai Medical Center, December 2009. (Getty/Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images)

How States Are Combating Trump’s ACA Sabotage

In the face of the Trump administration’s continual sabotage of the Affordable Care Act, several states have adopted innovative reforms to protect their residents’ health care.

Jesse Nadel

Momentum Is Building to Modernize Sex Education Report
Students walk through the hallway after classes were dismissed at Senn High School on May 10, 2017. (Getty/ Joshua Lott)

Momentum Is Building to Modernize Sex Education

Over the past year, eight states have updated their sex education standards, and seven more states have advanced legislation to do so as well.

Catherine Brown, Abby Quirk

Voter-Determined Districts Report

Voter-Determined Districts

Truly fair U.S. electoral districts would allow the views of elected representatives to better reflect those of the people who elect them.

Alex Tausanovitch

Harnessing State Child Tax Credits Will Dramatically Reduce Child Poverty Report
Kids jump rope in New Orleans, May 2015. (Getty/Mario Tama)

Harnessing State Child Tax Credits Will Dramatically Reduce Child Poverty

By introducing a state child tax credit—or improving an existing credit—state policymakers can substantially reduce child poverty, increase family economic security, and invest in their state’s next generation.

Rachel West

State Options for Making Wise Investments in the Direct Care Workforce Report
A 92-year-old woman sits inside her apartment in an assisted living residence in Marlborough, Massachusetts, March 2019. (Getty/Jessica Rinaldi)

State Options for Making Wise Investments in the Direct Care Workforce

Policymakers must invest in strengthening the direct care workforce in order to improve the quality of care delivered to patients and to achieve better value for every dollar spent on long-term services and supports.

Madeline Twomey

What States Can Do to Fight Corruption and Empower Voters Fact Sheet
A man exits a voting booth in Bow, New Hampshire, during the state's primary election on February 9, 2016. (Getty/Spencer Platt)

What States Can Do to Fight Corruption and Empower Voters

State and local leaders can take action to fight back against big money and special interests—and put the public back in charge.

Fact Sheets: How the Trump Shutdown Harms States Article
Due to President Trump's shutdown of the government, this national park facility is closed in Philadelphia, January 8, 2019. (Getty/Mark Makela)

Fact Sheets: How the Trump Shutdown Harms States

Across the country, President Trump's shutdown has had damaging effects on vital programs and services. As he continues to hold portions of the government hostage, Trump has left hundreds of thousands of workers in financial limbo.

Saharra Griffin

The Freedom to Leave Report
A McDonald's employee works the drive-thru window at a restaurant in Miami on April 25, 2017. (Getty/Joe Raedle)

The Freedom to Leave

State policymakers can boost workers’ pay and freedom in the economy by restricting noncompete agreements and banning no-poaching agreements.

Karla Walter

Early Childhood Agenda for Governors in 2019 Report
WASHINGTON-DC: JUNE 10 Eliarjiah Hargrove, 2 reading Merrily Kutner's book Down on the Farm at Educare in Washington, D.C. on June 10, 2013.Educare in Washington, D.C. on June 10, 2013. Photos for a story about this preschool in Anacostia that will be a model for the country. It is marking its first anniversary in DC at a time when President Obama has made early childhood education a major priority for his second term. Education Secretary Arne Duncan and HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will be touring it on Wednesday (Photo by Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Early Childhood Agenda for Governors in 2019

With 36 new or re-elected governors taking office in 2019, there is an opportunity to make progress on early childhood education issues to improve the lives of millions of children and families across the United States.

Simon Workman, Cristina Novoa

America’s Child Care Deserts in 2018 Report

America’s Child Care Deserts in 2018

A new analysis of child care supply in every U.S. neighborhood finds that approximately half the country has too few licensed child care options.

Rasheed Malik, Katie Hamm, Leila Schochet, 3 More Cristina Novoa, Simon Workman, Steven Jessen-Howard

13 Ways States Can Protect and Advance Women’s Health and Rights Report
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R) signs legislation repealing the state's archaic anti-abortion laws on July 27, 2018. (Getty/The Boston Globe/Suzanne Kreiter)

13 Ways States Can Protect and Advance Women’s Health and Rights

As attacks to women’s health and rights ramp up on the federal level, states have an opportunity to advance progressive policies to protect women and their families.

Osub Ahmed

Expanding Medicaid in All States Would Save 14,000 Lives Per Year Report

Expanding Medicaid in All States Would Save 14,000 Lives Per Year

In addition to saving lives, expanding Medicaid would have wide-ranging benefits for residents of the 17 nonexpansion states—benefits that go far beyond boosting health insurance coverage and improving access to care.

Rachel West

State Fact Sheets: Economic Security for Women and Families Article
A mother and two caregivers carry children to a conductive education therapy session. (Getty/Andrew Francis Wallace)

State Fact Sheets: Economic Security for Women and Families

In order to advance economic security for women and families in each state, policymakers should prioritize policies that ensure economic equality and health care access for all.

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Fast Facts: Economic Security for Women and Families in North Carolina Fact Sheet
A mother helps her 8-year-old son get dressed for school in their home in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Getty/The Washington Post/Ted Richardson)

Fast Facts: Economic Security for Women and Families in North Carolina

In order to advance economic security for women and families in North Carolina, policymakers should prioritize policies that ensure economic equality and health care access for all.

Shilpa Phadke, Diana Boesch, Nora Ellmann

Fixing Chronic Disinvestment in K-12 Schools Report
A middle school science teacher sets up her classroom in Scarborough, Maine, August 2018. (Getty/Portland Press Herald/Gregory Rec)

Fixing Chronic Disinvestment in K-12 Schools

States and the federal government must reverse a decade of disinvestment and give students and teachers the resources they need to be successful.

Lisette Partelow, Sarah Shapiro, Abel McDaniels, 1 More Catherine Brown

Early Learning in the United States: 2018 Fact Sheet
Preschoolers engage in a toy sharing learning exercise at an early childhood education program in Los Angeles, March 2013. (Getty/Los Angeles Times/Lawrence K. Ho)

Early Learning in the United States: 2018

These fact sheets explore the status of early childhood programs in each state and highlight the need to invest in programs that support child development, allow parents to work, and strengthen state economies.

Simon Workman, Steven Jessen-Howard

Interactive: State Actions Taken to Combat Federal ACA Sabotage Interactive
U.S. President Donald Trump makes a statement on health care on July 24, 2017, at the White House in Washington, D.C. (Getty/Pool/Chris Kleponis)

Interactive: State Actions Taken to Combat Federal ACA Sabotage

This interactive illustrates actions taken by states to combat federal sabotage of the Affordable Care Act.

Aditya Krishnaswamy, Rhonda Rogombe, Madeline Twomey, 1 More Mathew Brady

How States Are Combating Federal ACA Sabotage Article
Protesters gather in front of the office of Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) to ask him to explain his vote on the Affordable Care Act, Miami, Florida, August 2017. (Getty/Joe Raedle)

How States Are Combating Federal ACA Sabotage

As the federal government continues to undermine the health care system, states are taking matters into their own hands.

Aditya Krishnaswamy, Rhonda Rogombe, Madeline Twomey

Investing in Charging Infrastructure for Plug-In Electric Vehicles Report

Investing in Charging Infrastructure for Plug-In Electric Vehicles

States should take steps to raise the $2.3 billion needed to build enough public electric vehicle chargers to support the United States’ carbon reduction goals.

Lia Cattaneo

State and Local Policies to Support Government Workers and Their Unions In the News

State and Local Policies to Support Government Workers and Their Unions

In Janus v. AFSCME, the Supreme Court weakened the freedom of government workers to come together in strong unions; now, progressive state and local leaders must fight for public sector unions.

Center for American Progress Action Fund

Karla Walter

Moving Backward Article
A mother and her child visit the doctor, October 2013. (Getty/BSIP/UIG)

Moving Backward

New estimates show that recent efforts to eliminate pre-existing condition protections could leave millions of women and girls at risk of being charged more or denied coverage for individual insurance.

Theresa Chalhoub, Aditya Krishnaswamy, the National Partnership for Women & Families

State Policies to Address Prescription Drug Prices Report
Prescription pills are seen. (Getty/LightRocketRoberto Machado Noa)

State Policies to Address Prescription Drug Prices

States are working to bring down drug prices by improving price transparency, increasing negotiating power, and cracking down on price gouging.

Thomas Huelskoetter

Blueprint for the 21st Century Report

Blueprint for the 21st Century

CAP’s Jobs Blueprint addresses the wage stagnation and employment challenges facing working class Americans and communities left behind by investing in millions of new jobs nationwide to meet some of our nation’s most pressing economic and social needs and creating a job guarantee in the hardest-hit areas.

Center for American Progress

Bold Ideas for State Action Report

Bold Ideas for State Action

Americans are ready for states—the laboratories of democracy—to offer a new progressive vision for shared prosperity. This report presents a menu of state policy priorities to help people secure good jobs and good wages and to support strong and healthy communities in which all people are treated fairly and equitably.

Center for American Progress

Sex Education Standards Across the States Report

Sex Education Standards Across the States

State sex education standards are not adequate to prepare students for life after high school graduation.

Sarah Shapiro, Catherine Brown

America’s Youth Under Fire Report

America’s Youth Under Fire

Young people in the United States bear the brunt of the nation’s gun violence and are leading efforts to stop it.

Chelsea Parsons, Maggie Thompson, Eugenio Weigend Vargas, 1 More Giovanni Rocco

Rethinking Federal Marijuana Policy Report
A worker trims cannabis at a growing facility, March 2011. (Getty/Uriel Sinai)

Rethinking Federal Marijuana Policy

The time is now to end the war on drugs and take steps to legalize marijuana.

Ed Chung, Maritza Perez, Lea Hunter

Are High School Diplomas Really a Ticket to College and Work? Report

Are High School Diplomas Really a Ticket to College and Work?

A 50-state review of high school graduation requirements shows misalignment between the coursework necessary to receive a high school diploma and to be eligible for college admissions.

Laura Jimenez, Scott Sargrad

7 Great Education Policy Ideas for Progressives in 2018 Report
A Philadelphia middle school student carries a stack of books from class, May 2016. (Getty/The Washington Post/Nikki Kahn)

7 Great Education Policy Ideas for Progressives in 2018

A progressive education policy agenda should focus on putting economic mobility and opportunity within reach for all.

Lisette Partelow, Catherine Brown, Sarah Shapiro, 1 More Stephenie Johnson

Top 10 Early Childhood Ideas for States in 2018 Report
A Los Angeles preschool teacher conducts a class as preschoolers look on, March 2013. (Getty/Lawrence K. Ho/Los Angeles Times)

Top 10 Early Childhood Ideas for States in 2018

States have a critical role to play in expanding access to high-quality early childhood programs to ensure all children have the best start in life.

Simon Workman, Katie Hamm, Rasheed Malik, 1 More Cristina Novoa

10 Years Later: The Financial Crisis State by State Article
The New York Stock Exchange stands in lower Manhattan, February 2017. (Getty/Spencer Platt)

10 Years Later: The Financial Crisis State by State

States were devastated by the financial crisis, and Congress should not plant the seeds of the next one through deregulation.

Joe Valenti

Election Security in All 50 States Report

Election Security in All 50 States

A better understanding of how each state can improve election security preparedness can help build urgency for appropriate solutions and arm stakeholders with information to demand increased security measures.

Danielle Root, Liz Kennedy, Michael Sozan, 1 More Jerry Parshall

Interactive: Nationwide Efforts to Elevate the Teaching Profession Interactive

Interactive: Nationwide Efforts to Elevate the Teaching Profession

This interactive tool provides examples of programs and initiatives across the country working to modernize and elevate the teaching profession.

Stephenie Johnson, Mathew Brady

Highway Trust Fund Cuts by State Report
Chicago's Kennedy Expressway is clogged with cars as rush-hour commuters make their way through the city on November 21, 2017. (Getty/Scott Olson)

Highway Trust Fund Cuts by State

The Trump administration wants to cut core federal infrastructure funds, including the Highway Trust Fund, New Starts, TIGER, and long-distance Amtrak routes, among others; these cuts will make it harder for states and regions to build critical projects, harming communities of all sizes.

Kevin DeGood

The Endangered Species Act Is Working: State-by-State Fact Sheets Article
Long endangered bald eagles are making a comeback in the San Francisco Bay Area thanks to environmental protections, April 2017. (AP/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

The Endangered Species Act Is Working: State-by-State Fact Sheets

The Endangered Species Act has effectively reduced the threats of America’s declining wildlife and prevented the extinction of 99 percent of species under its protection.

Ryan Richards, Kyle Cornish

3 Ways that States Can Stop Ongoing Health Care Sabotage Article
A doctor checks the throat of a young boy. (Getty/Education Images)

3 Ways that States Can Stop Ongoing Health Care Sabotage

By taking these steps, states can lower premiums, increase the number of people with health insurance coverage, and prevent substandard plans from undermining their insurance markets.

Sam Berger

North Carolina’s Attacks on the Courts Lead to Fewer Judges of Color Report

North Carolina’s Attacks on the Courts Lead to Fewer Judges of Color

African American judges have been caught in the crossfire of the North Carolina legislature’s war on the judiciary.

Billy Corriher, Michele L. Jawando, Lukasz Grabowski

The State-by-State Economic Benefits of Passing the Dream Act Article
Immigrant rights supporters join hands as they demonstrate in favor of Congress passing a clean Dream Act that will prevent the deportation of young immigrants known as Dreamers working and studying in the United States, October 13, 2017, in Miami. (AP/Lynne Sladky)

The State-by-State Economic Benefits of Passing the Dream Act

Passing the Dream Act would bring big economic benefits to states and industries all across the nation.

Ryan D. Edwards, Francesc Ortega, Philip E. Wolgin

A Framework for Local Action on Climate Change Report
Bicyclists ride along the streets of downtown Los Angeles on October 18, 2015. (AP/Richard Vogel)

A Framework for Local Action on Climate Change

As economic disparities and climate change risks rise, mayors must develop solutions that build resilient communities, create new economic opportunities, and support racial justice.

Cathleen Kelly, Cecilia Martinez, Walker Hathaway-Williams

Paid Family and Medical Leave: By the Numbers Fact Sheet

Paid Family and Medical Leave: By the Numbers

Current data show the need for a comprehensive paid family and medical leave policy.

the Women’s Initiative

State Policies Can Unleash U.S. Commercial Offshore Wind Development Report
Three turbines of the Block Island Wind Farm stand offshore of Block Island, Rhode Island, August 15, 2016.

State Policies Can Unleash U.S. Commercial Offshore Wind Development

Leadership by governors and lawmakers in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New York demonstrates how key reforms can drive private investment in an abundant, climate-safe resource.

Shiva Polefka

Advancing LGBTQ Equality Through Local Executive Action Report

Advancing LGBTQ Equality Through Local Executive Action

With unique knowledge of the needs of their constituents, city and county executives have the power to enact policies and programs that protect LGBTQ communities, increase community engagement, and open doors of opportunity.

Laura E. Durso, Caitlin Rooney, Sharita Gruberg, 5 More Sejal Singh, Shabab Ahmed Mirza, Frank J. Bewkes, Aaron Ridings, Daniel Clark

Making Charlotte a Climate-Ready and Just City Report

Making Charlotte a Climate-Ready and Just City

An inclusive and transparent climate action strategy will carve a path to equity and resilience and help working-class communities in Charlotte, North Carolina, thrive.

Miranda Peterson

Stolen Guns in America Report

Stolen Guns in America

The number of firearms being stolen in the United States is staggering—and while policymakers must take steps to mitigate this concern, gun dealers and private gun owners have a responsibility to ensure that guns are not vulnerable to theft.

Chelsea Parsons, Eugenio Weigend Vargas

Early Learning in the United States: 2017 Fact Sheet

Early Learning in the United States: 2017

By preparing children for school and enabling parents to work, high-quality child care and preschool are a necessity for children, families, and the economy. These fact sheets explore the status of early learning programs in states and the need for state investment in these programs.

Simon Workman, Jessica Troe

Who Receives Medicaid? A State-by-State Breakdown Article
An in-home nurse helps steady her patient in Brentwood, New Hampshire, on March 17, 2017. (AP/Charles Krupa)

Who Receives Medicaid? A State-by-State Breakdown

Participants in Medicaid—which covers more than 1 in 5 Americans—come from all states, age groups, genders, races, and ethnicities.

Rachel West, Katherine Gallagher Robbins

The Impact of the AHCA on Veterans: State-by-State Breakdown Article
Veteran patients wait for a dental exam in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, March 9, 2017. (AP/Randall Hill)

The Impact of the AHCA on Veterans: State-by-State Breakdown

President Trump and congressional Republicans’ health care plan would take Medicaid away from more than 400,000 veterans.

Rachel West, Katherine Gallagher Robbins, Rejane Frederick

State-by-State Estimates of the AHCA’s 2018 Rate Hikes and Age Tax Article
A man stands next to family photos in his home, February 2011.

State-by-State Estimates of the AHCA’s 2018 Rate Hikes and Age Tax

Under the American Health Care Act, individual market enrollees in every state would see sharp rate hikes in 2018, while older enrollees would see huge cost increases due to the AHCA’s age tax.

Emily Gee, Thomas Huelskoetter

Helping State and Local Officials Advocate for Child Care Article
Nancy Harvey cares for a toddler in her home, which has she has converted into a child care center, in Oakland, California, October 20, 2016. (AP/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Helping State and Local Officials Advocate for Child Care

A CAP toolkit provides resources for state and local officials to create policies that increase access and affordability of high-quality child care.

State Checklist for Expanding Medicaid to Cover Home Visiting Fact Sheet

State Checklist for Expanding Medicaid to Cover Home Visiting

States can use Medicaid funding to finance evidence-based home visiting programs. This checklist outlines key strategies for states to get started.

4 Progressive Policies that Make Families Stronger Report
Boxes containing signatures gathered by the Arizona Healthy Working Families Initiative group sit on display in Phoenix, Arizona on July 7, 2016. (AP/Ross D. Franklin)

4 Progressive Policies that Make Families Stronger

States with conservative policy agendas fare worse on a range of family-related indicators than states with progressive policy agendas.

Katherine Gallagher Robbins, Shawn Fremstad

Preventing Problems at the Polls: North Carolina Report
Voters stand in line in Apex, North Carolina, on November 6, 2012. (AP/Gerry Broome)

Preventing Problems at the Polls: North Carolina

Although the courts rejected North Carolina’s restrictive anti-voter law, Tar Heels will still face considerable challenges at the polls in November. Here are some things to watch out for.

Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza, Liz Kennedy

Gun Violence Across America Interactive

Gun Violence Across America

This interactive map shows how each state ranks in terms of overall levels of gun violence.

Chelsea Parsons, Eugenio Weigend Vargas

America Under Fire Report
Many factors influence rates of gun violence in a state, but the link between weak gun laws and higher rates of gun violence cannot be ignored. (iStock)

America Under Fire

While many factors influence rates of gun violence in a state, the link between weak gun laws and higher rates of gun violence cannot be ignored.

Chelsea Parsons, Eugenio Weigend Vargas

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