As the national media dissects the early days of a second Trump administration and a new Congress, some are asking whether they will prioritize the needs of the working-class voters who provided much of the Republicans’ margin of victory in last year’s elections. But state legislative sessions are also beginning, and too little attention is being paid to how they may shape local economies to workers’ benefit.
Increased focus on the working class is sorely needed. Wages for workers without a four-year college degree have stagnated over the past five decades, even as corporate CEOs’ compensation soared and corporate profits approached record highs.
The above excerpt was originally published in Governing.
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