Newsroom Tag: Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 29, 2026 CONTACT: Madison Moore, mmoore@equitablegrowth.org Today, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld a lower court’s order preventing President Donald Trump from removing Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook without due process, reaffirming longstanding pro…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 17, 2026CONTACT: Madison Moore, mmoore@equitablegrowth.org On June 16, 2026, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis released its 2025 National Nowcast of growth in Personal Income by quintiles. These data represent the most comprehensive metric assembled by a federal statisti…

CONTACT: Madison Moore, mmoore@equitablegrowth.org WASHINGTON – The Washington Center for Equitable Growth announced today that Lily Roberts has been named its new vice president of policy and programs. She joins the organization from the Center for American Progress, where she most recently served…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 7, 2025CONTACT: Madison Moore, mmoore@equitablegrowth.org WASHINGTON – On Friday, President Donald Trump signed the 2025 federal budget bill, cementing into law the most regressive piece of tax and budget legislation to be passed in the United States in at least 40 years. T…

Contact: Elena Waskey, ewaskey@equitablegrowth.org WASHINGTON—The Washington Center for Equitable Growth announced today that founding President and CEO Heather Boushey, who most recently served as a member of the White House Council of Economic Advisers and as chief economist at the Invest in Ameri…

New program will elevate academics across subjects and disciplines to inform timely economic policy debates FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT: Katie Wilcoxson, kwilcoxson@equitablegrowth.org WASHINGTON – The Washington Center for Equitable Growth today announced the launch of a new Nonresident Scholars p…

Melinda French Gates’ Pivotal funds organization as part of $1 billion global commitment CONTACT:Elena Waskey, ewaskey@equitablegrowth.org WASHINGTON – The Washington Center for Equitable Growth announced today that it has received funding from Pivotal as part of Melinda French Gates’ commitment to…

New increased compensation thresholds for overtime eligibility and ban on noncompete agreements will protect millions of U.S. workers and help rebalance power in the U.S. labor market FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT: Katie Wilcoxson, kwilcoxson@equitablegrowth.org WASHINGTON – The Biden-Harris administ…

Former DOL chief economist and renowned economic inequality researcher will oversee the development and execution of the organization’s policy and advocacy strategy CONTACT:Katie Wilcoxson, kwilcoxson@equitablegrowth.org WASHINGTON – The Washington Center for Equitable Growth announced today that Ja…