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Colorado Senate Approves Bipartisan Resolution Calling for Path to Citizenship

Charles Monaco on April 24, 2013 - 5:24pm

A large bipartisan majority of state senators in Colorado approved a resolution Wednesday calling on Congress to pass federal immigration reform that includes a path to citizenship. The passage of the resolution, by an overwhelming margin of 33-2, comes after similar resolutions have been introduced in many states in recent weeks.

Three Years After SB1070, A Dramatic Shift on Immigration in the States

Charles Monaco on April 9, 2013 - 3:13pm

Three years ago this month, Arizona's SB1070 was enacted, setting off a wave of copycat anti-immigrant state bills despite the increasingly dubious constitutionality of such laws and an increasing consensus about their destructive economic consequences for states that adopted them.

Map of the Week: Upward Mobility, State-by-State

Charles Monaco on March 30, 2013 - 9:14am

Map: Relative Upward Mobility, State-by-State

Of the 15 states whose residents have less upward mobility than the national average, 14 are so-called "right-to-work" states. 

One Million New Yorkers Set to Benefit from Paid Sick Leave

Charles Monaco on March 29, 2013 - 5:49pm

After years of debate and delay, paid sick days may soon become a reality for approximately one million New Yorkers who do not currently have access to them.
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