Home Insecurity 2013: Foreclosures and housing in Ohio

Added May 9th, 2013

Ohio foreclosures remain at crisis levels, with 70,469 new filings in 2012. While this is a slight decrease from 2011, the number of filings remained more than four times higher than it was in the mid-1990s. read more

Survey shows: Ohio shrinks its schools

Added April 29th, 2013

Long-term investment in education is the best way to build opportunity for Ohioans. Instead, Ohio’s cuts to school funding have forced schools to get rid of staff, reduce pay, cut materials and increase class sizes. read more

Mothers and Medicaid: Expanded health coverage would help Ohio families

Added May 13th, 2013

Legislators should accept federal dollars to pay for comprehensive health care coverage for Ohio’s low-income workers. Approving a budget that expands Medicaid to 153,000 low-income working women, and others, will help mothers and babies get healthier... (read more)

Recent Releases
New Normal? April job growth leaves Ohio with almost no yearly gain
May 17th, 2013

Ohio added just 7,600 jobs in April, nowhere near the growth needed to fix Ohio’s slow-growth economy. The state needs 235,000 jobs just to make... (read more)

Medicaid Works: Good outcomes, good for Ohio
May 16th, 2013

Ohio legislators have taken Medicaid expansion out of the budget, but keep talking about it. That’s good, because expanding Medicaid would be good for... (read more)

Home Insecurity 2013: Mapping foreclosures in Ohio
May 15th, 2013

Ohio foreclosures are at crisis levels, with more than 70,000 new foreclosures filed in 2012. This map gives county-by-county foreclosure data, including... (read more)

Ohio CASH webinar: Auto-title lending
May 15th, 2013

Join us at 10 a.m EST on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Register here. Tom Feltner of the Consumer Federation of America and David Rothstein of Policy Matters... (read more)

Spotlight
Budget briefings
May 15th, 2013

Check this page for ongoing analysis of proposals and changes as the Ohio General Assembly debates a biennial budget for fiscal years 2014 and 2015. (read more)

Green Electricity and Transportation (GET) Smart: Policy solutions to increase energy independence
May 8th, 2013

Ohio is well positioned to be a key player in the supply chain for electric vehicles. Other states, however, are working harder to develop the next generation of automobiles by promoting early adoption of the technology. (read more)