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There have now been six executions this year, and for the second time this year, there are signs that there may have been problems carrying out the death sentence. Usually, endorsements are good news for candidates. But for the second time in a month, an endorsement has come for Gov. Ted Strickland that may have some of his supporters squirming.
Amy Hanauer debates with Matt Mayer on Ohio public sector compensation. Watch her in The State of Ohio with host Karen Kasler, a weekly news program spotlighting the latest happenings at the Statehouse, in the Governor’s office, at the Ohio Supreme Court and throughout the Buckeye State.
Scroll to 7:45 to watch our director Amy Hanauer discuss Ohio public sector compensation
Expansion of investment in public transit could drive demand for heavy transportation equipment and component parts produced in Ohio, retaining jobs and growing new ones. Ohio would be in the top five states benefitting from investment in passenger rail, according to research commissioned by the Apollo Alliance and conducted at the Duke University Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness. Such investment could be supported by a reprogramming of funds within the Surface Transportation Act, under consideration for reauthorization in September. The Economic Policy Institute finds that redirecting a greater share of highway funding to public transit could produce 250,000 more jobs than the status quo and help rebuild the supply base for rail component manufacture, a sector the United States once led and then lost.
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Read the Duke University research report here
Read the Transportation for America proposal here
Read the Economic Policy Institute issue brief about jobs here
Policy Matters convened the Green Pathways out of Poverty workgroup in July 2010. The group, comprised of advocates, unions, researchers, environmentalists, and workforce practitioners, focuses on supporting regional campaigns that link public investment in the growing green economy to pathways out of poverty career training. The workgroup is putting together a toolkit for green pathways advocates.
During July of 2010 Ohio Apollo organized and executed an Emerald Cities Retreat: a meeting between local ECC partners and National ECC board members to address an assortment of topics including: matching local needs to national’s help, and reviewing the foundational work already undertaken in Cleveland.
The Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program, which provides income support and retraining to workers who lose their jobs due to rising imports or shifts in production overseas, underwent a major expansion under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Effective May 18, 2009, workers in service industries were covered for the first time, as were more manufacturing workers affected by production shifts abroad, while benefits increased.
This July 2010 report finds that the U.S. Department of Labor certified 20,677 Ohio workers for help last year under TAA, nearly double the average annual number in the three preceding years. Workplaces in 58 of Ohio’s 88 counties were certified during the first year of the “new TAA,” ranging from General Electric to a Wal-Mart eyeglasses plant. While occasionally circumstances change and workers are able to continue or return to work, most certifications represent job losses. The report makes recommendations, including the continuation of the new TAA provisions after they expire at the end of the year.
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