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Policy Matters Ohio, a non-profit policy research institute, creates a more vibrant, equitable, sustainable and inclusive Ohio through research, strategic communications, coalition building and policy advocacy.
Ohio Budget Basics
By Wendy Patton
Introduction Ohio’s General Assembly creates laws and funds the government to carry them out. Resources are appropriated through the state budget, which reflects the General Assembly’s legislative priorities. State legislators will debate the 2020-21 operating budget in the first half of... read more
Research & Policy
Our analysis is evidence-based. Our research is data-driven. Our values inform policies that work for everyone.
News
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Ohio cut funding, eliminated more than half its civil rights enforcement staff since 2000
Posted February 14, 2019
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$15 minimum wage would help 2 million Ohioans
Posted February 12, 2019
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Saturday Stats: Budget in a bind, Art Modell on Zach’s mind
Posted February 09, 2019
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Tax giveaways put squeeze on state budget
Posted January 30, 2019
Blog
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Ohio’s Art Modell Law needs an expansion
Posted 01/24/19 by Zach Schiller in Work & Wages
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Honor MLK with sentencing reform
Posted 01/21/19 by Caitlin Johnson in Corrections
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Federal workers at risk, but they’re not alone
Posted 01/09/19 by Caitlin Johnson in Basic Needs + Unemployment Insurance
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Lame ducks could blow up health care for many Ohioans
Posted 12/17/18 by Wendy Patton in Basic Needs + Unemployment Insurance
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714K
Ohioans with ongoing access to healthcare due to retention of Medicaid expansion.
277K
of Ohio’s lowest-wage workers get a raise each year because the minimum wage increases with inflation.
+$1.5B
spending on Ohio public schools.
1,000+
working families will continue receiving Federal Earned Income Tax Credits.
714K
Ohioans with ongoing access to healthcare due to retention of Medicaid expansion.
+$1.5B
spending on Ohio public schools.
1,000+
working families will continue receiving Federal Earned Income Tax Credits.
277K
of Ohio’s lowest-wage workers get a raise each year because the minimum wage increases with inflation.
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