Posted on 05/01/24 by Hannah Halbert (she/her) in Revenue & Budget
Policy Matters Ohio stands with peaceful demonstrators occupying campuses around the state. Students are coming together to form the kind of movement Ohio needs: one that includes members of all faiths, races, classes, and genders, standing in solidarity to demand better from our leaders. As a fiscal policy think tank, we encourage people to engage with their governments and institutions, especially when it comes to how they spend our shared resources. Doing so helps ensure public dollars are directed where they are most needed — and it is critical to our democracy. Students calling for divestment are engaging in vital grassroots advocacy,... read more
Posted on 02/13/24 by Bailey Williams (he/him) in Revenue & Budget
Cannabis tax revenue can help communities. Legislators have other ideas. The end of recreational marijuana prohibition in Ohio has state legislators seeing green. Not so much for cannabis plants themselves, but for the expected hundreds of... read more
Posted on 06/22/23 by Zach Schiller (he/him) in Revenue & Budget
Sales tax provision will do more harm than good Conservative and progressive experts don’t agree too often about tax policy. But here’s one thing they do agree on: Sales tax holidays are a bad idea. Both... read more
Posted on 05/11/23 by Tanisha Pruitt, PhD (she/her) in Revenue & Budget
Every day educators prepare lesson plans, gather resources, build relationships with and nurture Ohio’s kids, so our collective future is brighter and better than the present. But coming out of the pandemic and because of... read more
Posted on 01/17/23 by Guillermo Bervejillo (he/him) in Revenue & Budget
Inflation adjustment for Ohio budget advocates Budget season is nigh! Within weeks, Gov. DeWine will propose his two-year Executive Budget to the Ohio House of Representatives. It’s his opportunity to affirm his commitment to the diverse... read more
Posted on 03/14/22 by Will Petrik (he/him) in Revenue & Budget
By Will Petrik of Policy Matters Ohio and Katherine Ungar, J.D. with Children's Defense Fund of Ohio All of us, no matter what we look like or where we live, deserve to thrive and pursue... read more
Posted on 09/29/21 by Will Petrik (he/him) in Revenue & Budget
All children, no matter where they live or what they look like, deserve to grow up in a stable home where they can thrive. In too many families, parents and guardians have been laid off... read more
Posted on 09/16/21 by Tanisha Pruitt, PhD (she/her) in Revenue & Budget
For years, almost no one was happy about how the state of Ohio funded public schools. The system pitted cities against each other and private and charter schools against public schools. We were living in... read more
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