Posted on 03/28/16 in Revenue & Budget
Earlier this month, Cuyahoga County reached agreement with Airbnb, the residential rental web site, to collect the 5.5 percent county lodging tax. Great news. This levels the playing field with hotels and allows the county to reap needed revenue. Now, the city of Cleveland needs to finish its own ordinance regulating this growing industry. Otherwise such rentals will go untaxed under state law. Such taxes until now have not been easily collectible. While we’re at it, we need to fill gaps in the county agreement, which calls for taxes to be collected but otherwise leaves Airbnb unregulated. [image:1] Technological advances have led... read more
Posted on 03/03/16 by Wendy Patton in Revenue & Budget
Prices at the pump have plummeted and some oil- and gas-producing regions are seeing their economies slow, but Ohio’s Utica region saw growing production in 2015. Fiscal problems of other areas show that Ohio should... read more
Posted on 02/11/16 by Wendy Patton in Revenue & Budget
Growing use of temporary workers has benefitted corporations at the expense of workers, who often earn low wages and have no benefits or job security. Yet instead of trying to help workers get ahead, Ohio... read more
Posted on 02/05/16 by Harlan Spector in Revenue & Budget
Early childhood education helps kids thrive in school, helps parents work, and employs teachers in our still-slow economy. Yet preschool and childcare funding in Ohio seem perpetually stuck in second class. Children of low-income families here... read more
Posted on 01/06/16 by Wendy Patton in Revenue & Budget
State spending in the new two-year budget increases by 9.3 percent, or $4.2 billion, without accounting for inflation. This is an improvement, but the increase masks grim realities that leave Ohio behind in funding for... read more
Posted on 11/24/15 by Harlan Spector in Revenue & Budget
In guest appearances on public television and radio this past week, our director Amy Hanauer made the case for smart policies to help struggling families succeed and boost the economy. Amy faced off with Greg Lawson... read more
Posted on 10/22/15 by Wendy Patton in Revenue & Budget
When it comes to making plans important to building a strong economy, Ohio has a short attention span. Some states take a long-range view. When drawing up a state budget, for example, they include analysis of... read more
Posted on 10/02/15 in Revenue & Budget
Voters have shown overwhelmingly that they believe workers have a right to organize. Unfortunately, instead of using the state budget to help working families get ahead, lawmakers used the bill to pass policies that restrict... read more
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