Posted on 01/25/17 by Zach Schiller in Revenue & Budget
Kasich warns of a tight budget, but it’s partly due to his tax policies Governor John Kasich and Budget Director Tim Keen have been warning for some time now that the state budget they will propose in the next week will be a tight one. State tax revenues have underperformed expectations for three months in a row, trailing projections by nearly $300 million or 2.7 percent in the last half of 2016. Kasich even told members of the House last month that the state was “on the verge of a recession.” They seem to be forgetting something, though: The major tax cuts... read more
Posted on 01/18/17
Ohio schools slip in national rankings as disparity between rich and poor districts grows Ohio’s education system will continue to falter unless we narrow the widening achievement gap between rich and poor districts. The question is:... read more
Posted on 01/06/17 in Work & Wages
Caught between work and childcare, families with kids under 5 more likely to be poor [image:1] Photo from Bureau of Labor Statistics Expectant parents working in Washington DC had an extra reason to celebrate last month. The City... read more
Posted on 12/20/16 by Amy Hanauer in Work & Wages
The amazing new Race Anthology: Dispatches and artifacts from a segregated city features a comic strip, poetry, interviews and essays, including this essay by Policy Matters Executive Director Amy Hanauer. Written before the election and... read more
Posted on 12/14/16 by Amanda Woodrum in Transit
[A slew of Ohio organizations jointly sent a statement to Governor Kasich on Wednesday, December 14, requesting that the Governor address Ohio’s staggering underfunding of mass transit. This blog excerpts most of what they requested... read more
Posted on 12/12/16
Nearly 1 million Ohioans could lose their healthcare if the Affordable Care Act is repealed The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has made a huge difference in the lives of millions of Americans. Some of the... read more
Posted on 11/18/16 by Michael Shields in Education & Training
Cleveland expands its program and Cincinnati and Dayton approve preschool for all Communities across Ohio are recognizing the vital need for preschool as an early learning foundation and coming up with innovative solutions to deliver quality... read more
Posted on 11/17/16 by Hannah Halbert in Basic Needs + Unemployment Insurance
Policy Matters Ohio joins workers in testimony to the Joint Committee on Unemployment Compensation Reform. I’m a coal miner’s daughter. In the boom years, we were lucky enough to take a summer vacation. We’d drive to... read more
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