Saturday Stats
Posted March 25, 2023 in eNews
$2.6 billion: In the previous edition of Saturday Stats, we noted three major flaws in House Bill 1, any one of which should be enough to make Ohioans tell our reps to vote against it.... read more
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Saturday Stats
Posted March 11, 2023 in eNews
$600M: House Bill 1 — a short-sighted flat tax proposal — would mean $600 million a year in property tax increases for residential and agricultural property owners. $500M+: House Bill 1 — an ill-conceived flat tax... read more
Saturday Stats
Posted February 25, 2023 in eNews
$0.00-$3.00: A top-priority bill in the Ohio House (HB1) would slash funding for children and all manner of local services, hand thousands of dollars a year to wealthy households and reduce income taxes by $0-3... read more
Saturday Stats
Posted February 11, 2023 in eNews
[image:1] 11,525: Gov. DeWine kicked off Ohio’s biennial budget season with his budget proposal, which would — among other things — expand access to child care and public pre-K to an additional 11,525 children statewide. That’s... read more
Saturday Stats
Posted January 28, 2023 in eNews
Numeric news from Policy Matters 15: Led by Will Petrik, the Policy Matters team looked at 15 key indicators to see how Ohio families are doing compared to those in other states. In most, our state... read more
Saturday Stats
Posted January 14, 2023 in eNews
Numeric news from Policy Matters Ohio 4: This month we released our four-pronged proactive tax agenda, co-authored by Guillermo Bervejillo, PhD., and Zach Schiller. Our plan will help reduce racial and income inequality while providing our... read more
Saturday Stats: December 31, 2022
Posted December 31, 2022 in eNews
voted to raise the minimum wage and tie it to inflation, so it won’t lose value over time. Michael says the wage adjustment underscores the importance of protecting Ohioans’ right to speak up together at... read more
Saturday Stats
Posted December 17, 2022 in eNews
[image:1] 0.6 points: That is how much the inflation rate dipped last month, signaling that price increases are starting to slow. In his monthly JobWatch report, researcher Michael Shields says that, coupled with the fact that... read more