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Posted September 30, 2023 in eNews
366: Days remaining for Ohio schools to spend more than $358M on efforts to address learning loss, improve safety and update technology. That’s about 8% of the federal funding designated for those purposes as part... read more
Posted September 16, 2023 in eNews
Numeric news from Policy Matters $1,500: Amount by which Ohio’s typical (median) household income in 2022 was less than in 2021. $9,035: Amount by which Ohio’s typical household income falls short of the national median. 215,000+: Number of... read more
Posted September 02, 2023 in eNews
SPECIAL SOWO EDITION! Policy Matters is celebrating Labor Day with the release of the State of Working Ohio, our annual report on work, wages and the labor force. (Around the office we call it “SOWO.”) On Monday... read more
Posted August 19, 2023 in eNews
Numeric news from Policy Matters 14%: Margin by which Ohioans defeated Issue 1 in the August 8th special election, reaffirming the people’s right to check legislative power and advance policies that make Ohio better for all... read more
Posted August 05, 2023 in eNews
Numeric news from Policy Matters 4: Number of days (as of this writing) remaining for Ohioans to defeat Issue 1 by voting NO on (or before) the Aug. 8th election. Some voters' polling places have changed,... read more
Posted July 22, 2023 in eNews
$700M: Late last month, Ohio and Intel reached an agreement on how the tech giant would be held accountable for the promises it made to secure state funding related its two semiconductor fabrication plants in... read more
Posted July 08, 2023 in eNews
Well friends, we’ve made it through another budget season. It wasn’t easy, but it could have been worse. The General Assembly sacrificed crucial public services to pay for more tax cuts that primarily benefit the... read more
Posted June 10, 2023 in eNews
Numeric news from Policy Matters 15,000: When the Ohio House included in its budget bill a proposal that would help 15,000 kids get child care, we noted it as an all-too-rare example of legislators putting public... read more
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