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Posted November 06, 2021 in eNews
12,600: On any given day, as many as 12,600 Ohioans are held in jail as they await trial, compared to 3,000 in 1978 — driven mostly by bail set by local courts, even though overall... read more
Posted October 22, 2021 in eNews
9,900: The number of jobs Ohio employers added last month. In our monthly JobWatch report, Researcher Michael Shields wrote that Ohio is recovering jobs about a third as quickly as the nation. Our state’s unemployment... read more
Posted October 01, 2021 in eNews
36% & 26%: After the first expanded child tax credit payments hit bank accounts in July and August, 36% fewer Ohio families reported not having enough to eat in the last week and 26% fewer... read more
Posted September 04, 2021 in eNews
269,000: Every Labor Day we release a report that looks at how working Ohioans did over the last year. Here is a sneak peek at one of the findings: Ohio still has 269,000 fewer jobs... read more
Posted August 21, 2021 in eNews
19,200: New data show that for the second straight month hiring ramped up in Ohio, with 19,200 more jobs in the state last month. In this month’s JobWatch, Researcher Michael Shields said state and federal... read more
Posted August 07, 2021 in eNews
$5.3 billion: That’s how much money Ohio’s local governments will receive from the American Rescue Plan (ARP). Local officials should use the resources to make sure working people are paid fairly and protected on the... read more
Posted July 23, 2021 in eNews
1/3: One-third of Cleveland’s $665 million General Revenue Fund (GRF) — which is funded by local taxes — goes toward the Cleveland Division of Police (CDP), the single largest allocation. That’s one of the many... read more
Posted June 26, 2021 in eNews
97: That’s the number of state and local organizations that called for a 2022-23 state budget that cares for all Ohioans, regardless of where they live, what they look like, or how much money they... read more
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