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Posted February 05, 2022 in eNews
11: Yvonka Hall founded The Northeast Ohio Black Health Coalition (NEOBHC) 11 years ago after realizing Black Clevelanders needed an organization dedicated their health and wellbeing. Since then, the organization has grown – providing critical... read more
Posted January 22, 2022 in eNews
8,800: New data show that Ohio employers added 8,800 jobs in December, marking the fourth straight month of job growth in the state. In this month’s JobWatch, Michael Shields says it’s more proof of the... read more
Posted December 18, 2021 in eNews
12,200: Seasonally adjusted data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) show that Ohio employers added 12,200 jobs in November. In his monthly JobWatch report, Michael Shields notes that Ohio... read more
Posted November 19, 2021 in eNews
$1.2 billion: That’s how much money we’d have in state coffers if lawmakers passed a fair severance tax on fracking instead of toeing the oil and gas lobby line. When our new State Policy Fellow... read more
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
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