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Posted April 24, 2017 in Op-Eds
The Monday Dispatch article “Cordray, his bureau surviving GOP blasts,” on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, focused too heavily on vitriolic complaints from the financial-services industry and not enough on how the agency protects and... read more
Posted March 12, 2017 in Op-Eds
Guest columnist Victoria W. Jackson is the state policy fellow for Policy Matters Ohio, a nonprofit policy research organization working to broaden the debate about economic policy in Ohio. For the past 10 years, state policy... read more
Posted February 20, 2017 in Op-Eds
Thanks to Medicaid expansion, many Ohio families became healthier and better off financially over the past six years. If Congress repeals the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and restructures Medicaid, this progress could abruptly halt. In... read more
Posted January 29, 2017 in Op-Eds
Many native Ohioans would make phenomenal top labor law enforcers for the United States. Andy Puzder is not one of them. The Cleveland-born Puzder, nominated by President Donald Trump to run the Department of Labor, better... read more
Posted September 21, 2016 in Op-Eds
Policy Matters Research Director Zach Schiller’s article in Bloomberg BNA, Sept. 16, 2016: No evidence that lower taxes bring economic prosperity. From Nebraska to Georgia, debate has raged over whether to cut state income taxes. Ohio’s... read more
Posted May 12, 2016 in Op-Eds
The Ohio Legislature’s “Healthy Ohio” plan would hurt people who get their health care through Medicaid, and also endanger the financial stability of hospitals, Senior Project Director Wendy Patton said in a Cincinnati Enquirer op-ed. The... read more
Posted February 02, 2016 in Op-Eds
Op-ed in The Toledo Blade calls for Ohio to invest in public services. Ohio’s lack of investment in public services has left us running in place for 10 years, Senior Project Director Wendy Patton writes in... read more
Posted January 25, 2016 in Op-Eds
A bill in the Ohio House of Representatives would substantially cut unemployment benefits to jobless Ohioans and make it harder to qualify. Yet paradoxically, while these harsh steps are aimed at making our unemployment trust... read more
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