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Posted January 08, 2003 in Press Releases
Disparity growing in Ohio, U.S., as states face budget shortfalls Columbus Dispatch Ohio's state and local tax burden hits low- and middle-income residents harder than wealthy Ohioans, a study released yesterday shows. Full Article read more
Posted January 07, 2003 in Press Releases
Low- and middle-income Ohio families pay a greater share of their incomes in state and local taxes than the state’s most affluent do, according to a study released today. The top 1 percent of non-elderly Ohio... read more
Posted November 29, 2002 in Press Releases
American City Business Journal When it comes to the status of their female citizens, Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana recently brought home a report card that should have landed the region in the woodshed. The report card,... read more
Posted November 18, 2002 in Press Releases
The Hannah Report Ohio received a C, two C minuses, a D minus, and an F on a report card on the "Status of Women in the States," issued by the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR). "I'd be... read more
Posted October 17, 2002 in Press Releases
Study points out corporate hole Dayton Daily News COLUMBUS | Ohio needs to put a clamp on the ability of businesses to avoid the corporate franchise tax, the tax levied on a company's net income or its net worth, particularly... read more
Posted October 13, 2002 in Press Releases
The Akron Beacon Journal Many angry state hasn't done more for economyBy Doug Oplinger Stephen Dyer and Dennis J. Willard Ohio overtaken by other statesEarl and Thelma McKinney came from Kentucky after World War II as part... read more
Posted October 07, 2002 in Press Releases
Ohio rules for unemployment rank among most restrictive in nationBy Doug Oplinger, Stephen Dyer and Dennis J. Willard The Akron Beacon Journal Ohio is hard on its unemployed and low-income families. Women, most often, are the victims. Teresa Day... read more
Posted October 05, 2002 in Press Releases
Study links part of trend to predatory lending increaseBy Laura A. Bischoff Dayton Daily News COLUMBUS | The number of home foreclosure filings more than doubled statewide between 1994 and 2001, a trend that researchers blame partly... read more
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