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Posted May 04, 2018 in Press Releases
President Donald Trump returns to Cleveland Saturday to tout his tax law. Policy Matters Ohio’s Executive Director Amy Hanauer issued the following statement about the tax plan: “The Trump tax plan showers rewards on the wealthiest... read more
Posted May 01, 2018 in Press Releases
Last year, six of Ohio’s 10 most common jobs paid so little that a typical worker would need food assistance to feed a family of three — generally less than $26,000 a year. From the... read more
Posted April 24, 2018 in Press Releases
Contact: Amy Hanauer, 216.361.9801Keary McCarthy, 614-425-9163 COLUMBUS – To address job security, economic anxiety, and stagnant wages, Ohio’s two premier progressive think tanks teamed up to offer a winning agenda for Ohio’s working families during this... read more
Posted April 19, 2018 in Press Releases
In an effort to pay for lavish tax cuts for the wealthy under the Trump Tax law, the House Agriculture Committee passed Chairman Rep. Mike Conaway’s (R-Texas) Farm Bill, which threatens over 1.4 million Ohioans... read more
Posted April 11, 2018 in Press Releases
Policy Matters Ohio said in testimony today before the Tax Expenditure Review Committee that a more in-depth analysis is needed of the tax breaks that cost the state more than $9 billion a year in... read more
Posted April 11, 2018 in Press Releases
The Kasich Administration plans to ask the federal government to waive Medicaid rules and allow the state to end health coverage for Medicaid beneficiaries who fail to meet monthly work requirements, a plan that will... read more
Posted April 05, 2018 in Press Releases
Over the next five weeks, Ohio’s new legislative committee to review state tax breaks will meet three times to examine 15 tax breaks worth a total of $4.6 billion, nearly half the cost of all... read more
Posted April 03, 2018 in Press Releases
Columbus — Today, Policy Matters Researcher Hannah Halbert joined State Representatives Brigid Kelly and Kent Smith to call for revamped overtime pay rules. The Center for American Progress Action Fund, the Economic Policy Institute, For... read more
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