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Posted August 08, 2019 in Press Releases
Budget bills bring average tax increases for less affluent residents The main tax measures in Ohio’s new budget bills will bring tax increases on average for lower- and middle-income taxpayers, while those at the top of... read more
Posted August 06, 2019 in Press Releases
Ohio’s 2018 foreclosure rate is 4.6 percent lower than in 2017, according to a new report by Policy Matters Ohio. The 33,527 foreclosures Ohio had in 2018 are a little more than one-third of the... read more
Posted July 30, 2019 in Press Releases
Lawmakers should enact policies that support local news In six short years, Ohio’s newspaper journalists declined by 43%, according to Policy Matters Ohio. In 2012, Ohio had 2,870 newsroom staffers to monitor city council meetings, photograph... read more
Posted July 18, 2019 in Press Releases
The Act would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025 Today, for the first time in over a decade, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to increase the federal minimum wage to... read more
Posted July 17, 2019 in Press Releases
Conference committee misses opportunity to slash an unproductive loophole [image:1] Wendy Patton, Senior Project Director for Policy Matters Ohio released the following statement about the state budget approved by the conference committee Tuesday. “The budget passed by the... read more
Posted July 16, 2019 in Press Releases
Support raising the minimum wage and the Ohio Equal Pay Act Over the weekend, Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble (P&G) announced that it has joined the equal pay movement moment generated by the U.S. Women’s Soccer team’s... read more
Posted July 08, 2019 in Press Releases
General Assembly should reject proposal to omit that from the budget Six years after the original creation of a tax break for Ohio business owners, the data shows it has failed to bring more jobs, increase... read more
Posted June 27, 2019 in Press Releases
Policymakers must weigh health impacts of proposed legislation The workers’ compensation budget passed by the Ohio House of Representatives includes policy changes that could impact public health, according to an analysis released today by Policy Matters... read more
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