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Posted January 27, 2020 in Press Releases
State legislators are scrambling to patch Ohio’s badly flawed EdChoice school voucher program by February 1, when the next voucher-application period opens to families. Given the looming deadline, it’s clear that Ohio public school districts... read more
Posted January 15, 2020 in Press Releases
New analysis by Policy Matters Ohio shows Senate Bill 3 would help people with minor drug possession convictions by removing 268 legal barriers – known as collateral sanctions – to jobs and professional licensing. Last year,... read more
Posted December 23, 2019 in Press Releases
Thirty-five of Ohio’s largest employers paid their CEOs more than 200 times what they paid the typical employee in 2018, according to data reported by companies under the Dodd-Frank Act. The federal law requires publicly traded... read more
Posted December 19, 2019 in Press Releases
Policy Matters Ohio condemns today’s 5th U.S. Circuit Court ruling declaring the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate unconstitutional and remanding the law back to the judge who first struck it down. The Affordable Care Act... read more
Posted December 18, 2019 in Press Releases
Cost of living increases keep workers from getting pay cut Next month, Ohio’s minimum wage gets a 15-cent bump to $8.70 to keep pace with rising prices. The change will benefit 84,000 of Ohio’s lowest paid... read more
Posted December 11, 2019 in Press Releases
Better targeting would help families, protect revenues Ohio legislators are considering adding a slew of costly new tax breaks, which would not only siphon resources from crucial public services that benefit all Ohioans, but also further... read more
Posted November 12, 2019 in Press Releases
In Ohio, high-quality child care is too expensive for many working families. Six of Ohio’s 10 most common jobs pay so little that a single parent would have to spend over one-third of their income... read more
Posted November 07, 2019 in Press Releases
Policy Matters releases new analysis of 2020-21 state budget Ohio lawmakers appropriated $48.8 billion in state dollars in the 2020-21 General Revenue Fund, an increase of $3.7 billion over the previous two-year budget. New analysis from... read more
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