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Posted September 25, 2018 in Press Releases
Washington, D.C. — A report released today from the Consumer Federation of America shows 81 percent of Ohioans support the current national fuel economy standards under attack by the Trump administration. In August, the Trump Administration... read more
Posted September 19, 2018 in Press Releases
New program could enhance poor communities or drive inequality Depending on how it is implemented, a new program created under last year’s Trump tax bill could be a boon for Ohio’s poor communities or for wealthy... read more
Posted September 17, 2018 in Press Releases
Lax oversight of billions of dollars in tax expenditures More than two months after its first report was due, the Ohio General Assembly’s Tax Expenditure Review Committee (TERC) has yet to submit any filing on its... read more
Posted September 13, 2018 in Press Releases
While many rightly celebrate what is in some ways a hot economy, new Census data shows that 1.58 million Ohioans (14 percent) lived in poverty last year. The rate improved slightly from 2016 (14.6 percent).In... read more
Posted September 12, 2018 in Press Releases
Ohio’s uninsured increase with attacks on Medicaid; Food aid, tax credits both reduce poverty As state and federal lawmakers find new ways to make it harder for people to access health care, the number of uninsured Ohioans... read more
Posted September 06, 2018 in Press Releases
First-time reports show wide disparity in pay Data covering 44 of Ohio’s 100 largest employers show their CEOs usually make more than 200 times what their companies’ typical workers earn in a year. The information is... read more
Posted September 02, 2018 in Press Releases
Wage increases and equity elude Ohio’s working families nine years into economic recovery, even as low unemployment and strong job growth should be pushing wages up. This year’s State of Working Ohio report finds a... read more
Posted August 23, 2018 in Press Releases
Ohio Issue 1, just certified and approved for the November 2018 Ohio ballot, would reduce incarceration and redirect over a hundred million dollars a year from prisons to treatment, community safety and victim services, according... read more
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