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Posted December 22, 2020 in Press Releases
$8.80-per-hour still not enough to make ends meet Next month, Ohio’s minimum wage gets a 10-cent adjustment to $8.80 per hour to keep up with rising prices. Last January’s change kept the wages of 84,000 Ohioans... read more
Posted December 21, 2020 in Press Releases
Late Sunday night, Congressional leaders finally reached an agreement on a $900 billion COVID aid package. Details of the deal are emerging, and the bill language is not yet available. Policy Matters Ohio Executive Director... read more
Posted December 17, 2020 in Press Releases
As COVID-19 cases climb, a new report from Policy Matters Ohio and the Ohio Student Association (OSA) shows that the pandemic is driving down enrollment at Ohio colleges and universities, straining institutions’ budgets and dramatically... read more
Posted December 16, 2020 in Press Releases
Teachers in Ohio earn, on average, 15.2% less in wages each week than non-teachers with similar education and experience levels in the state, according to a report from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI).... read more
Posted December 10, 2020 in Press Releases
Fifty-four of Ohio’s largest employers paid their CEOs a median of 306 times what they paid the typical employee in 2019, according to data reported under the Dodd-Frank Act. The federal law requires publicly traded companies... read more
Posted December 08, 2020 in Press Releases
Members of the House Ways and Means Committee meet today to consider Senate Bill 95 which, as passed in the Senate, would double state and local tax breaks for “megaprojects” and their suppliers from 15... read more
Posted December 02, 2020 in Press Releases
A 2018 law has helped protect Ohioans who turn to certain kinds of short-term loans to get through an emergency. However, unethical financial corporations found new ways to profit by trapping borrowers in a... read more
Posted November 25, 2020 in Press Releases
State policymakers make decisions that affect the quality of schools attended by our children, the safety of the water we drink and whether elderly people can safely age in place in their own homes. In... read more
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