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Posted December 01, 2018 in eNews
10 percent: The number of Ohio neighborhoods in areas where 40 percent or more of residents lived below the federal poverty line in 2016. That’s double the number in 2000. This is part of the... read more
Posted November 28, 2018 in Press Releases
If Ohio House Bill 494 passes, corporate franchise owners would be shielded from responsibility when their franchisees violate labor laws, even if it’s at the corporate owner’s behest. Today, Policy Matters Ohio testified against the... read more
Posted November 27, 2018 in Press Releases
General Motors Co.’s decision to idle five North American plants, including its Lordstown assembly plant, is a cruel blow to thousands of Ohio families. That’s especially so given that not many years ago, taxpayers kept... read more
Posted November 26, 2018 in Press Releases
As Ohio waits for permission from the federal government on new rules making it harder to access Medicaid expansion, new analysis shows that thanks to the health insurance program, the state will have almost 54,000... read more
Posted November 19, 2018 in Press Releases
In 2016, 10 percent of Ohio neighborhoods were in areas of concentrated poverty -- that’s a twofold increase over 2000, according to new analysis from Policy Matters Ohio. Ohio is one of the nation’s sickest... read more
Posted November 17, 2018 in eNews
1.5 million+: That’s how many Ohioans voted for sentencing reform last week. Although Issue 1 didn’t pass, there is energy in Ohio to reform policies that pack our prisons with nonviolent offenders and allow our... read more
Posted November 12, 2018 in Press Releases
Exemptions worth $5.5 billion a year should not be rubber-stamped More than four months after its first report was due under state law, the Ohio General Assembly’s Tax Expenditure Review Committee (TERC) finally... read more
Posted November 09, 2018 in Press Releases
Despite low unemployment, poverty is high in Ohio, especially for children. Cleveland has the highest childhood poverty rate of any large city in the nation. Cincinnati has the third highest. Thirty-five percent of Ohio’s poorest... read more
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