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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
Posted November 06, 2018 in Press Releases
Policy Matters has a vision for an economy that works for all Ohioans in our small towns, our suburbs and our big cities. With a new slate of elected leaders in Ohio, we will work... read more
Posted November 03, 2018 in eNews
4,400: The number of times people shared this Issue 1 op-ed Executive Director Amy Hanauer wrote for Cleveland.com. Issue 1 will reduce our bloated prison population and direct more money to treatment, making our communities... read more
Posted November 01, 2018 in Press Releases
Ohio’s rural areas, towns and cities are strengthened when aging Ohioans can stay connected to their communities. Ohio’s laws have changed to increase the number of people required to report elder abuse, and have added... read more
Posted October 31, 2018 in Press Releases
Business income deduction allows them to get means-tested tax breaks probably worth millions Tens of thousands of upper-income Ohioans are qualifying for tax credits that seemingly are limited to those who have much lower incomes. It’s... read more
Posted October 25, 2018 in Press Releases
After sentencing reform, felony filings dropped, crime didn’t rise In 2016, Oklahomans voted to reclassify low-level drug possession and property crime from felonies to misdemeanors and direct the savings toward rehabilitative services. Since the law took... read more
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