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Posted February 04, 2020 in Press Releases
A resolution in the Ohio Senate proposes a constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds vote of the General Assembly to approve an income-tax increase. Policy Matters Ohio Research Director Zach Schiller today made the following... read more
Posted February 03, 2020 in Press Releases
Medicaid expansion has improved access to care and saved lives, but the Trump Administration’s proposal to change its financial structure would cut funding and shift risk to the states. Senior Project Director Wendy Patton released... read more
Posted January 30, 2020 in Press Releases
New analysis released today by Policy Matters Ohio shows that if Ohioans vote to increase the state’s minimum wage to $13 an hour by 2025, 1.4 million Ohioans will be better able to put food... read more
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 25, 2020 in eNews
268: Ohio Senate Bill 3 would open up opportunities for people who have struggled with addiction. Michael Shields found the bill would remove 268 legal barriers to jobs and professional licensing that hold people back... 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 January 11, 2020 in eNews
1,200: EdChoice vouchers suck money from public schools and give it to private schools. Next year, 1,200 public schools will lose revenue due to this policy, up from 238 schools last year. Lawmakers said they’ll... 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
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