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Posted September 29, 2018 in eNews
32 percent: The amount Ohio prisons are over capacity. The system is designed to hold about 37,500, but today more than 49,500 people are in Ohio prisons. 350 percent: The amount Ohio’s prison population has grown... read more
Posted September 27, 2018 in Press Releases
As the debate around Issue 1 intensifies, Policy Matters Ohio is releasing a survey of peer reviewed studies which show that prison can hurt families and communities, and leave people worse off than before they... read more
Posted September 26, 2018 in Press Releases
The future of 230 Ohio college students hangs in the balance. The school, the for-profit Harrison College, suddenly closed earlier this month, after receiving hundreds of thousands in state tax dollars. Without offering an explanation, on... read more
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 15, 2018 in eNews
Data bonanza: Nerds like us love when the Census updates data. Hannah Halbert looked at the new numbers and found that, despite many good things in the economy, 1.6 million Ohioans—including 500,000 kids – are... 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
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