Research by Hannah Halbert Sheher

Work & Wages — State of Working Ohio

State of Working Ohio 2024

August 27, 2024

Work & Wages — Job Watch

JobWatch: Ohio hits historic unemployment rate in April

May 19, 2023

Revenue & Budget — Budget Policy

Proponent testimony on House Bill 7 before Ohio House Families and Aging Committee

May 09, 2023

Revenue & Budget — Tax Policy

8 Ohio tax facts for Tax Day 2023

April 17, 2023

Revenue & Budget — Budget Policy

Testimony on HB 33 before the House Finance Committee

March 30, 2023

Democracy & Government

Written testimony to the House Government Oversight Committee opposing HJR 6

December 07, 2022

Basic Needs + Unemployment Insurance — Unemployment Insurance

BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE POLICY MATTERS OHIO, AMERICAN SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS COUNCIL, NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT, WILLIAM E. SPRIGGS, ECONOMIC POLICY

August 16, 2021

Health & Health Equity

Letter to Ohio Dept of Health Director Stephanie McCloud

January 06, 2021

Basic Needs + Unemployment Insurance

Letter to Senator Rob Portman

December 04, 2020

Work & Wages — Minimum Wage

Columbus City Council: Pass Wage Theft Prevention and Enforcement Ordinance

August 19, 2020

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Research by Hannah Halbert Sheher

State of Working Ohio 2024

JobWatch: Ohio hits historic unemployment rate in April

Proponent testimony on House Bill 7 before Ohio House Families and Aging Committee

8 Ohio tax facts for Tax Day 2023

Testimony on HB 33 before the House Finance Committee

Written testimony to the House Government Oversight Committee opposing HJR 6

BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE POLICY MATTERS OHIO, AMERICAN SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS COUNCIL, NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT, WILLIAM E. SPRIGGS, ECONOMIC POLICY

Letter to Ohio Dept of Health Director Stephanie McCloud

Letter to Senator Rob Portman

Columbus City Council: Pass Wage Theft Prevention and Enforcement Ordinance

Letter to Sen. Portman on the Coronavirus Emergency Assistance Grant program

Letter to Sen. Brown on the Coronavirus Emergency Assistance Grant program

Clarify “suitable work” and “good cause” as applied in Ohio’s Unemployment Compensation Program’s COVID-19 work refusal policy

A solid jobs report closes out 2019, but the year may be the state’s slowest in a decade

Job growth returned to Ohio in November, unemployment rate unchanged

Ohio slowdown continues with job losses in October

Wrong direction: Ohio lost jobs in September

More of the same: Job growth slows

QUIET CRISIS: Wage Theft in Cleveland

Summer stagnation: Job growth slows, unemployment stays steady

JobWatch: 10 years of recession recovery

Ohio lost jobs in May, but unemployment fell

Ohio underperforms in April jobs report

Columbus property tax abatements: transparency and accountability to schools and community

Working for less: Too many jobs still pay too little, 2019

A new way forward: 10 ways to support Ohio’s working people, 2019

Budget Bite: SNAP, employment and training

March job data: A weak spring break

Testimony on HB 166 to Finance Subcommittee on Agriculture, Development, and Natural Resources

Budget Bite: Wage theft ignored in proposed budget

Rocky start: Ohio lost jobs in February

Reset button: Data revision turns banner year for growth into one of the worst

Despite recent slowdown, 2018 best year for Ohio job growth since 1994

Ohio’s job growth rate slowed this fall

Testimony on HB 494 before the Senate Transportation, Commerce, and Workforce Development Committee

Job growth continues, more needed to rebuild Ohio’s middle class

Refundable tax credits for working families put kids first

Good, bad and ugly: Data suggest a divided Ohio economy

A new normal? Ohio’s job growth rate now average, unemployment rate doesn’t budge

Ohio job growth keeps chugging along, approaching national average

Blue Collar Jobs: Where’s the money?

Recover-versary: Job growth continues, as does inequality

Comments on the City of Columbus’ “Affordable Housing and Community Reinvestment Area Incentives Policy”

JobWatch: Big job gains in May

Job growth stalls: After three months of solid growth Ohio lost jobs in April

Working for less: Too many jobs pay too little

Job Growth Streak: March data show another solid month of growth in Ohio

JobWatch: Blip or Boon? Job growth strong in February

Testimony on HB 494 before the House GAO Committee

Testimony on HB 158 before the Senate Finance Committee

January Job Watch: Updated Ohio job numbers show slowing growth

A new way forward: 10 ways to support Ohio’s working people

JobWatch: Ohio 2017 job growth slow and sluggish

Testimony on HB 382 & HJR 4 before the House Government Accountability and Oversight Committee

Ohio still waiting for blue-collar boom

Two months of job loss means fewer jobs in November than in July

Policy Matters Testimony on HB 382

Trade Adjustment Assistance: More needed to help Ohio communities

October jobs report: Revisions cut into gains

JobWatch: Hurricanes and jobs

Post 2018-2019 Budget Bite: Affordable College

JobWatch: August jobs report shows continued weakness

JobWatch: July jobs bump

Ohio blue collar jobs report, Q2 2017

Risky business: For-profit education in Ohio

Ohio’s need-based aid policy creates the wrong incentives

Leveraging SNAP to improve worker skills

Ohio blue collar jobs report: May 2017

JobWatch: More than a blip?

Testimony to the House Finance Health and Human Services Subcommittee

SNAP to Skills

Budget Bite: Affordable College

Ohio EITC too weak to work

Testimony: Lawmakers should not cut weeks of unemployment benefits

Cutting unemployment weeks hurts job seekers, employers and communities

Growth, just barely: Ohio adds jobs, but not many

Governor proposes smart reforms to high school equivalency exam

GED collapse prevents Ohioans from attaining high school diplomas

Testimony: City should take a stand against wage theft