Contact: Amy Hanauer, 216.361.9801 Keary McCarthy, 614-425-9163 COLUMBUS – To address job security, economic anxiety, and stagnant wages, Ohio’s two premier progressive think tanks teamed up to offer a winning agenda for Ohio’s working families during this important election year. Policy Matters Ohio and Innovation Ohio Education Fund today released
This month, Policy Matters Ohio welcomed Dr. Roland Anglin, Ph.D. and Dr. Ashwini Sehgal, M.D. to its board of directors. Anglin is the recently-appointed dean of the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University. Sehgal is the Duncan Neuhauser Professor of Community Health Improvement and co-director
Dear Director Sears, We write to oppose the Group VIII Work Requirement and Community Engagement Demonstration Waiver application that was released for public comments on February 16, 2018. The Kasich administration should not submit this request to waive Medicaid rules and should not require work as a condition of eligibility
Public comments on Ohio’s proposal to impose work requirements on people who receive health care through Medicaid expansion close March 18. Today, Policy Matters Ohio Executive Director Amy Hanauer sent a letter to Ohio Department of Medicaid Director Barbara Sears, asking the Kasich administration to reconsider submitting the proposal to
As Vice President Mike Pence joins U.S. Rep. Jim Renacci in Cleveland to promote the Trump tax cuts, Policy Matters Ohio Executive Director Amy Hanauer issued the following statement: “Powerful corporations are using the Trump tax cuts passed last year to line their shareholders’ pockets. Since January, the nation’s largest
This week, Rob Moore joined Policy Matters Ohio as a researcher. Moore will focus his work on state budget analysis and human service policy. Previously, he worked at the Ohio Legislative Services Commission where he evaluated the potential fiscal impact of state legislation. As a policy analyst with the University
As President Trump speaks in Cincinnati about his tax plan, Policy Matters Ohio Executive Director Amy Hanauer issued the following statement: “Ohio families and communities will be hurt by the tax and budget choices of the Trump administration. President Trump’s tax and budget plan adds at least $1.4 trillion to
In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Policy Matters Ohio Executive Director Amy Hanauer releases the following statement: Nearly 50 years ago, Martin Luther King was murdered in Memphis, Tenn. by a racist white man. King travelled there to support the city’s black sanitation workers in their strike
The U.S. House of Representatives and Senate today finalized and passed the Republican tax bill. Ohio’s delegation voted along straight party lines. Amy Hanauer, Executive Director of Policy Matters Ohio, released this statement: “Ohio’s Republican Congressional delegation chose to hurt Ohio families today with a tax scheme that adds $1.5
On Thursday, Senate Republicans released their new tax proposal. Like the House bill, it would give hundreds of billions of dollars in tax cuts to wealthy households and major corporations at the expense of low-and middle-income families. Ultimately, many low- and middle-income families would be harmed by the plan. White
The gender wage gap is narrowing, but Ohio’s female workers still face significant barriers at work. In 1979 Ohio women made 61 percent of what men made compared to 82 percent today. With a median hourly wage of $15.52, women’s inflation-adjusted wages grew by 19 percent since then. The gains
How much Ohio workers earn and whether or not they have a job often depends on their race, gender or where they live, according to The State of Working Ohio 2017, a new report from Policy Matters Ohio embargoed for Sun. Sept 3. Ohio’s gender pay gap has narrowed over
