Recommendations for Ohio’s new Appalachian Community Grant Program Over the past century, the Appalachia region of Ohio helped fuel the prosperity of the nation. I mean that literally. Natural resources from the Ohio River Valley states of Appalachia, including Ohio, powered the industrial revolution in this country. However, having long
Policy Matters Ohio Senior Researcher and Co-Director of the Reimagine Appalachia Coalition Amanda Woodrum released the following statement in reaction to the Supreme Court’s West Virginia v. EPA decision. “No matter where we live or what we look like, we all need clean air to breathe. For years, big energy
Our homes should be our safe place, where we know we can keep ourselves and our loved ones free from harm. But throughout Ohio this week, people had to leave their homes to find relief from sweltering heat within. American Electric Power (AEP) chose to shut off electricity for a
State and local leaders can go even further President Joe Biden will tour sites in Cleveland and Lorain today to highlight the expected impacts of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed last year. Some of these federal funds will be awarded competitively and some of the funds will be distributed according
Bishop Marcia Dinkins leads the charge with first-ever BLAC paper For most of the last century, the people of Appalachia’s Ohio River Valley powered the prosperity of this nation. What you might not know — because of broad stereotypes about Appalachia — is that many of those people were Black
COVID-19 exposed existing flaws in our economic and health care systems by taking a disproportionate toll on Black and low-income Ohioans. This is due to the increased prevalence of chronic health conditions in these communities that make them more susceptible to severe impacts from the virus. Poverty is bad for
In the wake of the announcement of final results in the 2020 presidential race, Amanda Woodrum, senior researcher at Policy Matters Ohio and Stephen Herzenberg, executive director of Keystone Research Center, co-directors of the ReImagine Appalachia (RA) campaign, made the following statement on behalf of the RA campaign: “Like most
Coalition says Party needs to do more to prioritize Appalachia and other rural communities ReImagine Appalachia is a diverse coalition of organizations from West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Ohio that put forward a policy blueprint to rebuild Appalachian communities through public investments that will put people to work in good-paying
Policymakers must weigh health impacts of proposed legislation The workers’ compensation budget passed by the Ohio House of Representatives includes policy changes that could impact public health, according to an analysis released today by Policy Matters Ohio. Provisions in the budget would increase coverage for first-responders and discourage employers from
Today, after the Conference Committee reached an agreement regarding the Transportation Budget, Policy Matters Ohio Senior Researcher Amanda Woodrum issued the following statement: “We needed to raise revenue to make sure Ohioans are safe while they travel on our roads and bridges. It’s encouraging that lawmakers finally recognized this as
Conference committee compromise puts funds at risk in GRF In the 2010-11 state budget, legislators and the governor began moving transit funding to the Transportation budget from the General Revenue Fund, where annual allocations had been steadily shrinking, putting Ohio near the bottom among states in transit funding per capita.
Last week, the Ohio Senate took a leap backwards by removing $100 million for public transit from the Transportation Budget allocated by the Ohio House of Representatives. They also took small steps to otherwise improve equity by expanding Ohio’s Earned Income Tax Credit. Governor Mike DeWine proposed increasing the gas
