Numeric news from Policy Matters $1,500: Amount by which Ohio’s typical (median) household income in 2022 was less than in 2021. $9,035: Amount by which Ohio’s typical household income falls short of the national median. 215,000+: Number of Ohioans aged 65 and over who were in poverty last year. 446,159:
SPECIAL SOWO EDITION! Policy Matters is celebrating Labor Day with the release of the State of Working Ohio, our annual report on work, wages and the labor force. (Around the office we call it “SOWO.”) On Monday morning, SOWO goes live on policymattersohio.org — but we’re giving Saturday Stats subscribers
Numeric news from Policy Matters 14%: Margin by which Ohioans defeated Issue 1 in the August 8th special election, reaffirming the people’s right to check legislative power and advance policies that make Ohio better for all of us. In the past, Ohio voters have used this power to defeat extremist
Numeric news from Policy Matters 4: Number of days (as of this writing) remaining for Ohioans to defeat Issue 1 by voting NO on (or before) the Aug. 8th election. Some voters’ polling places have changed, so double-check where you will go to vote. Finally, check out the Ohio Voter
$700M: Late last month, Ohio and Intel reached an agreement on how the tech giant would be held accountable for the promises it made to secure state funding related its two semiconductor fabrication plants in New Albany. The agreement covers $600 million in public funding — but it leaves out
Well friends, we’ve made it through another budget season. It wasn’t easy, but it could have been worse. The General Assembly sacrificed crucial public services to pay for more tax cuts that primarily benefit the wealthy. On the bright side, some kids, parents, teachers and schools will benefit from the
Numeric news from Policy Matters 15,000: When the Ohio House included in its budget bill a proposal that would help 15,000 kids get child care, we noted it as an all-too-rare example of legislators putting public resources to good use. State Senate leadership cut that proposal. They also removed measures
Numeric News from Policy Matters Ohio 150: If you’re a regular Saturday Stats reader, you know we’re never short on data-driven analysis and just plain good ideas. But smart, compassionate policy goes nowhere without champions. This past Wednesday, 150 leaders from all over the state came together in Columbus for
Numeric news from Policy Matters $39.55M: The Ohio House passed its version of the state budget (H.B. 33) and, well, it could be worse. (Of course, Ohioans deserve better than a “less bad” budget.) One of the bright spots is the House’s decision to help Ohioans put food on the
$150M: The Ohio House released its version of the state budget this week. The bill includes some positive elements, but those are outweighed by a variety of bad moves, such as removing $150 million proposed by Gov. DeWine that would have helped child care professionals and professionals in other critical
Numeric news from Policy Matters $1,000: Our proposed Thriving Families Tax Credit would send on average an additional $1,000 each year to households with incomes under $85,000. Contrast that with the absurdly disproportionate benefits of flat tax proposals, including those in H.B. 1, of which the rich take home the
$2.6 billion: In the previous edition of Saturday Stats, we noted three major flaws in House Bill 1, any one of which should be enough to make Ohioans tell our reps to vote against it. This week, State Policy Fellow Guille Bervejillo, PhD, identified more reasons to toss HB 1,
