Today, leaders in public health, community organizing and drug treatment joined Policy Matters Ohio to unveil an analysis that shows how sentencing reform would improve public health. View a recording of the call here. The report comes after the Ohio Senate failed to advance Senate Bill 3 yesterday. The bill,
Anyone who reads the Cleveland Plain Dealer regularly knows its reporters have the COVID-19 outbreak surrounded — from instructions for making face masks to how the pandemic is affecting Clevelanders experiencing homelessness. They are producing excellent content that helps readers understand the pandemic, protect ourselves and stay connected to our
Policy Matters Ohio has named Hannah Halbert its new executive director. Halbert joined Policy Matters in 2010 as a policy liaison. She had previously spent nearly four years with the Equal Justice Foundation and the Legal Aid Society of Columbus where she protected homeowners from foreclosures during the housing crisis.
On Thanksgiving, Americans everywhere gather with friends and family to eat great food, engage in awkward political debate, watch football and express gratitude. Some may be thankful for their families, some for their good health and some for their jobs. The truth is, public policies are behind many things we’re
I live in the tiny, picturesque village of Bratenahl. Besides Lake Erie to its north, Bratenahl is completely surrounded by the city of Cleveland. The community is perhaps best known for its sprawling lakefront estates and for being the home of semi-famous Clevelanders, like the owners of the Browns, Jimmy
Policy Matters will launch national search for new director After 20 years, Policy Matters Ohio founding executive director Amy Hanauer is taking a new position running the Washington D.C.-based Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy and its advocacy arm Citizens for Tax Justice. Hanauer will leave Policy Matters in January,
It’s Halloween, the spookiest day of the year. At Policy Matters, we’re less afraid of things that go bump in the night than we are about some of the policies our state lawmakers want to get passed. Here’s a list of a few that haunt our dreams. 1. Work requirements
Good morning, Chairman Eklund, Ranking Member Thomas and members of the committee. My name is Caitlin Johnson and I am the communications director at Policy Matters Ohio, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization with the mission of creating a more prosperous, equitable, sustainable and inclusive Ohio. Thank you for the opportunity to
Facebook and Google take in the majority of digital ad revenues, at the expense of newspapers. At the same time, studies show they are filling the void they helped create with disinformation. Appearing before a Senate Judiciary Committee field hearing in Cleveland today, Policy Matters Ohio Communications Director Caitlin Johnson
Common Cause Ohio, Policy Matters Ohio and media advocacy organization, Free Press, hosted a presentation and conversation about public policy solutions to Ohio’s local news crisis. Catherine Turcer, Executive Director of Common Cause Ohio and Yosef Getachew, Director of the Media and Democracy program at Common Cause, discussed their efforts
By Caitlin Johnson, Zach Schiller, Emma Schubert, Alexander Thompson and William Vidmar Introduction & executive summary Newspapers are important threads in the fabric of Ohio’s communities. At the community level, they tell us when a neighbor dies, whether a new restaurant is worth visiting, which high school won the basketball
Lawmakers should enact policies that support local news In six short years, Ohio’s newspaper journalists declined by 43%, according to Policy Matters Ohio. In 2012, Ohio had 2,870 newsroom staffers to monitor city council meetings, photograph high school games and design the front page. In 2018, there were 1,640 newspaper
