CORRECTION: Where indicated, this analysis was edited to correctly state that ADP reported decreases of 3,000 private-sector jobs in August 2025 and 29,000 in September 2025. The government reopened November 12 after a 43-day shutdown — the longest on record. National data from September was released yesterday, though the Office
Good morning, Chair Johnson, Vice Chair Lear, Ranking Member McNally, and members of the committee. My name is Heather Smith and I am a researcher with Policy Matters Ohio, a non-partisan nonprofit think tank. Thank you for the opportunity to testify. I am here today to urge you to vote
Good morning, Chair White, Vice Chair Salvo, Ranking Member Lett, and members of the committee. My name is Heather Smith, and I am the work and wages researcher at Policy Matters Ohio, a nonpartisan, nonprofit research institute with the mission of creating a more vibrant, equitable, inclusive, and sustainable Ohio.
Federal and state policies already harming Ohioans, with more to come Federal policies restricting the rights of trans+ people and veterans overlap with spending cuts driven by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), compounding the harm done to trans+ veterans. State legislators’ decision to use the Ohio budget to
President Trump made restricting the rights of trans+ people[1] one of the highest priorities of his second term. On the first day of his new administration, the president banned federal funding from being used to “promote gender ideology,” which the White House defines as “replac[ing] the biological category of sex
Where does the data for JobWatch come from? Policy Matters’ JobWatch data comes from the Ohio Dept. of Job and Family Services’ (ODJFS) Ohio Labor Market Information resources, in particular the Ohio and U.S. Employment Situation data and Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment Estimates. ODJFS releases these data monthly, derived
Seasonally adjusted data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) show that Ohio gained 9,900 jobs in August, from a downwardly revised 5,720,300 jobs in July to 5,730,200 in August. The state’s unemployment rate remained steady at 5.0% – among the worst rates in the
Today, Policy Matters Ohio released an updated and expanded “State of Working Ohio” report, providing a broader picture of how the economy is working for working people. The additional data — covering employment, wages, productivity, and unionization rates — provide additional context to understand the Ohio economy, as well as
The State of Working Ohio 2025 Updated & expanded: September 11, 2025 In 1999, the year before Policy Matters was founded, Amy Hanauer and Mark Cassell published the very first State of Working Ohio report. Among their findings: In the previous 20 years, Ohio’s median wage had fallen, including decreases
For more on this question, watch our virtual town hall. Slides featured in that recording are available here. H.R. 1, the federal megabill passed in early July, cuts funding for services that are integral to veterans’ economic, physical, and mental well-being. At the same time, VA workforce reductions are likely
Proposed Rule 5180:2-16-06 changes the level-of-service authorizations to have higher thresholds for payment categories. It increases maximum hourly authorizations from seven to ten hours, part-time authorizations from 7-25 hours to 10-33, and full-time authorizations from 25 hours or more to 33 hours or more. Providers receiving payment for children authorized
Correction: October 15, 2025 | In the original version of this comment, data for total approved capacity was incorrectly used in place of total number of Type A FCC providers. Where indicated, those numbers have been corrected, and additional text has been added to correctly identify the originally reported numbers.
