Note: This event was held on Aug. 20, 2025. Some information may be out of date. See below for details about events and resources mentioned in the recording. Panelists (in order of appearance) Resources More info on how the federal budget impacts Ohioans
Behind the statistics lie individual narratives of resilience, adaptation, and aspiration that shape the diversity of and strengthen Ohio. Immigrant workers and business owners grow Ohio’s economy 580,000 immigrants reside in Ohio. Immigrants work in low-wage, middle-wage, and higher-wage jobs in sectors across our state’s economy. It turns out that immigrant
This afternoon, a broad coalition of 40 organizations sent Mayor Bibb and members of Cleveland City Council a letter calling for the local elected leaders to take bold, swift action to enact a paid family and medical leave policy for all Cleveland municipal employees. The organizations represent thousands of Cleveland
Numeric news from Policy Matters 15: Led by Will Petrik, the Policy Matters team looked at 15 key indicators to see how Ohio families are doing compared to those in other states. In most, our state performs below average. Our Ohio’s Family Budget paper lays out a variety of ways
Numeric news from Policy Matters Ohio 4: This month we released our four-pronged proactive tax agenda, co-authored by Guillermo Bervejillo, PhD., and Zach Schiller. Our plan will help reduce racial and income inequality while providing our communities with the funding we need to educate our kids, care for our seniors
voted to raise the minimum wage and tie it to inflation, so it won’t lose value over time. Michael says the wage adjustment underscores the importance of protecting Ohioans’ right to speak up together at the ballot and on the job.
0.6 points: That is how much the inflation rate dipped last month, signaling that price increases are starting to slow. In his monthly JobWatch report, researcher Michael Shields says that, coupled with the fact that Ohio has about 100,000 fewer jobs than before COVID, shows that the Federal Reserve should
1,387: That is how many Ohio voters were polled by Data for Progress. They answered questions about an array of public policies and it turns out the cabal of politicians who are seizing power to pass extreme policies are even more out of touch with the general public than we
41: That’s about how many days are left in this year’s lame duck legislative session — fewer if legislators go home before the year is out. Some lawmakers are attempting to push through a lot of bad bills, but Ohioans are coming together across race and place to stand up
482,000: That’s how many more Ohioans will be eligible for unemployment compensation if the General Assembly passes Senate Bill 355. Introduced by Sen. Teresa Fedor over the summer, SB 355 would remove some of the barriers that keep the lowest-paid Ohioans from qualifying for unemployment compensation if they’re laid off.
$500 million: House Bill 377 created the Appalachian Community Grant Program that will send $500 million in federal resources Ohio’s Appalachian region. Amanda Woodrum writes that the law tasks the Ohio Department of Development with using those federal resources to support development of “sustainable, transformational” infrastructure projects across Ohio’s 32
7: During the current legislative term, a group of extreme Ohio lawmakers have introduced seven gag order bills that would discourage or outright prevent teachers from talking about race, sexual orientation, or gender identity. They’ll have to go through Cynthia Peeples and Honesty for Ohio Education first. In a new
