Ohio’s young adults are coming of age in a tough economy, ravaged by a deep recession and further damaged by 30 years of declining opportunity and security for all but the most highly educated and affluent. High education costs, lower wages for young people than in the past, and weaker
In an April 21, 2010, event co-sponsored by the Ohio Workforce Coalition, Policy Matters Ohio held a legislative briefing on unemployment compensation. Zach Schiller described how the state should modernize its UC system to take advantage of federal funds, and take steps to return the system to solvency. Click here
Amanda Woodrum convened the First Organizational Meeting for the Lorain County Transit Coalition on April 15, 2010 to address solutions for Lorain County’s transit funding problems. Click here to view the event flyer.
Policy Matters Ohio participated in the Ohio Environmental Council’s Environmental Lobby Day on April 14, 2010 to bring environmental concerns and priorities directly to state lawmakers and officials from environmental and regulatory agencies. Click here to view more information about the event from OEC.
Impact of IMPACT – America and Ohio must capitalize on advanced and clean energy markets. This report examines the Investment in Manufacturing Progress and Clean Technology Act (IMPACT), a free-standing bill in the U.S. Senate that passed the House of Representatives as part of a bill to cap carbon emissions.
For the fourteenth straight year, Ohio experienced an increase in new foreclosure filings in 2009. What began as mostly an urban county problem in the mid 1990s, has erupted into triple-digit 10-year growth rates in every Ohio county. Ohio set a new foreclosure filing record in 2009, topping 89,000 filings.
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Ohio can provide gears for wind turbines, insulation for buildings, components for solar panels and more – but only if we have workers who are trained to fill the high skill manufacturing and construction jobs that make and build the green economy. Mapping Green Career Pathways identifies training opportunities in
Go Green – Ohio can provide gears for wind turbines, insulation for buildings, components for solar panels and more – but only if we have workers trained to fill the high skill manufacturing and construction jobs that make and build the green economy. This new report, a collaboration with the
For the first time ever, a host of transportation, public policy, social service, and environmental organizations have joined forces in a campaign to reverse the decline of public transportation here and around Ohio. These 20 organizations represent tens of thousands of members and clients in Greater Cleveland and statewide. They
A Better Balance – To get the revenue we need to make the state work, Governor Ted Strickland has proposed to temporarily restore the last year of the five-year, 21 percent income-tax cut approved in 2005. This October report examines the effects of this proposal together with two other measures
Ohio’s workers face daunting challenges ??” and tremendous opportunities. Since the last recession in 2001, hundreds of thousands of Ohioans have lost their jobs in traditionally “blue?collar” occupations like manufacturing, construction, operations and maintenance. Since December of last year, Ohio has lost 159,000 jobs, including 89,000 manufacturing and 11,000 construction
