May day – Jonathan Cohn, a senior fellow at the national think tank Demos, and a senior editor at The New Republic, traveled the country talking to those who have suffered from our dysfunctional health care system. He’ll be at the Cleveland City Club on Friday May 11 to discuss
Ohio job market shows uptick Ohio’s job market showed an uptick in March, reversing the recent trend, according to seasonally adjusted payroll numbers for nonfarm wage and salary jobs released April 20 by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS). The gain was the largest in any month
Welcome Aboard – Attorney Joyce Goldstein will be our new board chair and David Bergholz and Seth Rosen have also come on board. Bergholz is a photographer, education leader, and the retired Executive Director of the George Gund Foundation. Rosen is the inspired Vice President of the Communication Workers of
Ohio job market continues to struggle Ohio’s job market continues to struggle. The state lost jobs during the winter, more than offsetting the modest gains experienced during calendar 2006, according to seasonally adjusted payroll numbers for nonfarm wage and salary jobs released March 27 by the Ohio Department of Job
The federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) or Earned Income Credit (EIC) is a refundable tax credit available to some working individuals and families who earn less than $38,000. This credit currently does more to bring working families out of poverty than any other government program. An estimated four million
Exempt from Scrutiny – Ohio tax credits, exemptions and deductions may sap up to a quarter of the states’ tax base, yet many of these tax expenditures receive no regular scrutiny apart from a biennial review of state revenue losses. Our new report, Exempt from Scrutiny: Tax Breaks in Ohio,
Cleaner and Greener – Ohio campuses could dramatically reduce energy use, save significant resources over the long term, and help invigorate a clean energy economy according to New Energy for Campuses: Energy Saving Policies for Campuses and Universities, written by the National Apollo Alliance and released by Policy Matters Ohio
International Trade and Job Loss in Ohio 2007 finds that international trade is responsible for a significant number of job losses in the Ohio manufacturing sector. Using administrative data from the federal Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program, the report pinpoints where certain trade-related job losses have occurred in Ohio. Our
Ohio job market still in low gear Ohio’s job market has shifted into low gear and stayed there since last spring, finishing 2006 with employment declines in six of the last seven months. The number of jobs in Ohio has fallen by 15,000 since its recent peak last May. Over
On November 7, 2006, over two million Ohioans voted for an amendment to the state constitution that raised the minimum wage and indexed it to inflation. The amendment offered broader coverage to Ohio workers than federal law. In the waning days of a December “lame duck” session, the Ohio legislature
Good News on Election day – Nationwide, minimum wage measures saw victories and Ohio was no exception. Ohio citizens voted to give 719,000 Ohio workers a raise in 2007. This is a clear victory for Ohio workers who’ve been struggling to make it on $5.15 an hour. Bad News Since
Five years after the recession, Ohio employment is still in the doldrums Five years after the official end of the last recession, Ohio employment remains in the doldrums. The state is still more than 30,000 jobs short of the total it had in November 2001, at the end of the
