After the completion of Steelyard Secrets, the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority said that it had included incorrect information in an internal e-mail that it had supplied to Policy Matters Ohio regarding the fees and proceeds from the Steelyard Commons financing. While the information on the Port Authority itself is correct,
The Ohio job market slowed again last month after employment had risen in July to its highest level since October 2002, according to the latest seasonally adjusted payroll numbers issued Sept. 16 by the Ohio Department of Job & Family Services. Ohio nonfarm wage and salary employment still remains well
Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. I am Dr. Jon Honeck, a research analyst in the Columbus office of Policy Matters Ohio. It is a pleasure to be here to present the views of Policy Matters Ohio on the Third Frontier portions of Senate Bill 236. Policy
The Ohio job market showed some bounce last month, as employment increased to its highest level since October 2002, according to the latest seasonally adjusted payroll numbers issued Aug. 19 by the Ohio Department of Job & Family Services. However, nonfarm wage and salary employment still remains well below where
This July 2005 report reviews the proposed tax and expenditure limitation (sometimes known as TEL or TABOR) being promoted by Secretary of State Ken Blackwell and Citizens for Tax Reform. Research Analyst Jon Honeck’s report finds that the amendment has ambiguous provisions and will result in substantial litigation. Also, the
New study ranks Ohio fifth in number, percent of jobs lost to rising trade deficit with Canada and Mexico. Since the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) took effect, the rising trade deficit with Canada and Mexico displaced production supporting over a million jobs in the United States and nearly
Ohio employment continues to show only halting progress, according to the latest seasonally adjusted payroll numbers issued July 22 by the Ohio Department of Job & Family Services. While employment has rebounded somewhat since January, the recent low point in employment, job gains lately have been slight. Nonfarm wage and
League of Women Voters – LWV Cincinnati Area VOTER The federal minimum wage of $5.15 an hour has less purchasing power than in all but one of the past fifty years. Since its high point in 1968, the value of a minimum wage paycheck has fallen by more than 30%.
How much credence should state and local legislators give to the picture of a state or city painted by business climate rankings? That’s the question University of Iowa economist Peter Fisher answers in Grading Places, published in June 2005 by the Economic Policy Institute. Fisher’s critique of five major business
Ohio employment continues to edge higher, according to the latest seasonally adjusted payroll numbers issued June 17 by the Ohio Department of Job & Family Services. The state has gained 25,000 jobs since January, the recent low point in employment. However, nonfarm wage and salary employment still remains well below
Migration into and out of Ohio does not appear to be linked to state income tax policy, according to a new analysis of interstate migration data from Policy Matters Ohio. The study, which examines Internal Revenue Service tax filing data from a 15-year period ending in 2003, finds that more
Although some policymakers insist that cutting income taxes will prevent migration out of Ohio, the evidence belies their claims. The same states to which Ohioans migrate top the states sending migrants here, migration does not change in conjunction with changes in income tax policy, Ohio residents leave for (and come
