Keep those phones ringing: Thanks in part to constituent pressure, the House last week voted down a Farm Bill that would have hamstrung the Supplemental Nutrition Access Program. It was a temporary win for the millions of Americans—including 1.4 million Ohioans—who need food assistance to keep their families fed. Stay
Amy Hanauer, Hannah Halbert, Emily Brown, and Emily Houh, hitting the streets of Cincinnati May Day in Cincinnati: Last week we celebrated International Workers’ Day, rallying to honor the contributions of labor movements around the world. Amy Hanauer delivered the keynote address to the Interfaith Workers’ Center’s annual fundraiser, praising
Democratic gubernatorial candidates signal their unanimous support for clean energy and green jobs. Framing the debate: Democratic gubernatorial candidates had one last chance to make their case to Northeast Ohio last week. Joe Schiavoni, Richard Cordray, Dennis Kucinich and Bill O’Neill debated before a standing room only crowd in Cleveland
In the past two weeks, our crew has testified, held press conferences, spoken with young people, presented on academic panels, sponsored a documentary, and broadcast our policy recommendations on the radio. [image:2] Hannah Halbert (center) speaking at the Statehouse Restore the 40-hour week: Most full-time salaried workers in Ohio aren’t
Don’t let corporate franchisors off the hook: Under current law, franchisors and franchisees are jointly responsible for compliance with regulations that protect Ohio’s workers. We think it should stay that way. Corporate franchisors across the country disagree; they’re pushing bills like Ohio’s HB 494, which would specify that a corporate
The Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) is a federal program that provides flexible funding to states for services like child care assistance, child abuse prevention and community-based care for the elderly and people with disabilities. The Trump Administration’s fiscal year 2019 federal budget proposal would cut the $1.7 billion program
Manufacturing a High-Wage Ohio: This week, business owners, labor leaders, academics and U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown came together to discuss ways to strengthen Ohio’s manufacturing sector. Policy Matters and the Century Foundation sponsored the event where we released a paper authored by Michael Shields. The major takeaways: Despite some difficult
Work requirements still don’t work: Ohio is asking the federal government for permission to impose work requirements on the 700,000 people who receive health insurance through Medicaid expansion. Wendy Patton testified twice against the proposal. She said work requirements aren’t necessary, don’t make sense in today’s low-wage job market, put
Fighting for Ohio’s working people: With threats to workers looming at both the state and national levels, Policy Matters went on the offensive this week and released “A new way forward: 10 ways to support Ohio’s working people.” Rampant inequality is a policy choice. We can choose policies that lift
Defend kids: Federal programs help almost all of us in some way or another, but they are especially important for children. The GOP tax bill that passed at the end of last year grows the deficit and puts pressure on lawmakers to cut spending. We’ve created an interactive map and
By Tessa Perry In 2015, the state of Ohio purged hundreds of thousands of registered voters from the rolls. The move disenfranchised people who had no idea they had done anything wrong – especially low-income Ohioans, people of color and the elderly. But all Ohioans who miss a few elections
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