1: We’re looking for one awesome person to join our team as Policy Director! The Policy Director will oversee our research and direct our strategic policy campaigns. We’re a think tank with a heart! Come join our fun bunch of nerds! 37 & 38: Ohio ranked 37th for childhood poverty
Today, the Census Bureau released data from the Current Population Survey, which provides data on income, poverty, health insurance coverage, and the well-being of people nationwide. Today’s data release covers 2021, the second year of the pandemic. The data show a child poverty rate of 4.5%, the lowest child poverty
Each Labor Day, we release the State of Working Ohio report, which is chock full of data on how working Ohioans are faring. We also provide policy solutions that will help bring down rising prices; ensure people of all backgrounds have the tools and opportunities to provide for themselves and
Numeric news from Policy Matters Ohio Up to $20,000: This week, President Biden announced executive action to cancel some education debt and make other changes to federal loan programs. Hannah Halbert said the package could eliminate education debt for hundreds of thousands of Ohioans and reduce it by a large
+1: We’ve added a new staff member! Bree Easterling has joined Policy Matters Ohio as our Public Safety Fellow, working with community members, advocates, elected officials, and other key stakeholders to establish a “care response” model in Cleveland. (Learn more about care response in Bree’s recent appearance on News 5
Bree Easterling has joined Policy Matters Ohio as the organization’s new public safety fellow. In their role, Easterling will be working with community members, advocates, elected officials and other key stakeholders to establish a “care response” model in Cleveland. Care response, or alternative response, is a “health first” approach to
Numeric news from Policy Matters Ohio 11,300: New numbers from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) show that Ohio employers cut 11,300 jobs last month – the first month Ohio employers have cut jobs since October 2021. In his monthly JobWatch report, Michael Shields says the cuts
Numeric news from Policy Matters Ohio $50,000: That’s how much less per year Ohio’s wealthiest 1% are paying in taxes, compared to what they paid in 2005. It’s one result of a broken tax code that shortchanges all of us—especially our schools. We went live on Facebook with Ohio Education
6 weeks: After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe last week, Ohioans won’t be able to get an abortion after about six weeks gestation, before many people even know they’re pregnant. Some lawmakers are essentially trying to eliminate abortion altogether. Hannah Halbert said the decision, which rejected 50 years of
6: Last week we launched the All in For Ohio Agenda, which rests on six main policy pillars that focus on revenue, education, voting rights, economic dignity, community safety, and healthy communities. Joining Policy Matters Ohio in the All in For Ohio coalition are Ohio Organizing Collaborative (OOC), Ohio Federation
6/7: That’s June 7th — this Tuesday!! — the day we take to the Statehouse to launch the All In For Ohio Agenda with our friends at the Ohio Organizing Collaborative! If you’re sick of the divisive, mean-spirited leadership demonstrated by many of Ohio’s elected officials, we’ve got the aspirational,
213,000: Researcher Michael Shields found that Ohio employers steal from some 213,000 working Ohioans each year by paying them less than the minimum wage — just one of many types of wage theft. A person who stays on the job all year would lose an average of $2,873, or a
