Author: Policy Matters Staff

December 8, 2015
Press Release

Electric utilities’ investment in low-income weatherization declines 26 percent since 2014 freeze.

December 8, 2015

Electric utilities’ investment in low-income weatherization declines 26 percent since 2014 freeze.

December 2, 2015
Press Release

Big benefit cuts would put Ohio out of step with the rest of the country, Policy Matters tells lawmakers.

November 10, 2015
Press Release

House Bill 394 looks to reduce unemployment benefits and expand the definition of “just firing”

November 9, 2015
Press Release

Urban developer is committed public transit, neighborhood vitality and the environment.

November 4, 2015
Press Release

Online tools enable policymakers and advocates to see how work supports make a difference.

October 30, 2015
Saturday Stats

A roundup of happenings at Policy Matters Ohio….. Seeking fair food policy – Policy Matters senior project director Wendy Patton exposed Ohio’s troubling policy of seeking extended federal food aid for 18 mostly rural counties, but not for urban areas and other qualifying counties. Since then, elected officials including Reps.

October 20, 2015
Press Release

Legislation excludes drivers of Uber and other services from minimum wage, whistleblower and other protections.

October 16, 2015
Press Release

Agreement between Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia is a good first step. More cooperation on tax policy, environmental standards and community impact is needed.

October 16, 2015

Agreement between Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia is a good first step. More cooperation on tax policy, environmental standards and community impact is needed.

October 9, 2015

Governor Kasich’s decision to accept federal food aid for some struggling parts of Ohio but not others is drawing strong opposition from elected officials in the wake of a Policy Matters report that called attention to this inequity. U.S. Rep. Marcia Fudge, Cleveland City Council President Kevin Kelley and others

October 7, 2015
Press Release

Policy Matters’ Zach Schiller testifies in support of bill.

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