Author: Policy Matters Staff

August 12, 2015

Lawmakers should focus on job quality as much as job creation.

August 7, 2015

After staring death in the face, land banks are still in business to manage and repurpose abandoned properties ??” a vital function in cities battling blight. Some background: Congress has refused to raise the 18.4-cent per gallon gas tax last raised in 1997. That means America needs new funding sources

August 5, 2015

The upcoming Ohio sales tax holiday might seem like a good opportunity to stock up on clothing or school supplies: from August 7 to 9, purchases of clothing priced $75 or less and school supplies and instructional materials priced $20 or less will be tax-free. Some of the distinctions between

August 5, 2015
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Federal job-training act provides opportunities for workers to thrive.

July 30, 2015
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State must take advantage of federal waiver to address hunger crisis.

July 28, 2015
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Trauma toolkit analyzes Ohio schools and provides guidance to help kids achieve.

July 28, 2015

Trauma toolkit analyzes Ohio schools and provides guidance to help kids achieve.

July 20, 2015
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Five years after creation of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, rules are still needed to curb payday lending abuses.

July 13, 2015

Have you ever booked a hotel room in Ohio online through a business like Expedia or Priceline? You may be surprised to learn that online travel companies like these get to pay less in taxes to state and local governments for your room booking than the hotel itself would if

July 10, 2015

No woman should ever have to choose between her job and her pregnancy. But that’s the choice some expectant mothers in Ohio are facing right now. As a working mom of two young girls, I know firsthand the challenges women face in balancing their career, their family and all of

July 6, 2015

A proven leader in business and non-profit sector will help guide policy institute.

July 1, 2015

The two-year budget that Gov. Kasich signed into law yesterday takes crucial state resources and transfers them to affluent Ohioans, instead of using them to invest in the state and our people. Close to $2 billion in income-tax cuts will go primarily to the wealthy. At the same time, many

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