For immediate release Contact: Zach Schiller, 216.361.9801 Download press release (2pp) Full report Report also details tax breaks in the Mid-Biennium Review Most of the more than $400 million in tax cuts this fiscal year in the budget bill recently approved by the Ohio General Assembly will go to affluent
Ohio showed a modest job gain of 2,900 last month. The unemployment rate declined to 5.5 percent, but only because workers left the labor force.
For immediate release Contact Wendy Patton, 614.221.4505 Download press release Full report House Bill 375, passed by the House in May, has a rate so low and a base so narrowed by deductions that revenues would not cover the needs of the state and impacted communities. That is the key
Ohio’s Supreme Court voted last week to allow payday lenders to skirt legislation capping interest rates at 28% APR, and continue charging triple digit rates, trapping borrowers in a cycle of debt. Policy liaison Hannah Halbert had this to say about the ruling: “Payday lending creates a vicious cycle of
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For immediate release Contact Hannah Halbert, 614.221.4505 Download press release Full report Report makes proposals to fix Ohio’s earned income credit The Central Promise neighborhood is $5.7 million more prosperous thanks to the federal Earned Income Tax Credit, which helped an estimated 1,900 low-wage working families and individuals in
Credit checks can cost good workers job opportunities. Join OhioCASH Tuesday June 10th for a free webinar on how credit checks lock qualified workers out of the job market. Register now. Discrediting Employment Credit Checks Webinar June 10, from 2 p.m. to 3:30 pm
For immediate release Contact: Zach Schiller, 216.361.9801 Download press release (2pp) Full report Half of this year’s savings would go to the top 5 percent, analysis finds Half of the tax cuts the Ohio Senate has proposed for the current tax year will go to the top 5 percent of
Ohio CASH webinar “Discrediting Employment Credit Checks,” Tuesday, June 10, from 2 p.m. to 3:30 pm, will describe how credit checks discriminate against qualified workers and exclude them from the job market. Presenters will be Amy Traub, senior policy analyst at Demos, and Melissa Broome, senior policy advocate at the
Instead of more tax cuts, we should restore and expand funding to improve communities, build opportunities for children and create the needed infrastructure for businesses.
In this eNews: The childcare “cliff” leaves vulnerable families without help, before they can make it alone; the foreclosure crisis continues to threaten Ohio families and create blight; a new resolution could fund crucial elder protection, more is needed; we weigh in on state and local issues; and our latest
Toledo can adopt an aggressive complete street policy, demand that Ohio make public transportation a higher priority, that policymakers focus on ensuring safe routes to school and funding the infrastructure to promote safe walking and cycling.
