The tax cuts enacted in Kansas in 2012, among the largest ever enacted by any state, are a cautionary tale. As other states recover from the recent recession and turn toward the future, Kansas’ huge tax cuts have left that state’s schools and other public services stuck in the recession,
Cincinnati CityBeat named Policy Matters Ohio the “Best people who practically write stories the media should give more attention to” as part of their Public Eye Staff Picks for 2014. Our reports, according to the alternative weekly, are the “best, most readable” in the state and are full of “interesting
For immediate release Contact Zach Schiller, 216.361.9801 Download release (1 pg) Full report Volatility, uncertainty, unsustainability in shift to new sources Significant uncertainty about the reliability of revenue that would be generated by tax changes included in the Kasich administration’s Mid-Biennium Review throw into question the wisdom of funding tax
New data for February released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services suggest that the state still struggles with slow job growth. In February, the state lost 4,600 jobs from the January number, which was revised downward slightly. Monthly numbers are always preliminary and subject to revision,
In this eNews: Ohio slashes aid for post-secondary education; Policy Matters joins other states in calling for regional approach to frack tax; new Kasich tax proposal would mean cuts for wealthiest, higher taxes for low income Ohioans; Congress should support strengthened EITC and CTC; Ohio is doing better job-wise than
Gov. John Kasich’s new tax proposal would deliver annual tax cuts averaging more than $2,800 to the top 1 percent of Ohio taxpayers while those in the bottom two-fifths would pay more on average than they do now.
Gov. Kasich’s proposal contains helpful initiatives, but Ohio does not need the across-the-board income-tax cut that is the centerpiece of his mid-biennium budget proposal.
by Patrick O’Donnell on cleveland.com Panelists from Cincinnati and Washington, D.C., with experience mixing social services and schools will discuss the challenges and opportunities for Cleveland as the school district increases its own “wraparound” efforts in two sessions at The City Club Thursday. Martin Blank, president of the Institute for
Comparable tax rate will allow states to address impacts and invest in future Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia should take a common approach to taxing gas and oil drilling in the Marcellus and Utica Shale, leaders of research and policy organizations from each state said today. Leaders of Policy Matters
For immediate release Contact Hannah Halbert, 614.221.4505 Download release (1 pg) Full report Changes to need-based aid close doors for students at two-year colleges Ohio has slashed aid for college students by a third over the past 10 years. As a result, it now invests less in need-based aid per
The President’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2015 includes several important improvements to the pro-work Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Child Tax Credit (CTC) that, taken together, will reduce poverty among low-wage workers and their families, reduce income inequality, strengthen work incentives and send federal dollars to local communities.
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