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Cuts hurt communities – Wendy Patton’s testimony before an Ohio House tax reform committee outlined how cuts in state aid have hurt local government services and employment. Numbers from the Kasich administration show that state support for local governments – separate from school funding – fell by nearly $1 billion,
States’ new budgets are providing less per-pupil funding for kindergarten through 12th grade than they did six years ago
The decline in state support has caused cutbacks to local government services and employment. According to numbers distributed by the Kasich administration, state support for local governments
States’ new budgets are providing less per-pupil funding for kindergarten through 12th grade than they did six years ago ??” often far less. The reduced levels reflect not only the lingering effects of the 2007-09 recession but also continued austerity in many states; indeed, despite some improvements in overall state
Despite their enormous contribution to global warming, power plants around the country do not face any federal limits on carbon dioxide pollution. To protect our health, our safety and our environment from the worst impacts of global warming, the United States should clean up the dirtiest power plants. States, like
Stuck — Labor force participation in Ohio was at a 33-year low at the end of 2012, job growth since 2005 was fourth worst among states, and wages inched up just a penny from already-low levels. Described by the The Toledo Blade as “indispensable,” the latest edition of our annual
This editorial in The Akron Beacon Journal relies on our annual labor-market study to call for more investment in Ohio, rather than continued tax cuts. Ohio is “stuck,” to borrow from the title of the most recent assessment of the state’s job market by Policy Matters Ohio. Each Labor Day,
For immediate release Contact Amy Hanauer, 216.375.9274 Full report Download press release Labor force participation was at a 33-year low at the end of 2012, Ohio job growth is fourth worst among states since 2005, and wages in Ohio inched up just a penny last year from already-low levels. The
ducation equals prosperity – Over the last three decades, median wages have fallen in Ohio and growth in our education levels has not kept up with increases in other states. A national report released by the Economic Analysis and Research Network finds aclear correlation between the educational attainment of a
This story in the Columbus Dispatch does a good job of laying out what the loss of public-sector jobs has meant for Ohio: Ohio has lost government jobs at a steeper rate than most of the United States since January 2009, and the cratering public sector is having a negative
Over the last 30 years, median wages have fallen in Ohio as growth in our education levels has not kept up with other states. This paper finds a clear and strong correlation between the educational attainment of a state’s workforce and median wages in the state, providing more evidence that
