The Senate approved a budget bill today that includes a grab-bag of tax breaks, even while it would reduce transparency for existing local tax incentives.
The Senate approved a budget bill today that includes a grab-bag of tax breaks, even while it would reduce transparency for existing local tax incentives.
An update on House Bill 59 as the Senate introduces its substitute bill and the General Assembly prepares to bring Ohio’s two-year budget into conference committee.
Jim Siegel of the Columbus Dispatch put out this quick piece on the Senate’s budget proposal, citing the work of Zach Schiller and others who have pointed out that the business-income exclusion won’t be the engine for job growth it’s purported to be. Ohio business owners would get a 50
n this week’s eNews — If the figures in our latest JobWatch report are Ohio’s new normal, the state’s in deep trouble; a few short pieces on the reasons Ohio should expand Medicaid; tax testimony by Zach Schiller, and; a forum related to work and jobs that’s worth a look.
Ohio foreclosures are at crisis levels, with more than 70,000 new foreclosures filed in 2012. This map gives county-by-county foreclosure data, including the number of new filings in 2012, filings per 1,000 residents, and comparisons to 1995 and 2011. For the seventh year in a row Cuyahoga County topped the
Medicaid expansion, March 28, 2013 Medicaid expansion represents a major investment in the health ??” and thus better opportunity for a productive life ??” for hundreds of thousands of Ohioans. Medicaid expansion would help 900,000 Ohioans, November 7, 2012 Failing to expand Medicaid would leave hundreds of thousands of struggling
The new rule means that if Ohio doesn’t expand Medicaid, in 2014 Ohio’s safety net hospitals could lose more than $23 million in federal aid for the treatment of patients without insurance.
Our research provided the foundation for this Ideastream report about improvements made at Employment Connection, the combined workforce training system for the city of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County. More of the agency’s clients have been finding jobs, an increase in both the overall number of placements and as a percentage
Mapping a crisis – Ohio foreclosures remain at crisis levels, with 70,469 new filings in 2012. While this is a slight decrease from 2011, the number of filings remained more than four times higher than it was in the mid-1990s. Our new interactive map shows the number of filings and
Legislators should accept federal dollars to pay for comprehensive health care coverage for Ohio’s low-income workers. Approving a budget that expands Medicaid to 153,000 low-income working women, and others, will help mothers and babies get healthier in Ohio. As a result, families, communities, and our economy will grow stronger.
Marcia Pledger’s article in the Plain Dealer presents arguments for and against raising the minimum wage, keyed on the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013, introduced in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. While analysts, economists, politicians and business owners debate whether the federal minimum wage should be raised
