Next section Previous section Higher education funding is set to receive a badly needed, but markedly insufficient, increase in the proposed budget. The increase does little to offset the rising costs of higher education and does nothing to extend state need-based financial aid to community college students or those enrolled
Next sectionPrevious section One of the biggest stories of this proposed budget is a billion dollars in tax cuts, and with those cuts an increase in regressivity of state and local taxes. These tax changes include: A broadening of the state sales tax to more services, with defined “essential” services
Increasing the federal minimum wage would reduce inequality, keep workers out of poverty, reward work, create jobs and help our economy.
The first two months of 2013 are an improvement from the second half of 2012. But Ohio needs several more months of five-figure growth to regain momentum
Local chapter of National Association of Social Workers names think tank “Public Citizen of the Year”
In this edition of our eNews — What people are looking for when they move between states, should Ohio squander its economic potential, more evidence that a state EITC is a small investment that makes a big difference, and Policy Matters takes a bow. Why move? – Reducing state income
For immediate release Contact Amy Hanauer, 216.361.9801 Download press release Back to full report Very few Americans move across state lines each year, but those who do make those moves based on employment, unemployment, income, housing affordability and higher education opportunity, not taxes, according to a new analysis by Policy
Additional income tax cuts will eventually force the state to cut back further on investments in education, infrastructure, and other areas that over the course of history have proven to be the best ways to create jobs and promote prosperity. So the question before Ohio policymakers ??” as it is
Download release Full report A refundable state Earned Income Tax Credit would help 822,000 working families across Ohio, according to a report released today by Policy Matters Ohio. “A state EITC would be a low-cost supplement to the federal credit, which is largest anti-poverty program in the country,” said David
A credit set at 20 percent of the federal credit would provide working families with an average of $446 annually. The EITC helps keep families with children above the poverty line, makes work pay, and sends dollars to local communities.
Here is Jim Siegel’s account in the Columbus Dispatch of a hearing during which Zach Schiller continued to poke holes in Gov. John Kasich’s proposal to cut taxes on personal and business income. Two progressive policy groups clashed with Republican legislators yesterday over the economic benefit of Gov. John Kasich’s
In this edition of our eNews — Several trips to present testimony before legislative committees in Columbus, an action alert to push for a transportation alternatives fund in the state budget, and our latest JobWatch report. Work sharing – Hannah Halbert testified on House Bill 37, SharedWork Ohio, which would
