An extensive community of social justice advocates, organizers, musicians and friends and family mourns the unexpected passing of Seth Rosen, who chaired our board of directors. He was an incredibly smart, passionate, and effective advocate for workers, and cared deeply about the issues that drive Policy Matters. Read our director
CutsHurtOhio.com, an interactive website created by One Ohio Now in collaboration with Innovation Ohio and Policy Matters, allows users to see the real impact of state funding cuts on schools and local government, by county. Cuts to schools statewide, including the loss of federal stimulus dollars, total $1.8 billion, while
Seth Rosen was a force for viewing worker and social justice broadly and for thinking about how racial justice, community organizing, labor organizing, and justice for unrepresented workers all fit together.
For immediate releaseContact: Hannah Halbert, 614 221.4505 policymattersohio.org/jobwatch-july2012 ? Data from two separate surveys released by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) today suggest that the Ohio recovery is back on track. The state’s unemployment rate continued to fall in June, dropping another 0.1 percent to stand
For immediate release Contact Wendy Patton, 614.221.4505 policymattersohio.org/school-funding-jul2012 Read the testimony Download press release Wendy Patton, senior project director for Policy Matters Ohio, is presenting testimony in the Ohio House of Representatives today before the extended subcommittee on Primary and Secondary Education. The subcommittee is scheduled to hear recommendations and
“This is the right move for unemployed Ohioans. Unemployed workers cannot afford to have any part of their compensation siphoned off. It’s critical that public dollars go directly to the families.” David Rothstein, Policy Matters Ohio
“This is the right move for unemployed Ohioans. Unemployed workers cannot afford to have any part of their compensation siphoned off. It’s critical that public dollars go directly to the families.” David Rothstein, Policy Matters Ohio
Gov. Kasich proposes to give the money raised from a higher severance tax mostly to upper-income Ohioans. Instead, we all must benefit from better education and public services that otherwise are being cut in the current state budget. For immediate release Contact Wendy Patton, 614.221.4505 Download statement Governor proposes doing
Congresswoman Schmidt will be protecting her constituents from hunger if she opposes amendments that cut or weaken SNAP, and votes against the Lucas-Peterson bill. We urge her to do the right thing.
June 2012 Ohio CASH Newsletter August ??” Ohio CASH 3rd quarter meetingThe 3rd quarter Ohio CASH meeting will be held at 10 am on August 16, 2012. The meeting will include a policy update, a presentation on asset limits for public benefits, and an update on the progress of the
June 2012 Ohio CASH Newsletter August – Ohio CASH 3rd quarter meetingThe 3rd quarter Ohio CASH meeting will be held at 10 am on August 16, 2012. The meeting will include a policy update, a presentation on asset limits for public benefits, and an update on the progress of the
Zach Schiller For three years the state has been borrowing from the federal government to write checks to jobless people, and left-leaning Policy Matter Ohio says businesses are getting hit with more taxes in the meantime. The fund that pays out benefits to unemployed Ohioans is still broke
