For immediate release Contact Amy Hanauer, 216.361.9801 Download PDF Think tank increases capacity, brings in new voices Policy Matters Ohio, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research center, today announced the appointment of two new directors to its board, Kamla Lewis of Shaker Heights and Renuka Mayadev of Columbus. The think tank also
New housing foreclosures remain at historically high levels in Ohio, and seem to be stabilizing at peak levels of about 80,000. In short, Ohio homeowners are drenched, with one in three “under water,” owing more on their homes than current market value. Cuyahoga County, with 12,285, remains highest by David
Download PDF February Ohio CASH Coalition meetingThe first Ohio CASH Coalition meeting of the year will be held February 24,2012 from 10 a.m. to noon at the United Way of Central Ohio, 360 South Third Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215. This meeting will include presentations fromour coalition members and an important
February Ohio CASH Coalition meetingThe first Ohio CASH Coalition meeting of the year will be held February 24,2012 from 10 a.m. to noon at the United Way of Central Ohio, 360 South Third Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215. This meeting will include presentations fromour coalition members and an important discussion on
Normally, coming in tenth is not something to be happy about, but when it’s the Pepsi Refresh contest, it means we made the cut for $50,000! The tally won’t be final until January 23, but THANKS to everyone who voted to keep us in the running; special thanks to Brandon
Friends, At this time of year, a lot of non-profits ask for contributions. This year, we’re not! Why? Because we are very close to being able to win an online contest that would net us $50,000. Yep – $50,000 to help create a more prosperous, equitable, sustainable and inclusive Ohio.
Ohio’s minimum wage will increase 30 cents to $7.70 an hour, raising wages for 347,000 low-wage workers in the state. Ohio’s minimum wage increase means an extra $624 per year in wages for a full-time minimum wage worker. For immediate release Contact: Amy Hanauer, Policy Matters Ohio: 216.375.9274 Lynsey Kryzwick,
Revenue would help cover public costs, report finds For immediate release, Monday, December 19, 2011 Contact Wendy Patton at 614.221.4505 If Ohio levied a severance tax on oil and gas at rates similar to neighboring states, it could generate up to $538 million in new revenues between now and 2015.
Our economy, our communities, our workforce, and our environment are at a crossroads. Low-road development practices??”based on low taxes, big incentives, and little oversight??”have not produced the promised job growth. Instead, these policies have left our workers behind, our communities impoverished, and our environment polluted. Ohio communities need a better
Our economy, our communities, our workforce, and our environment are at a crossroads. Past practices and policies of the conventional energy economy produced an economy with vast amounts of waste and low road economic development that left our workers behind, our communities impoverished, our residents dependent on fossil fuels imported
Friends, With the help of you and other allies, last year Policy Matters Ohio won $25,000 from the Pepsi Refresh contest. With those funds, we were able to revamp our website; improve free tax preparation services; and create a toolkit to get people out of poverty and into good green
You are invited to a town hall on consumer finance at the Cleveland Public Library Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium. 525 Superior Avenue N.E. Cleveland, Ohio Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 5:30 P.M._________________________Remarks by Raj Date, Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.The town
