Oxford Press The shift from manufacturing and construction to more knowledge-based industries has been one of the key stumbling blocks to income growth in Ohio, where median wages have declined faster than any other state over the past 10 years, according to a recent report from Policy Matters Ohio. Many
Dayton Daily News Ohio workers’ median hourly wages fell by nearly a dollar an hour over the past decade, the sharpest decline among the 10 states that saw median hourly wages shrink from 2000 to 2010, according to a report released this Labor Day weekend. At the same time, U.S.
The Toledo Blade Ohio’s new two-year budget slashes state aid to traditional public schools, while it authorizes more charter schools. Yet recent research and litigation make clear that state government continues to do a lousy job of regulating the charter schools that already operate in the Toledo area and across
The Cleveland Plain Dealer The state of Ohio says you don’t get anything for free — not even free money, $176.3 million worth from the federal government to expand benefits for jobless Ohioans. Saying it fears long-term entanglements, Ohio let the deadline pass Monday without applying for the money, which
WKSU A new study from Case Western Reserve University says auto parts suppliers will have to take the — quote — “high-road” in manufacturing if they expect to survive. WKSU’s Kabir Bhatia has more on the nuts and bolts of what that means for the way one of Ohio’s biggest
Associated Press As Ohio faced Monday’s deadline to expand unemployment benefits and receive $176 million in federal stimulus money, state officials had not applied for the money and the General Assembly had not scheduled any sessions to take any action. The federal government set aside $7 billion for unemployment compensation
Gongwer News Service A new policy brief from nonpartisan research group Policy Matters Ohio reports that the charter and school-choice changes in the biennial budget (HB 153 ) do little to strengthen the quality of privately operated charter and voucher schools that are publicly funded. “State lawmakers have missed yet
“Gov. Kasich and the Republican-dominated legislature have foregone the popular option of closing tax loopholes that amount to $7 billion annually in this state.” State Rep. Dan Ramos says loopholes the GOP left in Ohio’s tax laws cost $7 billion a year The Cleveland Plain Dealer In a newspaper opinion
The Toledo Blade Gov. John Kasich and the Republican-led General Assembly have put a for- sale sign on state assets, from the Ohio Turnpike to university dormitories, to raise cash to balance the budget. As they slashed state aid to schools, local governments, and social services, they expanded tax breaks
Accounting Today Congress held an oversight hearing Thursday to examine progress on the Internal Revenue Service’s new tax return preparer initiative. The hearing by the House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee looked at the new requirements for tax preparer registration, testing and continuing education, along with the related costs and
Ohio Public Radio A think tank on the political left is questioning why Ohio legislators have OKed millions of dollars in additional tax breaks when the new two-year state budget is the tightest in decades. Republicans who dominate the Ohio House of Representatives say there’s good reason. Statehouse correspondent Bill
Liberal group cites $400M-plus; Kasich defends policies Columbus Dispatch At the same time that lawmakers were making wide-ranging cuts in the state budget enacted this month, they gave more than $400 million in tax breaks, a public policy group says in a new analysis.“Some of the kind of tax breaks
