The Toledo Blade Gov. John Kasich’s all-cuts budget would afflict public schools in northwest Ohio and across the state in distressing and mutually reinforcing ways. The governor’s education proposals should give even lawmakers of his own Republican Party pause
Mother Jones JOHN HEWITT WASN’T seeking to turn the working poor into cash cows when his father and some friends helped him buy a six-store tax-service chain in Virginia Beach back in 1982. A 33-year-old college dropout who’d recently left his post as a regional director for H&R Block, Hewitt
Time for second thoughts? A backlash against Republican attacks may be under way The Economist It is hard to get away from the subject of union rights in the Midwest these days. Protesters agitating against moves to curb them could be heard booing and chanting throughout the “state-of-the-state” speech delivered
The Journal Gazette State Superintendent Tony Bennett told an audience at Hebron High School this week that charter schools should be closed if they don’t perform well. So I wonder if this charter school closing in Ohio would pass muster in Indiana? Policy Matters Ohio issued a news release last
The Akron Beacon Journal Charter school governing boards have a problem. They lack the necessary authority over charter school operators The governing boards of 10 Ohio charter schools filed a lawsuit this spring, putting the spotlight on state laws regarding governance of the tax-funded schools. The boards contended that changes
The State of Ohio Episode #1029 WVIZ There have now been six executions this year, and for the second time this year, there are signs that there may have been problems carrying out the death sentence. Usually, endorsements are good news for candidates. But for the second time in a
Amy Hanauer debates with Matt Mayer on Ohio public sector compensation. Watch her in The State of Ohio with host Karen Kasler, a weekly news program spotlighting the latest happenings at the Statehouse, in the Governor’s office, at the Ohio Supreme Court and throughout the Buckeye State. Scroll to 7:45
The Cleveland Plain Dealer The numerous service cuts and job layoffs proposed by the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority couldn’t come at a worse time. Riders who still have jobs need to get to work. Riders without jobs need public transit to help find one. And no one wants to
The Cleveland Plain Dealer The man pulled me aside after my speech and said, “We need to talk.” He is a banker, and he wanted me to know that he shared my working-class roots and had made his fortune the hard way, through long hours and a laser focus. “You’ve
A new report highlights the role that public transportation can play in addressing key priorities of the state On Wednesday, the Commentary Page featured a column by Amanda Woodrum of Policy Matters Ohio making the case for a larger investment of state dollars in public transportation. She develops the argument
Survey Finds Support for More Revenue to Save Services Gongwer News Service, Volume #78, Report #58, Article #2 The push for tax hikes in the biennium budget advanced on two fronts Wednesday, as advocates argued that more state revenue is in order given the curtailment of some services and program
