Job losses, foreclosures leave vacant homes throughout cities like Akron, damaging spirit and value of neighborhoods By Rick Armon The Akron Beacon Journal Ron Perry feels surrounded. Across the street from his home, there are two vacant houses
Policy group’s small survey finds no fans of short-term creditBy Jim Siegel Columbus Dispatch A Cleveland research group says that Ohioans who try to help people drowning in debt generally see payday loans as part of the problem. The liberal-leaning Policy Matters Ohio said yesterday that 17 accredited credit counselors
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By Mary Kuhlman and Chris Thomas Public News Service Cleveland, OH – As Ohio deals with a budget shortfall of nearly $2 billion, state agencies continue to cut back on services and projects to try to make up the difference. A new report finds that instead of cutting into the
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Waning jobless fund could raise business taxes Business Courier of Cincinnati Ohio’s dwindling unemployment benefits fund took another turn for the worse this month when a state consultant increased his deficit estimates. The latest numbers, based on unemployment data released in mid-August, show the fund shrinking to $20 million by
The Ohio unemployment compensation fund faces financial trouble. The Statehouse must step up soon to make the necessary repair. Akron Beacon Journal On Friday morning, word arrived that the state’s unemployment rate climbed to 6.6 percent in June, leading to more Ohio households feeling strained, looking to jobless benefits as
Undernews America’s public education system is being taken over by a variety of educational mercenaries under such guises as charter schools. Amy Hanauer of Policy Matters writes in an important new book, “Keeping the Promise?,” that in Ohio alone powerful business interests drain $500 million a year from public education.
Americans own about 70 percent of the value in their homes, a sharp counterpoint to reports that homeowners are swamped by debt, a new survey shows. Columbus Dispatch The national survey, conducted by the Center for Human Resource Research at Ohio State University, indicates recent problems with mortgages are isolated
Education Weekly By Christina A. Samuels The 4-year-old voucher program in Ohio that gives parents of children with autism up to $20,000 to shop around for educational services is often used in schools that do not accept students with severe needs, by agencies that do not offer a school setting,
San Francisco Chronicle By ADAM GELLER, AP National Writer Folks on Humphrey Hill Drive were still waking up on the icy Saturday morning the shark hunters came to town. They rounded the suburban traffic circle in a pair of rented school buses after a half-hour ride from far more modest
Crain’s Cleveland Business By Jay Miller Cleveland politicians and housing leaders who complained that the Democratic debate Tuesday evening didn’t focus on the most important issue to the region
