Ohio at $8.10; sides argue pros and cons of raising wage California’s new statewide minimum hourly wage target of $15 — the highest in the country — could have implications in Ohio, where more than a quarter of all jobs are in low-wage occupations, federal data shows. Last year, the
Ohio’s monthly unemployment rate held steady at 4.9 percent in February as employers statewide added an estimated 12,400 jobs to non-farm payrolls, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services reported Friday. The job gains in February were up substantially from the previous month when Ohio added just 100 jobs,
Through cities and suburbs, through isolated farmland and fractured steel towns, the Democratic presidential campaign has come to Ohio, whose verdict Tuesday will rest on an unpredictable mix of blue-collar anger, young voter enthusiasm and African American strength. Hillary Clinton found sustenance here before, in a romping 2008 primary victory
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Get live updates about the Ohio primary. The way John Kasich tells it, he inherited a troubled state that was hemorrhaging jobs, saddled with a huge budget shortfall and in desperate need of a rescue. Five years later, he says he has turned Ohio around. That story
Kasich talks about the state’s comeback, but some residents haven’t experienced it. John Kasich touts Ohio’s comeback story on the campaign trail, saying he brought this Rust Belt state back from the economic brink, creating jobs, slashing tax rates and cutting government spending. The problem is that vision is unrecognizable
WARREN, OHIO — Joe Shrodek is a retired Ohio steelworker, a union man and a lifelong Democrat. But he’s bucking the party and the union to vote for Republican Donald Trump. “I think I’ve got a better shot with [Trump] than with a lifelong politician,” Shrodek said. As John Kasich,
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Ohio’s unemployment rate ticked up to 4.9 percent in January with the state only gaining 100 jobs, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services reported Friday. January’s unemployment rate was up from 4.8 percent in December. The U.S. unemployment rate for January was 4.9 percent, down
Ohio lawmakers have increased spending on tax breaks, but fiscal oversight of billions of dollars in these tax exemptions, credits and deductions is lacking, a new report from Policy Matters Ohio says. These “tax expenditures” will total almost $9 billion in the 2017 fiscal year. The tax breaks apply to
There’s been much discussion over the current state and future of GED testing in Ohio, especially since Scene contributor Dan McGraw highlighted the problem in late 2014. At the time, he wrote: “In the United States, according to the GED Testing Service, 401,388 people earned a GED in 2012, and
At a town hall event in New Hampshire, presidential candidate John Kasich paid lip service to growing a clean energy economy, despite having hindered the growth of Ohio’s wind, solar and other renewable energy industries. It’s no surprise he’s talking about the importance of clean energy on the campaign trail—thousands
“Kasich’s budget raised taxes by billions, hitting businesses hard and the middle class even harder.” —ad by American Future Fund, released Jan. 28, 2016 This ad by dark-money group American Future Fund, a politically active 501(c)(4) nonprofit, attacks Ohio Gov. John Kasich over being an “Obama Republican.” You see more
