College grads leave for more opportunities Cincinnati Enquirer When politicians talk of the strengths of Ohio’s economy, they talk about exports. Ohio made jet engines and auto parts are shipped to markets throughout the nation and the world.
Gongwer News Service A Senate panel heard another measure aimed at curbing “predatory lending” practices Tuesday and planned to field further testimony next week on the subject, boosting the hopes of housing advocates that the Legislature will take more steps to rein in unscrupulous lenders. Senate Finance & Financial Institutions
Not in the Public InterestThe Columbus Dispatch How many working-class Ohio families rely on public aid, suchas Medicaid, energy assistance, food stamps and other programs? A state agency has interfered with a valid research effort to answer this question. Policy Matters Ohio asked for employer names and addresses of such
Cleveland Free Times by Harriet Tramer Recently retired Cleveland public school teacher Michael Charney has a new lesson for young people: activism works. Charney wants to recruit young adults to circulating petitions to place a constitutional amendment raising the Ohio minimum wage to $6.85 on the November 2006 ballot. That’s
Columbus Dispatch Researchers trying to study whether employer cuts in health insurance and other job benefits have caused more lowwage workers to seek public assistance are getting no help from the state. The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services has denied a public-records request by Policy Matters Ohio for
The Dayton Daily News Ohio’s Department of Jobs and Family Services (ODJFS) has been making every excuse imaginable to justify its refusal to identify employers that have large numbers of workers on the public-assistance rolls. The reasons should lead the public to wonder whether the department is purposefully hiding information
Gongwer News Service Researchers seeking data about businesses whose cuts in health insurance may force workers onto public assistance said Friday a state agency was taking “an extraordinarily broad view” of a court decision in withholding the information. Policy Matters Ohio said the Department of Job and Family Services cited
WCPN After living with widely fluctuating and generally skyrocketing energy prices for months, Americans are showing more interest these days in alternatives to fossil fuels. But for some, the desire to increase the country’s use of renewable energy like solar or wind power is nothing new. As part of Making
St. Petersburg Times CLEVELAND – Imagine what would happen to Florida if many of its tourists and snowbirds discovered they could go somewhere else and enjoy the same weather, beaches and theme parks for a lot less money. Full Article
by: Nora Sharp Speakers make the case for an Oberlin living wage Community members almost outnumbered students Wednesday night at what started out as an informative panel on the Oberlin Living Wage proposal, but ended up dissolving into bickering as opposing factions of the audience traded barbs about each other’s
Columbus Dispatch by Jill Riepenhoff As state lawmakers chew on ways to stem Ohio’s foreclosure problems, community and government leaders are reaching out to Franklin County homeowners on the verge of losing their houses. The Franklin County treasurer’s office has compiled a list of organizations able to help financially troubled
WKSU More than one hundred members of labor unions rallied atthe Ohio Statehouse this afternoon (MONDAY) in support of abill that’s been introduced in the Ohio legislature. Democraticstate senator Teresa Fedor is the bill’s sponsor. She says itwould limit the eligibility of companies that outsource jobs toother countries to get
