Olivera Perkins of the Plain Dealer wrote a solid piece on the job situation in the Cleveland area, citing our workforce researcher, Hannah Halbert, and former board member George Zeller. The Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor area lost 5,600 jobs between May 2012 and May 2013, placing total employment in the region at about
From Ideastream’s Sound of Ideas — Ohio has a new two-year budget in place. The $62 billion spending plan does a lot more than just lay out the state’s fiscal expenditures. It reduces the income tax while raising the sales tax. It changes the way schools are funded, and it
Channel 5’s Kristin Volk, interviewed Zach Schiller for this piece on the state budget. While Gov. John Kasich has touted the new state budget as a major tax cut for Ohio residents, NewsChannel5 learned that it’s actually a tax hike for some people. “Some of the poorest Ohioans will pay
This article by Jim Siegel cites research by Policy Matters showing that “Most Ohioans would pay more in property and sales taxes while also paying new taxes on downloaded books and music, in exchange for state income-tax cuts during the next three years.” Business owners would receive an even larger
Jackie Borchardt of the Dayton Daily News picked up on our collaboration with Ohio Consumers for Health Coverage. Health care advocates said Monday they haven’t given up on convincing state lawmakers to expand Medicaid coverage to 275,000 poor Ohioans. Cathy Levine, co-chair of Ohio Consumers for Health Coverage, said expansion
Districts prune and chop spending The Enquirer’s Jessica Brown writes that “springtime has lately represented one thing: Budget cuts.” It’s the time of year when superintendents and treasurers get out their budget axes and start figuring out how how to prune spending without decimating the education they provide. She notes
Wendy Patton, state fiscal project director for Policy Matters Ohio, talks about how the tax changes in the Kasich administration’s budget proposal would affect Ohioans. The budget segment of this podcast of The State of Ohio begins at about the 2:25 mark, with Wendy appearing at about 4:40.
On WOSU’s All Sides with Ann Fisher, Research Director Zach Schiller breaks down the impact of Gov. John Kasich’s proposed changes to Ohio tax policy. Zach joins the program about 16 minutes in. http://wosu.org/2012/allsides/tax-strategy-and-ohios-budget/
This piece by Andrew J. Tobias in the Dayton Daily News gives a good overview of SharedWork Ohio, a bill working its way through the legislature that “would allow Ohio employers looking to cut costs through layoffs to instead temporarily reduce all employees’ hours by 10 to 50 percent. Meanwhile,
From the Statehouse News Bureau Governor John Kasich has been touting a massive tax reform plan this week. He’s labeling it an overall 1.4 billion dollar net tax cut. But critics are now highlighting a study that contends that nearly half of all Ohio taxpayers could wind up paying more.
Editorial State Reps. Cheryl Grossman and Michael Henne have the right idea. The Republican lawmakers want to bring uniformity to the municipal income tax in Ohio. They have in mind easing a burden on businesses, firms often facing multiple jurisdictions, rules and forms, the hassle diverting precious attention from first
Jessie Balmert Vouchers to train current employees might go quickly as businesses seek to snap up the long-awaited and elusive earmark. Applications for the Ohio Incumbent Workforce Training Voucher Program, which comprises $20 million for fiscal year 2012 and $30 million for fiscal year 2013, will be available starting Monday,
