In our previous issue, we paid tribute to Michael Charney and Rick McHugh. This week we published Zach Schiller’s remembrance of Michael, and shared reflections on Rick and his legacy from Zach and others who knew him. 9%: The meager percentage of workers who would actually benefit from “no tax
33%: Percent reduction in the child care workforce in the state since 2019. And these numbers will likely not improve anytime soon with the lackluster child care provisions in the state budget, including the most harmful changes that were snuck in at the end of the process with no opportunity
Expanding and sustaining non-police crisis response critical to public safety and trust On July 28, Policy Matters Ohio, REACH, members of the CareforCLE Coalition, and other local stakeholders sent a letter to the office of Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb urging him to reaffirm his commitment to non-police crisis response by
1 of 3: Number of Governor DeWine’s property-tax line-item vetoes that the Ohio House was able to muster the votes to override, out of those they initially targeted. On July 21, the House overrode the veto of Item 66, which eliminates replacement and emergency levies currently allowed under Ohio law,
