New federal rules will provide wage and hour protections and help stabilize home-care workforce.
Lawmakers urged to reject changes that would create barriers to health care.
Ohio’s infant death rate declared a crisis, yet proposals to limit women’s health care can only make it worse.
Ten years ago, lawmakers started chopping away at certain business taxes with the promise that lost revenue we depend on for parks, schools, mental health services and libraries would be replaced. They set up a plan to temporarily reimburse local governments for the lost tax revenue through payment of “tax
Uncertainty in state and local funds affects quality of education. Contact: Wendy Patton, 614.582.0048 Download summary Press release Download report By Wendy Patton Ohio’s schools have seen a tough decade and although finances are looking better, it is not over yet. In nominal terms, state funding for schools would rise
Republican lawmakers erect barriers to care that undermine goals of health-care reform.
Policy Matters urges lawmakers to restore Medicaid eligibility for pregnancy, family planning and cancer treatment for low-income women.
Revenue gains in Kasich budget proposal are uncertain and would still leave local communities short $1.4 billion.
Wendy Patton of Policy Matters Ohio gave a presentation on Ohio’s executive budget proposal for FY 2016-17 to the League of Women Voters state conference on March 31, 2015. See the Powerpoint presentation here.
The executive budget is big on innovation. Gov. John Kasich’s proposed budget contains six line items supporting “innovation funds” of one kind or another, at a cost of $262 million over the next two years. That’s an increase of $33 million over the prior budget. In an environment where local
Improve supports, eliminate Medicaid premiums for low-wage working families, Policy Matters Ohio tells lawmakers.
Ohio should be calling on the wealthiest to pay a fair share of taxes in order to fund needed public services
