A national commitment to develop clean, renewable energy would not only enhance our security and protect the environment, it could restore American technological leadership, create jobs, protect our living standards, and save consumers money. Under the provisions of the proposed Clean EDGE legislation, Ohio would be one of the biggest
Economic need is typically evaluated of in terms of poverty thresholds, which provide a national and absolute measure of severe economic deprivation. A broader measure of economic need, the basic family budget, looks at the relative costs faced by families for a safe and modest yet decent standard of living.
As higher education has become more essential, it has also become more expensive in Ohio and in the nation. Ohio’s state investment in higher education, measured per pupil or as a percent of state income, has not kept pace with other states or with demand. Having always lagged the nation
Ohio lags other states in pursuing renewable energy, but plenty of innovative models exist,according to this report released by the national Apollo Alliance, the Ohio Blue Green Alliance and Policy Matters Ohio. Ohio and the United States could both gain by exploring forward-thinking solutions that California, Pennsylvania and other states
Like the rest of Ohio, we too are concerned about continued cutbacks and plant closures in the auto industry in Ohio. However, we do not believe that the policy response contained in House Bill 414 is the best course of action because it will make the new Commercial Activity Tax
Policy Matters Ohio has analyzed House Bill 414, a proposal to give new incentives to large automotive employers in Ohio. The measure will make the new Commercial Activity Tax less fair and efficient and it may subsidize companies that reduce their Ohio workforce without providing real assurances that it will
Good morning Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. My name is Wendy Patton and I am the policy liaison in the Columbus office of Policy Matters Ohio. Policy Matters Ohio is a non-profit, non-partisan research institute focused on issues that affect low- and middle-income Ohioans. My testimony today reflects
Higher education can improve individual and collective well-being. Workers with a bachelor’s degree have much higher wages, lower rates of unemployment, higher labor force participation and higher lifelong earnings than those without such degrees. Yet Ohio ranks 49th in affordability of college, 46th in state operating appropriations per student for
New Policy Matters Ohio report finds declining Ohio higher education investment Average-income four-person families and average-income households with college-age children in Ohio will both find that tax cuts enacted in the 2006-2007 biennial budget will not cover tuition increases resulting from that budget, according to a new report from Policy
State unemployment insurance systems are losing millions of dollars a year due to company manipulation of their tax rates. Under such schemes, known as SUTA dumping, companies transfer their employees to other entities in order to avoid paying the unemployment taxes that they should be paying. State statistics provided to
